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PRAISE FOR NOAM CHOMSKY S "OCCUPY" AND ZUCCOTTI PARK PRESS: ""Occupy" is another vital contribution from Chomsky to the literature of defiance and protest, and a red-hot rallying call to forge a better, more egalitarian future."--Alternet "For decades, Chomsky has been marginalized for his insightful, levelheaded, and accurate observations about how our society functions. In "Occupy," Chomsky... sets the record straight. And he s got an answer for everything. "It s necessary," Chomsky warns, "to get out into the country and get people to understand what this is about, and what they can do about it, and what the consequences are of not doing anything about it." "Occupy" begins with a powerful editor s note from Greg Ruggiero, who comments on the heartlessness and inhumanity of the system, where people s stolen homes are sold off to the highest bidder. And if it isn t obvious to those who are still asking what the demands of Occupy Wall Street are, Ruggiero puts it plainly: Occupy embodies a vision of democracy that is fundamentally antagonistic to the management of society as a corporate-controlled space that funds a political system to serve the wealthy, ignore the poor. One can only cringe at the thought of what will happen if we continue to ignore the wisdom of Noam Chomsky. He gives a clue in "Occupy."..."--The Coffin Factory, The Magazine for People who Love Books Chomsky advocates intelligent activism by those who see the divorce between public policy and public opinion. He is both optimistic and realistic towards this "first major public response to 30 years of class war."--IRISH TIMES, PICK REVIEW ""Occupy," is at once a vivid portrait of the now-global movement and a practical guide to intelligent activism, infused with Chomsky s signature meditations on everything from how the wealthiest 1% came to steer society to what a healthy democracy would look like to how we can separate money from politics. Alongside Chomsky s words are some of the most movin
PRAISE FOR NOAM CHOMSKY S "OCCUPY" AND ZUCCOTTI PARK PRESS: ""Occupy" is another vital contribution from Chomsky to the literature of defiance and protest, and a red-hot rallying call to forge a better, more egalitarian future."--Alternet "For decades, Chomsky has been marginalized for his insightful, levelheaded, and accurate observations about how our society functions. In "Occupy," Chomsky... sets the record straight. And he s got an answer for everything. "It s necessary," Chomsky warns, "to get out into the country and get people to understand what this is about, and what they can do about it, and what the consequences are of not doing anything about it." "Occupy" begins with a powerful editor s note from Greg Ruggiero, who comments on the heartlessness and inhumanity of the system, where people s stolen homes are sold off to the highest bidder. And if it isn t obvious to those who are still asking what the demands of Occupy Wall Street are, Ruggiero puts it plainly: Occupy embodies a vision of democracy that is fundamentally antagonistic to the management of society as a corporate-controlled space that funds a political system to serve the wealthy, ignore the poor. One can only cringe at the thought of what will happen if we continue to ignore the wisdom of Noam Chomsky. He gives a clue in "Occupy."..."--The Coffin Factory, The Magazine for People who Love Books Chomsky advocates intelligent activism by those who see the divorce between public policy and public opinion. He is both optimistic and realistic towards this "first major public response to 30 years of class war."--IRISH TIMES, PICK REVIEW ""Occupy," is at once a vivid portrait of the now-global movement and a practical guide to intelligent activism, infused with Chomsky s signature meditations on everything from how the wealthiest 1% came to steer society to what a healthy democracy would look like to how we can separate money from politics. Alongside Chomsky s words are some of the most movin