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Who Rules the World?

By: Noam Chomsky
Narrated by: Brian Jones
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The essential account of geopolitics right now, from one of our greatest living intellectuals - including a new afterword on President Donald Trump

Noam Chomsky: philosopher, political writer, fearless activist. No one has done more to question the hidden actors who govern our lives, calling the powers that be to account. Here he presents Who Rules the World?, his definitive account of those powers, how they work, and why we should be questioning them.

From the dark history of the US and Cuba to China's global rise, from torture memos to sanctions on Iran, this book investigates the defining issues of our times and exposes the hypocrisy at the heart of America's policies and actions. The world's political and financial elite are now operating almost totally unconstrained by the so-called democratic structure. With climate change and nuclear proliferation threatening our very survival, dissenting voices have never been more necessary.

Fiercely outspoken and rigorously argued, Who Rules the World? is an indispensable guide to how things really are.

 Political Science Politics & Government Middle East Iran Military Socialism Imperialism Inspiring Africa War Soviet Union American Foreign Policy China Latin American Taxation Human Rights Capitalism Survival Imperial Japan Self-Determination
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In depth discussion on a range of topics, but it felt like the entire book was being narrated like a movie trailer.

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Chomsky cuts through the corporate backed propaganda to tell the world who truly wields the power and how the media covers this up.

Learn how truly biased western media is.

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Loved it. A must read/listen for anyone trying to make sense of the mad world we live in.

Insightful. A must read/listen for anyone.

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Chomsky’s unique perspective is remorselessly rehearsed throughout this audiobook. Everything you thought was good is bad; no American hero is left untarnished. Probably Kennedy comes of worst of all, not because he was any worse than the others but because of the fawning rhetoric of his admirers.
Not for the faint-hearted, but an important contrary voice.

Magnificent and Utterly Depressing

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Chomsky is a rare breed of American - concerned with the truth and nothing but the truth. It's so refreshing and unique to hear a respected US scholar telling the truth without bias. There are far too few of his ilk in the world and the human population is poorer for it...

So brutally honest...

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