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The Great Financial Crisis Causes and Consequences

by John Bellamy Foster and Fred Magdoff

In fall 2008, the United States was plunged into a financial crisis more severe than any since the Great De- pression. As banks collapsed and the state scrambled to organize one of the largest transfers of wealth in his- tory, many, including economists and financial experts, were shocked by the speed at which events unfolded. Foster and Magdoff’s new book boldly analyzes the development and implications of the financial melt- down. They examine the housing “The financial crisis of 2007-08—and with more bubble and credit crunch, and situ- certainly in store for 2009 and beyond—is one of ate current events within a broader, the great calamities of modern neoliberal capital- ism. In a series of highly accessible and cogent ar- long-festering crisis of monopoly-fi- ticles, Foster and Magdoff explain both the build nance capitalism. It is the “real” pro- up to the crisis and its consequences. The Great ductive economy’s tendency toward Financial Crisis brings their ideas together in one stagnation, they argue, that creates a place. It is compelling reading for anyone seeking need for capital to find ways to prof- to both understand and change the world we live in today.” itably invest its surplus. But rather than invest in socially useful projects —ROBERT POLLIN, professor of Economics and co- director, Political Economy Research Institute that would benefit the vast majority, (PERI), University of Massachusetts-Amherst capital has constructed a fatally un- stable financialized “casino” econ- omy that neglects social needs. Written over the two years imme- JOHN BELLAMY FOSTER is editor of Monthly Re- diately preceeding the crisis, this view. He is professor of sociology at the University timely, illuminating book is necessary of Oregon and the author of many books, includ- reading for all who wish to under- ing Critique of Intelligent Design (with Brett Clark and Richard York), Naked Imperialism, Marx’s stand the current situation, how we Ecology, andThe Theory of Monopoly Capitalism. got here, and where we are heading. FRED MAGDOFF taught at the University of Ver- AVAILABLE NOW mont in Burlington, is a director of the Monthly $12.95 / £10.95 / paper / 978-1-58367-184-9 Review Foundation, and has written on political 144 pages / Economics / Current Events economy for many years.

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The Rise of China and the Demise of the Capitalist World Economy

Minqi Li

In recent years, China has become a major actor in the global economy, making a remarkable switch from a planned and egalitarian socialism to a simultaneously wide-open and tightly controlled market economy. Against the establishment wisdom, Minqi Li argues in this provocative and startling book that far from strengthening capitalism, China’s full integration into the world capi- talist system will, in fact and in the not too distant future, bring about its demise. The author tells us that “Minqi Li has accomplished something different historically the spread and growth of and very important. He has placed the ‘rise of capitalist economies has required China’ from the Mao era to today in the context of low wages, taxation, and environ- the history of the entire world-system. He makes mental costs, as well as a hegemonic a persuasive case.” nation to prevent international —IMMANUEL WALLERSTEIN, Yale University competition from eroding these re- quirements. With the decline of the “A thought-provoking account. Minqi Li considers economic power of the United the consequences of the entry of China into the States, its current hegemonic role global capitalist system, in light of the challenges will deteriorate and the unprece- facing human society from economic, political, and environmental constraints. This book makes a major dented growth of China will so erode contribution.” the foundations of capital accumu- lation—by pushing wages and envi- —DAVID M. KOTZ, Professor of Economics, University of Massachusetts, Amherst ronmental costs up, for example— that the entire capitalist system will be shaken to its core. This is essential reading for those who still believe Minqi Li is assistant professor of Economics at the University of Utah. He became an adherent of that there is no alternative. radical economics as a political prisoner in China from 1990-1992 and began an intensive study AVAILABLE NOW. of China’s economy and its role in the world cap- $16.95 / paper / 978-1-58367-182-5 italist system upon his release. 240 pages / China / Politics / Economics

