Blueprint for a Progressive US: A Dialogue With Noam Chomsky and Robert Pollin

http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/42284-blueprint-for-a-progressive-us-a-dialogue-with-noam-chomsky-and-robert-pollin
Date Written:  2017-10-17
Publisher:  Truthout
Year Published:  2017
Resource Type:  Article
Cx Number:  CX21437

In the Trump era, what would an authentically populist, progressive political agenda look like? What would a progressive US look like with regard to jobs, the environment, finance capital and the standard of living? What would it look like in terms of education and health care, justice and equality? In an exclusive interview with C.J. Polychroniou for Truthout, world-renowned public intellectuals Noam Chomsky and Robert Pollin tackle these issues.

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Much has been said about how Trump has pulled the cork out of the bottle and legitimized neo-Nazism, rabid white supremacy, misogyny and other pathologies that had been festering beneath the surface. But it goes much beyond even that.
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Whether by design, or simply inertia, the Republican wrecking ball has been following a two-level strategy. Trump keeps the spotlight on himself with one act after another, assuming (correctly) that yesterday's antics will be swept aside by today's. And at the same time, often beneath the radar, the "respectable" Republican establishment chips away at government programs that might be of benefit to the general population, but not to their constituency of extreme wealth and corporate power.