“Today we have at our disposal the technical and material resources to meet human biological needs. However, we have not developed the cultural and moral resources -nor the democratic forms of social organization- that make the humanitarian and rational use of our material wealth and power possible.”

In this classic speech, Noam Chomsky articulates a clear yet uncompromising vision of social change. The future of governance composes a political manifesto with the main demand for the maintenance of democratic control of society.

Chomsky, urging intellectuals to reassess the balance between social, political, governmental, and corporate power, raises issues that remain perpetually relevant.

[Excerpt from the text on the back cover of the edition]