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Critique Of Intelligent Design Materialism versus Creationism from Antiquity to the Present

by John Bellamy Foster, Brett Clark, and Richard York

A critique of religious dogma histor- ically provides the basis for rational inquiry into the physical and social world. Critique of Intelligent Design is a key to understanding the forces of ir- rationalism challenging the teaching of evolution in U.S. public schools and seeking to undermine the natu- ral and social sciences. It illuminates the 2,500 year evolution of the mate- rialist critique—the explanation of the world in terms of itself— from an- “Finally we have a book on so-called ‘intelligent de- tiquity to the present. This book of- sign’ that gets to the heart of the matter rather than fers empowering tools to understand devoting all its energies to a point by point refuta- tion of that doctrine. The authors of Critique of In- and defend critical and scientific rea- telligent Design never lose sight of the real issue, soning in both the natural and social which is the struggle between materialism and su- sciences and society as a whole. pernaturalism as an explanation for the world of phenomena. Theirs is the model on which all dis- cussions of intelligent design should be based.” —RICHARD LEWONTIN, research professor at the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University

“This excellent book adds to the growing body of critical writing about intelligent design creationism.” —BARBARA FORREST, professor of philosophy, JOHN BELLAMY FOSTER is editor of Monthly Re- Southeastern Louisiana University view, professor of sociology at the University of Oregon and author of Naked Imperialism, Ecology “A brilliant scholarly achievement that no one in- Against Capitalism, Marx’s Ecology, and The Vul- terested in the subject—or in how to analyze this nerable Planet. kind of subject—can afford to miss.” —BERTELL OLLMAN, Professor of Politics, NYU; author of Dance of the Dialectic: Steps in BRETT CLARK is assistant professor of sociology Marx’s Method and Alienation. at North Carolina State University.

RICHARD YORK is associate professor of sociol- AVAILABLE NOW ogy at the University of Oregon. He is coeditor of $15.95 / £10.95 / paper / 978-1-58367-173-3 the journal Organization & Environment. 240 pages / Science / Philosophy / Current Events

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Che Guevara His Revolutionary Legacy

by Olivier Besancenot and Michael Löwy Translated by James Membrez

In this masterful new study, Besan- cenot and Löwy explore and situate Guevara’s ethical, revolutionary, and humanist legacy. They explicate Gue- vara’s emphasis on the import of the individual coming to understand and accept socialism at a personal level. For Guevara, Besancenot and Löwy show, the revolutionary project demands more than a transforma- tion of the mode of production; it demands a profound transforma- tion of the individual, the birth of “This essential book rescues Che from the what Guevara termed the “new celebrity that threatens to overwhelm his mem- man.” Besancenot and Löwy also ex- ory, and presents him, not as movie star or sex plore Guevara’s pragmatic approach symbol, but as a man who linked his conscious- to the question of state power and ness to his conduct, fought and died for a more peaceful and humane world, and whose demo- unique theoretical contributions to cratic dreams and humanist approach to politics the question of the transition to so- resonate with new energy and urgency today.” cialism. In Guevara, Besancenot and Löwy —BILL AYERS, author of Fugitive Days, and co-author with Bernardine Dohrn of find a life lived as an example of Race Course: Against White Supremacy revolutionary potential. Guevara’s political and ethical sensibilities, un- wavering anti-imperialism, and firm commitment to revolutionary social transformation still ignite hope in all who struggle for a better world. OLIVIER BESANCENOT lives in France, where he works as a postal carrier. He received 1,498,581 votes in the first round of the French presidential elections in 2007.

MICHAEL LÖWY is research director in Sociology AVAILABLE NOW at the National Centre for Scientific Research $16.95 / £12.95 / paper / 978-1-58367-177-1 in Paris. 176 pages / Politics / Latin America / History

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The Ecological Revolution Making Peace with the Planet

