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Democracy Now! ... Noam Chomsky: Decades of 'the Neoliberal Plague' Left U.S. Unprepared for COVID-19 Outbreak
59,151 views • Jul 30, 2020 Democracy Now! 770K subscribers As the U.S. coronavirus death toll tops 150,000, we spend the hour with world-renowned political dissident, linguist and author Noam Chomsky, who says decades of neoliberal policies that shredded the social safety net and public institutions left the country ill-prepared for a major health crisis. 'We should understand the roots of this pandemic,' he says. #DemocracyNow Democracy Now! is an independent global news hour that airs on nearly 1,400 TV and radio stations Monday through Friday. Watch our livestream 8-9AM ET: https://democracynow.org Please consider supporting independent media by making a donation to Democracy Now! today: https://democracynow.org/donate |