One of the greatest most radical public thinkers of our time ARUNDHATI ROY In these incisive interviews activist Chomsky addresses the urgent questions of this tumultuous time speaking to the deterioration of democracy in the United States and rising tensions globally.He 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 COVID19. 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 selfinterest and plots framework for how we can stand together and fight against injustice.The Wests most prominent critic of US imperialism . . . the closest thing in the Englishspeaking world to an intellectual superstar GuardianWill there ever again be a public intellectual who commands the attention of so many across the planet New Statesman