by John Bellamy Foster

The roots of the present ecological crisis, Foster argues, lie in capital’s ra- pacious expansion, which has now achieved unprecedented heights of irrationality across the globe. Foster compellingly demonstrates that the only possible answer for humanity is an ecological revolution: a struggle to make peace with the planet. Foster details the beginnings of such a revo- lution in human relations with the environment now found throughout the globe, especially in the periphery, where the most ambitious experi- Praise for John Bellamy Foster’s Marx’s Ecology: ments are taking place. This bold new work addresses the “In the best tradition of Marxist scholarship, John central issues of the present crisis: Bellamy Foster uses the history of ideas not as a global warming, peak oil, species ex- courtesy to the past but as an integral part of cur- tinction, world water shortages, global rent issues. He demonstrates the centrality of ecol- ogy for a materialist conception of history, and of hunger, alternative energy sources, historical materialism for an ecological movement.” sustainable development, and envi- — RICHARD LEVINS, Harvard University ronmental justice. Foster draws on a unique range of thinkers, including “Marx’s Ecology is a bold, exciting interpretation Karl Marx, Thomas Malthus, William of the historical background and context of Marx’s Morris, Albert Einstein, Hannah Arendt, ecological thought and a fascinating exploration of environmental history. Should be of interest to Rachel Carson, Vandana Shiva, and all who care about the fate of our ‘vulnerable István Mészáros. The result is a star- planet.’” tlingly radical synthesis, which offers —CAROLYN MERCHANT, new hope for grappling with the University of California, Berkeley greatest challenge of our age: what must be done to save the earth for hu- JOHN BELLAMY FOSTER is editor of Monthly Re- manity and all living species. view. He is professor of sociology at the Univer- sity of Oregon and author of Critique of Intelligent AVAILABLE APRIL Design (with Brett Clark and Richard York), Naked $17.95 / £13.95 / paper / 978-1-58367-179-5 Imperialism, Ecology Against Capitalism, Marx’s 288 pages / Ecology / Current Affairs Ecology, and The Vulnerable Planet.

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The Political Economy of Media Enduring Issues, Emerging Dilemmas

by Robert W. McChesney

The reach of media penetrates nearly every corner of the world and every aspect of our lives. In The Political Economy of Media, one of the fore- most media critics, Robert W. McCh- esney, provides a comprehensive analysis of the economic and politi- cal powers mobilizing to consolidate private control of media—at the ex- pense of democracy. This provocative new collection PRAISE FOR MCCHESNEY’S THE PROBLEM OF THE MEDIA: examines the monopolistic competi- tion that has led to an increasingly “Robert McChesney follows in the great tradition concentrated and centralized global of Upton Sinclair, George Seldes, I.F. Stone, and media. McChesney explores why Ben Bagdikian in exposing the ruthless hold of questions about the ownership of corporate power on the nation’s media.” commercial media remain off-limits —Howard Zinn within our political culture; how pri- “A must-read for anyone seeking to understand vate ownership of media leads to the the current battle for control of the media.” degradation of journalism and the —REP JOHN CONYERS, JR. (D-Minnesota) suppression of genuine debate; and why corporate rule threatens democ- “McChesney’s work has been of extraordinary im- racy by failing to provide the means portance. It should be read with care and concern for developing an educated and in- by people who care about freedom and basic formed citizenry. rights.” —NOAM CHOMSKY

ROBERT W. MCCHESNEY is a professor in the In- stitute of Communications Research at the Uni- versity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He is author of Rich Media, Poor Democracy: Commu- AVAILABLE NOW nication Politics in Dubious Times (New Press) 19.95 / £14.99 / paper / 978-1-58367-161-0 and Corporate Media and the Threat to Democ- $68.00 / £45.00 / cloth / 978-1-58367-162-7 racy (Open Media). 368 pages / Media Studies / Politics

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Violence Today Actually Existing Barbarism

Socialist Register 2009 edited by Leo Panitch and Colin Leys

Amid the carnage of the First World War, Rosa Luxemburg posed a stark choice for humanity: socialism or barbarism. Violence Today asks if cur- rent patterns mark a descent into the barbarism that Luxemburg feared and if a just society, one capable of transcending the endemic violence of the neoliberal order, is possible in the new century. This powerful and provocative new collection explores the roots of violence—military, terrorist, criminal, and casual—in contemporary society. CONTRIBUTIONS: Henry Bernstein, Colin It analyzes the social context, history, Leys, and Leo Panitch, Reflections on Vi- and structure of modern violence, olence Today; Vivek Chibber, American casting light on patterns and prac- Militarism and the U.S. Political Estab- tices from America’s inner cities and lishment; Philip Green, On-Screen Bar- prisons to “failed states” like Afghan- barism; Ruth Wilson Gilmore, Race, istan. Violence Today also gives special Prisons and War; Joe Sim and Steve attention to debate within the Left Tombs, State Talk, State Silence; Lynne about violence, including a contro- Segal, Violence’s Victims; Barbara Harriss- versial defense of armed struggle. White, Girls as Disposable Commodi- ties in India; Achin Vanaik, India’s Par- adigmatic Communal Violence; Tania LEO PANITCH is professor of political science at Murray Li, Reflections on Indonesian York University, Toronto and author of Renewing Violence; Ulrich Oslender, Colombia; Socialism: Democracy, Strategy, and Imagination. Sofiri Joab-Peterside and Anna Zalik, The Commodification of Violence in the COLIN LEYS is emeritus professor at Queen’s Niger Delta; Dennis Rodgers and Steffen University, Kingston, Ontario and author of Mar- Jensen, Revolutionaries, Barbarians or ket-Driven Politics. War Machines?; Michael Brie, Emanci- pation and the Left; Samir Amin, The AVAILABLE NOW Defense of Humanity Requires the $25.00 / paper / 978-1-58367-181-8 Radicalization of Popular Struggles; 296 pages / Politics John Berger, Human Shield.

