Ukraine, Climate Crisis and Declining Empire, Neoliberalism, Fascism ~~ Chris Hedges and Noam Chomsky

 “Noam Chomsky: Ukraine, climate crisis, and declining empire”, Oct 21, 2022, Hedges interviews Noam Chomsky, part 1, The Chris Hedges Report on The Real News Network, at < https://therealnews.com/noam-chomsky-ukraine-climate-crisis-and-declining-empire >: and “Noam Chomsky: Neoliberalism and the roots of fascism”, Oct 28, 2022, Hedges interviews Noam Chomsky part 2, The Chris Hedges Report on The Real News Network, at < https://therealnews.com/noam-chomsky-neoliberalism-and-the-roots-of-fascism >.

~~ recommended by dmorista ~~

Note: This is a link to two video files, there is no transcript nor is there any text, the videios are available at < https://therealnews.com/noam-chomsky-ukraine-climate-crisis-and-declining-empire > and at < https://therealnews.com/noam-chomsky-neoliberalism-and-the-roots-of-fascism >.

Introduction by dmorista:

(From the description of the Show on The Real News Network website). Hedges and Noam Chomsky explore the links between militarism, rising fascism, and climate catastrophe. Chomsky has been a vocal critic of the $47 billion dollars in military aid the US has sent to Ukraine—an amount that equals the total budget of the State Department and exceeds the paltry amounts the country has committed to the fight against climate change. In a wide-ranging discussion, Chomsky and Hedges discuss the current war, the rising tide of global fascism, the climate catastrophe, and the role left to public intellectuals in an increasingly restrictive and censored media environment. In the second part Noam Chomsky delves into how half a century of neoliberalism set the stage for contemporary fascist movements from Hungary to India and the US. In this segment of the interview. Noam Chomsky returns to The Chris Hedges Report to continue their discussion on contemporary fascism, the war in Ukraine, and the tasks of the left in a time of ecological and political crisis.

Overall a good and wide-ranging discussion of what is going on and how the ruling class uses scholars and media figures to present their propaganda and disinformation material.