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Thursday, February 25, 2016

Chomsky On Trump, Sanders, Poverty

AlterNet: Noam Chomsky: We Owe the Rise of Trump to Fear and the 'Breakdown of Society' - Leading GOP candidate is taking advantage of America's fears. By Aaron Williams
Objectively, poverty and suffering were far greater (in the 30s). But even among poor working people and the unemployed, there was a sense of hope that is lacking now, in large part because of the growth of a militant labor movement and also the existence of political organizations outside the mainstream.

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