{"description": "\"In these recent, wide-ranging interviews, conducted for Truthout by C. J. Polychroniou, Chomsky discusses his views on the \"war on terror\" and the rise of neoliberalism, the refugee crisis and cracks in the European Union, prospects for a just peace in Israel/Palestine, the rise of the Black Lives Matter movement, the dysfunctional US electoral system, the grave danger posed to humanity by the climate crisis, and the hopes, prospects, and challenges of building a movement for radical change\"", "title": "Optimism over despair", "subject_places": ["United States"], "subjects": ["Politics and government", "Imperialism", "Interviews", "Peace", "Foreign relations", "Political and social views", "Optimism", "POLITICAL SCIENCE / Globalization", "POLITICAL SCIENCE / Imperialism", "POLITICAL SCIENCE / Peace", "POLITICAL SCIENCE / Terrorism", "Chomsky, noam, 1928-"], "subject_people": ["Noam Chomsky (1928-)"], "key": "/works/OL19723019W", "authors": [{"author": {"key": "/authors/OL31676A"}, "type": {"key": "/type/author_role"}}, {"author": {"key": "/authors/OL893281A"}, "type": {"key": "/type/author_role"}}], "subject_times": ["21st century"], "type": {"key": "/type/work"}, "covers": [14851900, 10185383], "latest_revision": 10, "revision": 10, "created": {"type": "/type/datetime", "value": "2019-05-24T00:47:12.814818"}, "last_modified": {"type": "/type/datetime", "value": "2025-03-13T14:50:34.881036"}}