The Progressive scholar and activist explores current conditions. And he explores what the American people should do next to begin restoring democracy and improving the lot of the 99%.
This week, Chomsky highlights the war on the working class waged by BOTH major political parties--and how the Left can fight back.
A memorial for labor activist/singer ANNE FEENEY--including one of her best songs--ends the program.
Chomsky spoke on January 12, 2021, I have edited the talk for radio. The unedited presentation, a remote interview, is available on the Jacobin channel on YouTube.
New World Notes is produced under the auspices (Latin for "sword of Damocles") of WWUH-FM, a community service of that beacon of light in darkest Connecticut, the University of Hartford.
Anne Feeney died, in Pittsburgh, on February 3, 2021, at age 69. Rest in peace.
This installment is available--in MP3 and other formats--also on The Internet Archive (www.archive.org). The page with the download links is here: https://archive.org/download/nwn-676-chomsky-after-trump-2-192k
Details, photos, nice links, and an archive of past installments are available at the show's Web site: https://newworldnotes.blogspot.com . Also, radio4all.net has each installment from May 2008.
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