Requiem for the American Dream

Why tonight?

• ◆Under two hours — there is still an evening on the other side of it.

The story

Through interviews filmed over four years, Noam Chomsky unpacks the principles that have brought us to the crossroads of historically unprecedented inequality – tracing a half-century of policies designed to favor the most wealthy at the expense of the majority – while also looking back on his own life of activism and political participation. He provides penetrating insight into what may well be the lasting legacy of our time – the death of the middle class, and swan song of functioning democracy.

• upper class
• middle class
• wealth
• social commentary
• working class
• economics
• biting
• democracy
• blunt
• poor