TY - GEN AU - Chomsky, Noam AU - Polychroniou, C. J. TI - Illegitimate Authority: : Facing the Challenges of Our Time T2 - A Penguin special SN - 9780241629949 (PB) PY - 2023/// CY - London PB - Penguin Books Ltd KW - Geopolitics KW - US politics N1 - Includes Index N2 - In these incisive interviews, Chomsky addresses the urgent questions of this tumultuous time, speaking to the deterioration of democracy in the United States and rising tensions globally. Noam Chomsky examines the crumbling of the social fabric and the fractures of the Biden era, including the halting steps toward a Green New Deal, the illegitimate authority of the Supreme Court, in particular its decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, and the ongoing fallout from COVID-19. Chomsky also untangles the roots of the War in Ukraine, the diplomatic tensions among the United States, China, and Russia, and considers the need for climate action on an international scale. Illegitimate Authority exposes those who wield power in their own self-interest and plots framework for how we can stand together and fight against injustice ER -