A Livable Future is Possible
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A sweeping yet penetrating collection of interviews with Noam Chomsky, exploring the most pressing global concerns of our time.
In these illuminating interviews conducted by C.J. Polychroniou, Noam Chomsky yet again shares his brilliant insights on an array of struggles and challenges facing humanity. A Livable Future Is Possible addresses artificial intelligence and the potential for such programs to surpass humans in cognitive awareness; what lies ahead for a world engulfed in a deadly climate crisis; the rise of neo-fascism internationally, and why we should organize across borders to confront it; the striking similarities between Trump and Biden's foreign policies; and a number of other critical issues gripping the planet.
Noam Chomsky has been an incomparable model of moral clarity and intellectual courage during his many decades as a scholar and critic. He is the most cited living scholar. One would be hard-pressed to find a more influential voice than Chomsky's in the West. A Livable Future Is Possible is not only an urgent and informative resource, it is a call-to-action for those hoping to help carry the torch of one of history's greatest minds.
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Noam Chomsky is Institute Professor (emeritus) in the Department of Linguistics and Philosophy at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Laureate Professor of Linguistics and Agnese Nelms Haury Chair in the Program in Environment and Social Justice at the University of Arizona. His work is widely credited with having revolutionized the field of modern linguistics. Chomsky is the author of numerous bestselling political works, which have been translated into scores of languages. Recent books include What Kind of Creatures Are We?, as well as Optimism Over Despair, Notes on Resistance, and Chronicles of Dissent.
C.J. Polychroniou is a political economist/political scientist who has taught and worked in universities and research centers in Europe and the United States. His main research interests are in European economic integration, globalization, the political economy of the United States and the deconstruction of neoliberalism's politico-economic project. He is a regular contributor to Truthout as well as a member of Truthout's Public Intellectual Project. He has published several books and his articles have appeared in a variety of journals, magazines, newspapers and popular news websites. Many of his publications have been translated into several foreign languages, including Croatian, French, Greek, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish and Turkish.
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Introduction Artificial Intelligence: Myth, Reality and Future Is a Livable Future Still Possible? A Stronger NATO Is the Last Thing We Need as Russia-Ukraine War Turns 1 Right-Wing Insurrection in Brazil Held Strong Echoes of January 6 Another World Is Possible. Let's Bring It to Reality. Advanced US Weaponry in Ukraine Is Sustaining Battlefield Stalemate "We're on the Road to a Form of Neofascism" US Sanctions on Iran Don't Support the Protests, They Deepen Suffering Options for Diplomacy Decline as Russia's War on Ukraine Escalates Midterms Could Determine Whether US Joins Ominous Global Fascist Wave Chomsky and Pollin: Pushing a Viable Climate Project Around COP27 20 Years After Iraq War Vote, US Continues to Flout International Law Brazil's Runoff Election Will Have Enormous Effects on the Global Climate Crisis US Must Join Global Call for Negotiations as Russia Escalates Actions The US and Israel Are Standing in the Way of Iran Nuclear Agreement The War in Ukraine Has Entered a New Phase Noam Chomsky and Robert Pollin: Humanity's Fate Isn't Sealed - If We Act Now Maintaining Class Inequality at Any Cost Is GOP's Guiding Mission Six Months Into War, Diplomatic Settlement in Ukraine Is Still Possible 21st-Century US Foreign Policy Is Shaped by Fears of China's Rise, Chomsky Says US Government's Nonresponse to Climate Crisis Has Historical Precedent Biden's Middle East Trip Contains Echoes of Trump's Policies Humanity Faces Two Existential Threats. One Is Nearly Ignored. The "Historic" NATO Summit in Madrid Shored Up US Militarism
