The Precipice
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The Precipice

Neoliberalism, the Pandemic and the Urgent Need for Social Change

  1. 180 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

The Precipice

Neoliberalism, the Pandemic and the Urgent Need for Social Change

About this book

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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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Copyright
  3. Contents
  4. Foreword by C. J. Polychroniou
  5. Trump in the White House
  6. Trump’s First 100 Days Are Undermining Our Prospects for Survival
  7. The Long History of US Meddling in Foreign Elections
  8. The US Health System Is an International Scandal
  9. Trump’s America and the New World Order
  10. Trump and the Flawed Nature of US Democracy
  11. The Resurgence of Political Authoritarianism
  12. The Anatomy of Trumpocracy
  13. Fascism, Showmanship, and Democrats’ Hypocrisy in the Trump Era
  14. Donald Trump and the ā€œMe Firstā€ Doctrine
  15. ā€œA Complete Disasterā€: Trump and the Future of US Politics
  16. Imagining Our Way beyond Neoliberalism with Robert Pollin
  17. Breaking through the Political Barriers to Free Education with Robert Pollin
  18. Blueprint for a Progressive United States with Robert Pollin
  19. Myths of Globalization with Ha-Joon Chang
  20. If We Want a Future, Green New Deal Is Key with Robert Pollin
  21. Trump Is Consolidating Far-Right Power Globally
  22. Trump’s Actions on Syria Reflect the Foreign Policy of a Con Man
  23. To Make the US a Democracy, the Constitution Itself Must Change
  24. Worship of Markets Is Threatening Human Civilization
  25. Trump’s ā€œEconomic Boomā€ Is a Sham
  26. Ocasio-Cortez and Other Newcomers Are Rousing the Multitudes
  27. Moral Depravity Defines US Politics
  28. Trump Is Willing to Dismantle Democracy to Hold on to Power
  29. Trump Is Quite Capable of an ā€œOctober Surpriseā€
  30. We Must Not Let Masters of Capital Define the Post-COVID World
  31. Amid Protests and Pandemic, Trump’s Priority Is Protecting Profits
  32. COVID-19 Has Exposed the US under Trump as a ā€œFailed Stateā€
  33. To Heal from COVID-19, We Must Imagine a Different World with Robert Pollin
  34. Ventilator Shortage Exposes the Cruelty of Neoliberal Capitalism
  35. Sanders Threatens the Establishment by Inspiring Popular Movements
  36. US Is a Rogue State and Suleimani’s Assassination Confirms It
  37. Democratic Party Centrism Risks Handing Election to Trump
  38. Coup Attempt Hit Closer to Centers of Power Than Hitler’s 1923 Putsch
  39. Trump Has Revealed the Extreme Fragility of American Democracy
  40. Voting Is Not the End of Our Work. It’s Only the Beginning.
  41. Index
  42. Back Cover