About the Author

Noam Chomsky is known throughout the world for his groundbreaking work in linguistics and his relentless advocacy for democracy, freedom and self-determination. Author of dozens of books, among his most recent are Hopes and Prospects and Making the Future: Occupations, Interventions, Empire and Resistance. His hit book, 9-11, also edited and produced by Greg Ruggiero, has sold over 350,000 in the U.S. and is available in over 25 different countries. Chomsky has publicly supported and encouraged the Occupy movement and its principles of democracy, equality, justice and freedom since it first emerged in Zuccotti Park.