The Precipice
Description
In The Precipice, Noam Chomsky sheds light into the phenomenon of Trumpism, exposes the catastrophic nature and impact of Trump's policies on people, the environment, and the planet as a whole, and captures the dynamics of the brutal class warfare launched by the masters of capital to maintain and even enhance the features of a dog-eat-dog society to the unprecedented mobilization of millions of people against neoliberal capitalism, racism, and police violence/
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Persons
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 best-selling political works, which have been translated into scores of countries worldwide. Recent books include What Kind of Creatures Are We?, as well as Optimism and Despair, and Internationalism of Extinction. 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. He has also worked as a journalist and is author and editor of scores of books.
Content
- Intro
- Copyright
- Contents
- Foreword by C. J. Polychroniou
- Trump in the White House
- Trump's First 100 Days Are Undermining Our Prospects for Survival
- The Long History of US Meddling in Foreign Elections
- The US Health System Is an International Scandal
- Trump's America and the New World Order
- Trump and the Flawed Nature of US Democracy
- The Resurgence of Political Authoritarianism
- The Anatomy of Trumpocracy
- Fascism, Showmanship, and Democrats' Hypocrisy in the Trump Era
- Donald Trump and the "Me First" Doctrine
- "A Complete Disaster": Trump and the Future of US Politics
- Imagining Our Way beyond Neoliberalism with Robert Pollin
- Breaking through the Political Barriers to Free Education with Robert Pollin
- Blueprint for a Progressive United States with Robert Pollin
- Myths of Globalization with Ha-Joon Chang
- If We Want a Future, Green New Deal Is Key with Robert Pollin
- Trump Is Consolidating Far-Right Power Globally
- Trump's Actions on Syria Reflect the Foreign Policy of a Con Man
- To Make the US a Democracy, the Constitution Itself Must Change
- Worship of Markets Is Threatening Human Civilization
- Trump's "Economic Boom" Is a Sham
- Ocasio-Cortez and Other Newcomers Are Rousing the Multitudes
- Moral Depravity Defines US Politics
- Trump Is Willing to Dismantle Democracy to Hold on to Power
- Trump Is Quite Capable of an "October Surprise"
- We Must Not Let Masters of Capital Define the Post-COVID World
- Amid Protests and Pandemic, Trump's Priority Is Protecting Profits
- COVID-19 Has Exposed the US under Trump as a "Failed State"
- To Heal from COVID-19, We Must Imagine a Different World with Robert Pollin
- Ventilator Shortage Exposes the Cruelty of Neoliberal Capitalism
- Sanders Threatens the Establishment by Inspiring Popular Movements
- US Is a Rogue State and Suleimani's Assassination Confirms It
- Democratic Party Centrism Risks Handing Election to Trump
- Coup Attempt Hit Closer to Centers of Power Than Hitler's 1923 Putsch
- Trump Has Revealed the Extreme Fragility of American Democracy
- Voting Is Not the End of Our Work. It's Only the Beginning.
- Index
- Back Cover
