219 / The Greatest Challenge To State Power / Noam Chomsky

I speak with renowned political dissident, linguist, and author Noam Chomsky. In this brief discussion, I ask Professor Chomsky to examine the current state and trajectory of the United States empire within the scope of recent history, fitting the recent “withdrawal” of the US military presence in Northeast Syria, under Kurdish governance, as an indication of what the US geopolitical influence in the region currently is. Secondly, we discuss the responsibility of journalists, especially in this time, to challenge state power and stand for those willing to risk everything to expose the crimes of the state and its corporate allies. To highlight this, we focus on the current situation of WikiLeaks founder and editor Julian Assange, currently imprisoned in the high-security Belmarsh Prison in London. // Episode notes + transcript: https://www.lastborninthewilderness.com/episodes/noam-chomsky // Sustain + support: https://www.patreon.com/lastborninthewilderness // Donate: https://www.paypal.me/lastbornpodcast