‘Gaza is a moral tear in the universe’: Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor | Radical Thinking with Aditya Chakrabortty
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‘Gaza is a moral tear in the universe’: Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor | Radical Thinking with Aditya Chakrabortty

B2Upper-intermediateOctober 11, 202650 min
  • Interview
  • Politics

Are we really living through ‘end-times fascism’? Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor think so. In a new series from the Guardian, the pair speak to Radical Thinking with Aditya Chakrabortty in an extended interview. From Trump 2.0 and the rise of the tech billionaires to Gaza and the climate emergency, Klein and Taylor argue we are not just lurching from crisis to crisis but are in a new and dangerous moment in history. But they haven’t given up hope of a fightback. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus

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This is The Guardian. These deep crises open up windows where big changes can happen. We're almost two years into the second reign of Donald Trump, and many of his opponents still don't know how to respond.

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Establishment Democrats, AWOL. The big media still trying to both sides the atrocities that come out of the White House. And meanwhile, protesters are being gunned down by I-squads,

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and migrants snatch off the streets. But what if Donald Trump isn't the main character? They're really going to be policing each other. Just a front man for a new and sinister reconfiguration

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