NOAM CHOMSKY
On Failed States


The New York Times calls him "arguably the most important intellectual alive."The Boston Globe calls him "America's most useful citizen" He was recently voted the world's number one intellectual in a poll by Prospect and Foreign Policy magazines. We're talking about Noam Chomsky, professor of linguistics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and one of the foremost critics of U.S. foreign policy. Professor Chomsky has just released a new book titled "Failed States: The Abuse of Power and the Assault on Democracy." The political activist discusses public affairs on Democracy Now! with Amy Goodman.