linguist, author noam chomsky. can visit our website for part one of the interview where he talks about u.s. foreign policy in latin america, the migrant caravan, the crisis in gaza, and the white supremacist attack on the pittsburgh synagogue. tune in tuesday night for democracy now! live coverage of the midterm elections, teaming up with the intercept for special broadcast from 7:00 p.m. eastern until 1:00 in the morning. you can check your local listings or go to democracynow.org. democracy now! is looking for feedback from people who appreciate the closed captioning. e-mail your comments to outreach@democracynow.org or mail them to democracy now! p.o. box 693 new york, new york 10013. [captioning made possible by

noam chomsky: well, i think it's quite easy to understand. there is an alliance of reactionary repressive states developing under the u.s. aegis. israel is a leading member of it. saudi arabia is another, one of the most brutal, regressive, harsh states in the world. united arab emirates, egypt under the harsh, brutal dictatorship, the united states, israel, and the united states, of course, very -- especially under this -- the alignment goes way back, but the trump administration has gone way out of itits way to lend support to israeli crimes, israeli expansion, and the israeli right wing, of course, which is increasingly dominant, is delighted. so, the fact that, say, the israeli i ambassador would cocome out and say that is really no more surprirising than the fact that john bolton would praise the election of a strong advocate of torture, murder and repression. itit all fits the same patternr. amy goodman: this issue of the number of people who died this weekend, the horrific massacre, 11 jews died. the momodel of the coverage, of knowing

nermeen shaikh and i spoke with noam chomsky. he joined us from tucson, arizona, where he now teaches at the university of arizona. his recent books include "global "who rules the world, was put an requiem for the american dream." i began by asking professor chomsky to respond to nsa national security adviser john bolton's remarks on latin america. >> of course, immediately it brings to mind the access of evil -- axis of evil speech of george bush back in 2002, which was the precursor, laying the groundwork for the invasion of iraq of the worst crime of this century with her in this consequences for iraq, eliciting conflicts that are cheering the region apart. a major atrocity of john bolton's was behind that and his new troika -- i doubt the u.s. will dare to do something similar, but that is what it brings to mind. it is kind of interesting to see ravingsterical, astonishing another propaganda campaign that bolton and his colleagues are carrying caravan regard to the of poor and miserable people fleeing from severe oppression,

today, noam chomsky for the hour on the twin threats of nuclear war and climate change, the election of the far-right former army captain jair bolsonaro in brazil and how u.s. foreign policy in latin america has led to the migrant crisis. >> there's an incredible charade in which the world is looking

midterm elections a day away, we turn to the world renowned dissident noam chomsky to talk about the

to see the full interview with noam chomsky, go to democracynow.org. millions of voters head to the polls today for a midterm election that is widely seen as a referendum on donald trump's presidency, with both houses of congress and 36 governors races in the balance. alsoons have already voted a record 36 million americans voted early this year, with participation high among young people and people of color. record numbers. that is up from 27,000,004 years ago, leading many to predict a record turnout for this determine election today. iss comes as politico reporting glitches with voting machines in texas and georgia have caused some votes for democrats to be switched for the republican candidate or deleted. experts have said the error is a technical malfunction. voters and civil rights groups in texas and georgia have filed complaints in what are two of the most closely watched states this midterm election. for more, we're joined by ari berman a senior writer at mother jones, reporting fellow at the nation institute, author of "give us the ballot: th

station a war crime noam chomsky called the terrorism bill clinton and tony blair arguably more guilty of crimes against journalism than dorell trump we'll have more in the weeks atrocities in u.k. armed israeli and saudi military action later in the show first after the british government's de-facto defeat in the face of german corbin's onslaught of a brics it legal advice i'm joined by former u.k. attorney general lord morris as the prime minister approaches a so-called end game morris how is the largest democratic exercise in u.k. history ended up with jeremy cool be in order to be next prime minister demanding the publication of bricks and legal advice.

yeah i was listening to noam chomsky the other day and he said it's not the most important election of his lifetime it's the most important election in human history. you have a republican party that is ignoring climate science as we head rapidly towards a future that's difficult to think about and were organized meaningful human existence is in jeopardy and a republican party it's ignoring what's ahead and a president who is playing footsie and sometimes is not so subtle with white nationalists. so this is an election about trump it's really an election about the direction of this country and so yeah this is this is a momentous occasion and it is heartening to see turnout so high and i think that. hopefully i'll continue and i think one of the things about polling is often we say well who's up who's down but the end of the day as we saw in two thousand and sixteen as we've seen in the primaries particularly when it comes to progressive candidates of color. polling is enabled isn't always the best measure and polls don't vote people do so we'll see if this continues but my hope is that

two weeks ago, i had the honor of sharing the stage with noam chomsky at the university of arizona. it was a terrific program about campus free-speech. i would like to quote chomsky's trenchant comment about another overbroad definition of anti-semitism, which is also well intended but also dangerous. namely, one that includes holocaust denial. chomsky critiques such overbroad concepts of anti-semitism, which suppress ideas as follows. it is a core service to the memory of the victims of the holocaust to adopt a central doctrine of their murderers. as an activist i am a congenital optimist but let me focus on the glass half-full perspective. the current ocr has commendably retracted the overbroad concept of sexually harassing expressions that the obama ocr and doj enforced. in turn, the obama administration commendably rejected the overbroad concept of anti-semitic expression that the current ocr is now enforcing. for the doj to continue to actively support freedom for all ideas on campus, it would have another very important benefit beyond enhancing free-speech. namely, it should i

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yeah i was listening to noam chomsky the other day and he said it's not the most important election of his lifetime it's the most important election in human history. you have a republican party that is ignoring climate science as we head rapidly towards a future that's difficult to think about and were organized meaningful human existence is in jeopardy and a republican party it's ignoring what's ahead and a president who is playing footsie and sometimes is not so subtle with white nationalists. so this is an election about trump it's really an election about the direction of this country and so yeah this is this is a momentous occasion and it is heartening to see turnout so high and i think that. hopefully i'll continue and i think one of the things about polling is often we say well who's up who's down but the end of the day as we saw in two thousand and sixteen as we've seen in the primaries particularly when it comes to progressive candidates of color. polling is enabled isn't always the best measure and polls don't vote people do so we'll see if this continues but my hope is that

yeah i was listening to noam chomsky the other day and he said it's not the most important election of his lifetime it's the most important election in human history. you have a republican party that is ignoring climate science as we head rapidly towards a future that's difficult to think about and where organized meaningful human existence is in jeopardy and a republican party it's ignoring what's ahead and a president who is playing footsie and sometimes is not so subtle with white nationalists. so this is an election about trump it's really an election about the direction of this country and so yeah this is this is a momentous occasion and it is heartening to see turnout so high and i think that. hopefully they'll continue and i think one of the things about polling is often we say well who's up who's down but the end of the day as we saw in two thousand and sixteen as we've seen in the primaries particularly when it comes to progressive candidates of color. polling is enabled isn't always the best measure and polls don't vote people do so we'll see if this continues but my hope is