Occupy By Noam Chomsky (Paperback, 2012)

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Occupy gives Noam Chomsky's thoughts on a movement which swept the world ' Occupy is the first major public response to thirty years of class war' Since its appearance in Zuccotti Park New York in September 2011 the Occupy movement has spread to hundreds of towns & cities across the world No longer occupying small tent camps the movement now occupies the global conscience as its messages spread from street protests to op-ed pages to the highest seats of power From the movement's onset Noam Chomsky has supported its critique of corporate corruption & encouraged its efforts to increase civic participation economic equality democracy & freedom Through talks & conversations with movement supporters Occupy presents Chomsky's latest thinking on the central issues questions & demands that are driving ordinary people to protest How did we get to this point? How are the wealthiest 1 influencing the lives of the other 99? How can we separate money from politics? What would a genuinely democratic election look like? How can we redefine basic concepts like 'growth' to increase equality & quality of life for all? Occupy is another vital contribution from Chomsky to the literature of defiance & protest & a red-hot rallying call to forge a better more egalitarian future Noam Chomsky is the author of numerous bestselling political books including Hegemony or Survival Failed States Interventions Perilous Power What We Say Goes Imperial Ambitions Making the Future How the World Works & Hopes & Prospects all of which are published by Hamish Hamilton Penguin He is a professor in the Department of Linguistics & Philosophy at MIT & is widely credited with having revolutionized modern linguistics Chomsky has supported the initiatives of the Occupy movement from its first weeks He lives in Lexington Massachusetts