

Illegitimate Authority
Facing the Challenges of Our Time
Author: Noam Chomsky, C.J. Polychroniou
Narrator: Eric Jason Martin
Unabridged: 12 hr 46 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Tantor Media
Published: 10/31/2023
Categories: Nonfiction, History, Us History, World History
Synopsis
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).