Wealth Taxes Will Barely Slow Inequality. So Why Do the Super-Rich Resist Them?
A 2 percent wealth tax is like shaving off a fraction of a spire from a large cathedral, says economist Nancy Folbre.
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21st-Century US Foreign Policy Is Shaped by Fears of China’s Rise, Chomsky Says
Is the increasing influence of China in international affairs a threat to world order? The US thinks so. The US is a declining power, and its decline is “mostly from internal blows.” What’s next for US imperial power, and will be its impact on the world stage?
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Chomsky: Overturn of “Roe” Shows How Extreme an Outlier the US Has Become
The U.S. is a “highly unusual society, in many ways,” says Noam Chomsky in this interview about the economic and political organization of the U.S. polity and the shockingly reactionary rulings of the Supreme Court on guns and abortion.
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Capitalism | Online Blog | USA
Chomsky: US Push to “Reign Supreme” Stokes the Ukraine Conflict
In this interview, world-renowned public intellectual Noam Chomsky delves into the phenomenon of irrational political panics in the U.S., with an emphasis on current developments on the foreign policy front — and the dangers of seeking to maintain global hegemony in a multipolar world.
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Noam Chomsky: US Military Escalation Against Russia Would Have No Victors
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is an unprovoked and unjustified attack that will go down in history as one of the major war crimes of the 21st century, argues Noam Chomsky. But at the same time, it must not be forgotten that there would have been no basis for the present crisis if there had been no expansion of the NATO alliance following the end of the Cold War.
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Chomsky and Pollin: Protests Outside of COP26 Offered More Hope Than the Summit
The conference ended with a disheartening “compromise” deal on the climate. In this interview, leading intellectuals Noam Chomsky and Robert Pollin offer their assessments of what transpired at COP26 and share their views about ways to go forward with the fight against the climate crisis.
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People Worldwide Name US as a Major Threat to World Peace. Here’s Why.
In this interview, scholar and activist Khury Petersen-Smith discusses how U.S. imperialism has undermined democracy, both home and abroad, with the wars abroad even being tied to police brutality at home.
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Chomsky: Without US Aid, Israel Wouldn’t Be Killing Palestinians En Masse
To understand the roots of the current escalation, one must examine the U.S.-backed, foundational Israeli government policy of using strategies of “terror and expulsion” in an effort to expand its territory by killing and displacing Palestinians, says Noam Chomsky.
