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RSN: FOCUS | Noam Chomsky and Vijay Prashad: A Lula Victory in Brazil Could Help Save the Planet

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    01 October 22 Live on the homepage now! Reader Supported News   FOCUS | Noam Chomsky and Vijay Prashad: A Lula Victory in Brazil Could Help Save the Planet Democracy Now! Excerpt: "Noam Chomsky joins us from Brazil with Vijay Prashad, just back from Brazil, to discuss Sunday's Brazilian election between Brazil's far-right President Jair Bolsonaro and former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva." Noam Chomsky joins us from Brazil with Vijay Prashad, just back from Brazil, to discuss Sunday’s Brazilian election between Brazil’s far-right President Jair Bolsonaro and former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. Chomsky and Prashad are co-authors of the new book, “The Withdrawal: Iraq, Libya, Afghanistan, and the Fragility of U.S. Power.” I n Brazil, voters head to the polls Sunday for an election that could see far-right President Jair Bolsonaro replaced by former President Luis Inácio Lula da Silva. Polls show Lula has a strong lead over Bolsonaro, but it remains uncl...

RSN: Susan B. Glasser | What if We're Already Fighting the Third World War With Russia?

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    30 September 22 Live on the homepage now! Reader Supported News STAND UP FOR READER SUPPORTED NEWS: Come on folks don’t just sit there and let RSN struggle financially. What we need to function is a drop in the bucket. When you get involved, when you take an ownership stake good things happen. Help RSN! Marc Ash • Founder, Reader Supported News Sure, I'll make a donation!   Susan B. Glasser | What if We're Already Fighting the Third World War With Russia? Susan B. Glasser, The New Yorker Glasser writes: "Putin's latest provocations once again put Washington in an awful bind." Putin’s latest provocations once again put Washington in an awful bind. N uclear blackmail, illegal annexation of territory, hundreds of thousands of Russian men rounded up and sent to the front lines in Ukraine, undersea gas pipelines to Europe mysteriously blowing up. After endless speculation, we can now say it for sure: this is how Vladimir Putin responds when he is backed into a corn...