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Trump's principal policies make clear what's going to happen. This gives an opportunity. Right now it's going to take hard work, but it's possible that there could be a real revival of the labor movement.

Noam Chomsky

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Noam Chomsky
Age: 95
Born: 1928
Born: December 7
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