About the Author

Noam Chomsky is a world-renowned political activist, writer and professor of linguistics at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he has taught since 1955. Having written and lectured widely on linguistics, philosophy and politics, his works include: Powers and Prospects; World Orders, Old and New; Deterring Democracy; Manufacturing Consent; Year 501; The Conquest Continues. He is also the author of the perennial best-seller Profit over People, as well as the international best-seller 9-11, which has more than 400,000 copies in print. His efforts for greater democracy are celebrated by peace and social justice movements world-wide.