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Date: 2025-07-01 Page is: DBtxt001.php txt00023006
GEOPOLITICS
FRAGILE US EMPIRE

Economic Update: Noam Chomsky on Fragile US Empire


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Peter Burgess COMMENTARY

Peter Burgess
Economic Update: Noam Chomsky on Fragile US Empire Democracy At Work Premiered Aug 8, 2022 284K subscribers ... 103,661 views ... 5.5K likes [S12 E30] Noam Chomsky on Fragile US Empire

In this week’s show, Prof. Wolff gives updates on US freight workers strike preparations; progressives and labor targeting municipal government; Chipotle store-closing to stop unionizing, and Occupy Wall Street's 'Debt Collective' $5.8 billion student loan forgiveness win. In the second half of the show, Prof. Wolff interviews Noam Chomsky on the decline and fragility of the US empire, the role of US military, and the rise of fascism as a coping mechanism.

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About our Guest: Noam Chomsky was born on December 7, 1928 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. His undergraduate and graduate degrees are from the University of Pennsylvania. He joined the staff of the Massachusetts Institute in 1955, retiring as Institute Professor after 60 years, and taking a position as Laureate Professor at the University of Arizona. He is a member of many professional societies in the US and abroad and has received many awards and honorary degrees. He has written and lectured widely on linguistics, philosophy, intellectual history, contemporary issues, international affairs and U.S. foreign policy, and has been engaged with many activist movements in the US and abroad.

Latest book out August 30: The Withdrawal Iraq, Libya, Afghanistan, and the Fragility of U.S. Power published by New Press

Website: chomsky.info

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SOURCES FOR SHOW SEGMENTS:
  • 1. Freight rail workers: https://www.nbcnews.com/business/rail...
  • 2. Municipal government: https://capitalandmain.com/in-the-fac...
  • 3. Chipotle: https://finance.yahoo.com/lifestyle/c...
  • - https://www.foodandwine.com/news/chip...




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