Inspired by the works and the milieus of Noam Chomsky, Robert Barsky works at the intersection of literature, law and language theory, where he explores, among other issues, the challenges faced by vulnerable peoples including refugees, homeless people and undocumented migrants. He is currently working on a book about the radical Zionist organization Avukah, and he is completing a project that reviews canonical works from the Great Tradition through the perspective of vulnerable migrants.He is the author of Noam Chomsky: A Life of Dissent, The Chomsky Effect: A Radical Works Beyond the Ivory Tower, and Zellig Harris: From American Linguistics to Socialist Zionism, all three published by the MIT Press.