I got a chance to hear him speak years ago, and this was when people were bemoaning the election of a moron like Bush II & that the Supreme Court stopped the ballot count before it was finished and on both points he basically said:I'm not the biggest Chomsky fan. Much of what he presents in the realm of linguistics isn't science or meta-science His thoughts on anarchism have been the most intriguing reading for me. He understands the genealogy of the topic and has lived through enough history to have seen where anarcho-capitalism (think the Koch brothers) and other varieties diverge from what are - in my opinion - worthwhile elements of anarchism. Namely mutualistic anarchy
She was a fantastic support for Moz in O2 Dublin for the World Peace tour.