Reblog: Chomsky: Imagine a World Without Neoliberals Privatizing Everything in Sight

Noam Chomsky.
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This is the first part of a wide-ranging interview with world-renowned public intellectuals Noam Chomsky and Robert Pollin. The next installment will appear on October 24.
Not long after taking office, it became evident that Donald Trump had engaged in fraudulent populism during his campaign. His promise to “Make America Great Again” has been exposed as a lie, as the Trump administration has been busy extending US military power, exacerbating inequality, reverting to the old era of unregulated banking practices, pushing for more fuel fossil drilling and stripping environmental regulations.
In the Trump era, what would an authentically populist, progressive political agenda look like? What would a progressive US look like with regard to…
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