The Owen Jones Podcast

3. Noam Chomsky on Trump, Biden, the climate emergency, Palestine and capitalism

Noam Chomsky is the world's most famous public intellectual. He's spent decades critiquing US power - he's turned 92 this month, and is as lucid as ever - and remains a flag bearer of dissent. In this wide ranging interview, we discussed neoliberalism, how the Democrats paved the way for Trump, why Trump is the "worst criminal in human history", whether Trumpism will outlast Trump and destroy US democracy, about the prospects for the left under a Biden presidency, the climate emergency which threatens to wipe out human life, what possibility for Palestinian freedom - and whether there is a future without capitalism. Please support us taking on the right-wing media here!: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&amp;redir_token=QUFFLUhqbkt6NXBpMmZNYWJhNXBGN0dqc1F1N016S19JZ3xBQ3Jtc0tudlJad3JVVGxCYWw2N0tmcGJQOWhoazlwY2NWUEt1c1JuM3IzczdZMkJEb1FqT0djSnM0ZjhVaXZWeWpVdzRjUTAtQk1UTElOZ2wtUmM0MG8wVU51eXQ4RXhiNVlsTHFJc0EzYVB0bVJIQlI3cTh3cw&amp;q=https%3A%2F%2Fpatreon.com%2Fowenjones84" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://patreon.com/owenjones84</a>​Support this show <a href="http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast" rel="payment" target="_blank">http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast</a>. Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color:grey;" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

Owen Jones, journalist, author of Chavs and The Establishment, or "that left-wing idiot off the telly", is fed up with the establishment media. After all, it punches down, not up, blames minorities for all the problems in society, and, let's face it, often just parrots the government line. So this podcast is offering something different: speaking truth to power, giving the marginalised a voice, offering hope - and having a laugh along the way. From Michael Sheen to Judith Butler, Prof. Devi Sridhar to Noam Chomsky, Peter Hitchens to Chelsea Manning and Gary Younge to Stewart Lee, the interviewees couldn't be more eclectic. Expect documentaries, too, exposing injustice and going to enemy territory - and discussions with experts on everything from COVID dreams about the pandemic to the history of US-backed coups. We'll learn a lot - but above all else, have our optimism in a better world rebooted. Support this show <a href="http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast" rel="payment" target="_blank">http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast</a>. Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color:grey;" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.