**Avram Noam Chomsky** (1928) is a linguist, [cognitive
scientist](Science "wikilink"), historian, philosopher and
[anarcho-syndicalist](Anarcho-Syndicalism "wikilink") activist who has
focused on criticism of [US foreign
policy](US_Foreign_Policy "wikilink"), the [mass
media](Mass_Media "wikilink") and
[corporations](corporations "wikilink").