Power Systems" is a searing collection of new insights from the mind of Noam Chomsky the world's most prolific public intellectual & author of the best-selling " Failed States" " Hopes & Prospects" & " Occupy". In this new collection of conversations conducted from 2010 to 2012 Noam Chomsky explores the most immediate & urgent concerns: the future of democracy in the Arab world the implications of the Fukushima nuclear disaster the 'class war' fought by U.S. business interests against working people & the poor the breakdown of mainstream political institutions & the rise of the far right. The latest volume from a long-established trusted partnership this collection shows once again that no interlocutor engages with Chomsky more effectively than David Barsamian. These interviews will inspire a new generation of readers as well as longtime Chomsky fans eager for his latest thinking on the many crises we now confront both at home & abroad. They confirm that Chomsky is an unparalleled resource for anyone seeking to understand our world today. Praise for Noam Chomsky: " One of the finest minds of the twentieth century". (" New Yorker"). " Noam Chomsky is a global phenomenon...he may be the most widely read American voice on foreign policy on the planet today". (" New York Times Book Review"). " Will there ever again be a public intellectual who commands the attention of so many across the planet?" (" New Statesman"). " The west's most prominent critic of US imperialism...the closest thing in the English-speaking world to an intellectual superstar". (" Guardian"). Noam Chomsky is the author of numerous bestselling political books including " Hegemony or Survival" " Failed States" " Interventions" " What We Say Goes" " Hopes & Prospects" & most recently " Occupy" 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. David Barsamian is the award-winning founder & director of Alternative Radio. He has authored several books of interviews with leading political thinkers."