vijay prashad joined us in europe was just back from brazil.razil, noam chomsky spoke to us. he is a world-renowned political dissident, linguist, and author. professor emeritus at massachusetts institute of technology, where he taught for more than half a century. i began by asking professor chomsky what the election between results far right president bolsonaro and the former president luiz inÁcio lula da silva means not just for brazil, but for the world. >> it is very significant -- not only for brazil, but for the world -- in brazil, in many respects, but one of them is what you mentioned, the fate of the amazon. most of the amazon region is in brazil. of the two candidates, one of them, the current president, bolsonaro, is basically committed to destroying the amazon. under his years in office, there's been sharp acceleration with his approval of illegal logging, mining, agribusiness, tax on the indigenous reserves. it's been known for some time that sooner or later if destruction of the forest continues, there won't be enough moisture pr

as the war in ukraine escalates, we speak with noam chomsky and vijay prashad. stay with us. ♪♪ [music break] amy: "the war racket" by buffy sainte marie. we will be speaking with a native american musician later in the broadcast. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. russia has launched its largest strikes in ukraine in months, attacking kyiv and other cities. today strikes come today's after russia accused ukraine of blowing up a key bridge connecting russia to crimea. as the war in ukraine continues to escalate, we return to our recent conversation with vijay prashad and noam chomsky, co-authors of the new book "the withdrawal: iraq, libya, afghanistan, and the fragility of u.s. power." i spoke with them several weeks ago with juan and zealous. --juan gonzalez. vijay prashad joined us from new york and noam chomsky from brazil, world-renowned political dissident really was, other, lori professor in the department of an with sticks at the university of arizona and professor emeritus at massachusetts institute of t