简介:REQUIEMFORTHEAMERICANDREAMisthedefinitivediscoursewithNoamChomsky,widelyregardedasthemostimportantintellectualalive,onthedefiningcharacteristicofourtime-thedeliberateconcentrationofwealthandpowerinthehandsofaselectfew.Throughinterviewsfilmedoverfouryears,Chomskyunpackstheprinciplesthathavebroughtustothecrossroadsofhistoricallyunprecedentedinequality-tracingahalf-centuryofpoliciesdesignedtofavorthemostwealthyattheexpenseofthemajority-whilealsolookingbackonhisownlifeofactivismandpoliticalparticipation.Profoundlypersonalandthoughtprovoking,Chomskyprovidespenetratinginsightintowhatmaywellbethelastinglegacyofourtime-thedeathofthemiddleclass,andswansongoffunctioningdemocracy.Apotentreminderthatpowerultimatelyrestsinthehandsofthegoverned,REQUIEMisrequiredviewingforallwhomaintainhopeinasharedstakeinthefuture.