Noam Chomsky is Institute Professor Emeritus at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Laureate Professor at the University of Arizona, and the author of more than one hundred books.José Mujica was a Tupamaros guerrilla during the Uruguayan dictatorship. He spent almost fifteen years in prison. He served as the fortieth president of Uruguay from 2010 to 2015.Saúl Alvídrez is a Mexican activist and the founder of #YoSoy132, which in 2012 became the largest student movement in Mexico's history. He is also a filmmaker. His debut documentary, Chomsky and Mujica, will be released in 2026.

The noted linguist and leftist stalwart meets Uruguay's former president in wide-ranging conversation....now that Mujica is no longer with us, it has a certain poignancy. A valuable record of two contrarian political thinkers coming together to find common ground.

Noam Chomsky is Institute Professor Emeritus at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Laureate Professor at the University of Arizona, and the author of more than one hundred books.José Mujica was a Tupamaros guerrilla during the Uruguayan dictatorship. He spent almost fifteen years in prison. He served as the fortieth president of Uruguay from 2010 to 2015.Saúl Alvídrez is a Mexican activist and the founder of #YoSoy132, which in 2012 became the largest student movement in Mexico's history. He is also a filmmaker. His debut documentary, Chomsky and Mujica, will be released in 2026.

The noted linguist and leftist stalwart meets Uruguay's former president in wide-ranging conversation....now that Mujica is no longer with us, it has a certain poignancy. A valuable record of two contrarian political thinkers coming together to find common ground.

Noam Chomsky is Institute Professor Emeritus at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Laureate Professor at the University of Arizona, and the author of more than one hundred books.José Mujica was a Tupamaros guerrilla during the Uruguayan dictatorship. He spent almost fifteen years in prison. He served as the fortieth president of Uruguay from 2010 to 2015.Saúl Alvídrez is a Mexican activist and the founder of #YoSoy132, which in 2012 became the largest student movement in Mexico's history. He is also a filmmaker. His debut documentary, Chomsky and Mujica, will be released in 2026.

The noted linguist and leftist stalwart meets Uruguay's former president in wide-ranging conversation....now that Mujica is no longer with us, it has a certain poignancy. A valuable record of two contrarian political thinkers coming together to find common ground.