Chomsky: COVID-19 strikes, solidarity can help defeat Trump and the neoliberal assault

Pushback with Aaron Mate

English - April 30, 2020 17:29 - 52 minutes - 48.1 MB - ★★★★★ - 548 ratings
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Noam Chomsky joins Aaron Maté to discuss the May Day workers' strikes; how Donald Trump's ineptitude and neoliberal capitalism fueled the COVID-19 crisis; US attacks on China and the WHO; Trump's overlooked escalation of the nuclear arms race with Russia; the question of "lesser evil voting" in the Biden-Trump race; and what the targets of US empire can teach us about resiliency and resistance.

Guest: Noam Chomsky, renowned linguist, author and political dissident.