Voices for Peace

Noam Chomsky is an American linguist, philosopher, cognitive scientist, historian, logician, social critic, and political activist. The "father of modern linguistics" is a major figure in analytic philosophy and a founder of the field of cognitive science. He has spent more than half a century at MIT, where he is Institute Professor Emeritus and the author of more than a hundred books on linguistics, war, politics, mass media and more.

The United Statesmilitary doctrine, as proclaimed by the Department of Defense, is to attain "full-spectrumdominance...in the air, land, maritime and space domains, and informationenvironment...without effective opposition or prohibitive interference." Thisis an agenda for global conquest--for anever-expanding US empire. As America prepares for conflict withRussia and China, wars continue in the Middle East and North Africa, tens ofmillions are exiled from their homes while many others face famine. But thereis not only hope for change in the air; there is also active resistance. Peopleall over the world are challenging the status quo by taking nonviolent action. Voicesfor Peace features some of the world's leading thinkers, journalists and activists, offering insight, inspiration and solutions to the world's most criticalproblems--nuclear war, environmental destruction, and refugee flows.