Book cover for Illegitimate Authority: Facing the Challenges of Our Time by Noam Chomsky and C.J. Polychroniou

Illegitimate Authority

Facing the Challenges of Our Time

2023 Released
350 Pages
6-7 Hours
Audiobook Unavailable
Paperback Unavailable
Haymarket BooksISBN 9781642599343

A wide-ranging and incisive collection of interviews with Noam Chomsky, addressing the urgent questions of this tumultuous moment.
In these informative interviews, conducted for Truthout by C.J. Polychroniou, Noam Chomsky addresses the rapid deterioration of democracy in the United States and rising tensions globally. He examines the crumbling social fabric and fractures of the Biden era, including the halting steps toward a Green New Deal; the illegitimate authority of the Supreme Court, in particular its decision to overturn Roe vs. Wade; and the ongoing fallout from COVID-19. Chomsky also untangles the roots of the War in Ukraine, the diplomatic tensions among the United States, China, and Russia, and considers the need for climate action on an international scale.
Throughout, Chomsky “remains…a beacon of hope in the darkest of times" (Sarah Jaffe).

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