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The Unknown Cultural Revolution Life and Change in a Chinese Village

by Dongping Han Preface by Fred Magdoff The Unknown Cultural Revolution chal- lenges the established narrative of China’s Cultural Revolution, which assumes that this period of great so- cial upheaval led to economic disas- ter, the persecution of intellectuals, and senseless violence. Drawing on extensive local inter- views and records in rural Shandong Province, Han shows that the Cul- tural Revolution brought dramatic improvements in the living condi- tions, infrastructure, and agricul- “The importance of this work by Dongping Han is tural practices that helped overthrow that it brings into focus the lives of villagers dur- local hierarchies, establish participa- ing a dynamic period of great positive change in tory democracy and economic plan- the country- side. This book is a very significant ning in the communes, and expand work—a counter- weight to the conventional writings about the Cultural Revolution.” education and public services, espe- —from the preface by Fred Magdoff cially for the elderly. This book documents a neglected side of China’s Cultural Revolution, demonstrating the potential of mass education and empowerment for radical political and economic trans- formation. It is a bold and provoca- tive work, which demands the attention not only of students of contemporary Chinese history but of all who are concerned with poverty and inequality in the world today.

DONGPING HAN teaches history and political sci- AVAILABLE NOW ence at Warren Wilson College in North Carolina. $16.95 / £12.95 / paper / 978-1-58367-180-1 Han comes from a rural background in China. 192 pages / China / Agriculture / Politics

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Why Unions Matter Second Edition

Michael D. Yates

In this second edition of Why Unions Matter, written ten years after the first, Yates shows why unions still matter. Unions mean better pay, ben- efits, and working conditions for members; they force employers to treat employees with dignity and re- spect; and at their best, they provide a way for workers to make society more democratic and egalitarian. Yates uses simple language, clear data, and engaging examples to show why workers need unions, how “A comprehensive, readable introduction to the unions are formed, how they operate, history, structure, functioning, and yes, the prob- how collective bargaining works, lems of U.S. unions. For labor and political ac- tivists just coming on the scene or veterans their role in politics, and what they- looking for that missing overview, this is the best have done to bring workers together place to start.” across the divides of race, gender, re- —Kim Moody, founder of Labor Notes, ligion, and sexual orientation. author of Workers in a Lean World and U.S. Labor The new updated edition exam- in Trouble and Transition. ines the record of the New Voice slate that took control of the AFL- “. . . a must read. It offers a rousing, compelling ac- CIO in 1995, the continuing decline count of organized labor’s unique role in our history. in union membership and density, Uncompromising, riveting and, despite some bru- tally honest truths, oddly inspiring. A terrific book the Change to Win split in 2005, the for both the casual reader and the labor wonk.” growing importance of immigrant —David Macaray, labor writer for CounterPunch workers, the rise of worker centers, and playwright the impacts of and labor responses to globalization, and the need for labor to have an independent politi- MICHAEL D. YATES is associate editor of Monthly cal voice. This is simply the best in- Review and editorial director of Monthly Review Press. He has taught working people in Labor troduction to unions on the market. Studies programs around the country and is the author of Cheap Motels and a Hot Plate: An Econ- AVAILABLE MARCH omist’s Travelogue, Naming the System: Inequal- $17.95 / £13.95 / paper / 978-1-58367-190-0 ity and Work in the Global Economy, and Longer 200 pages / Labor Hours, Fewer Jobs.

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Embedded With Organized Labor Journalistic Reflections on the Class War At Home

Steve Early Collected in print for the first time, the articles that comprise Embedded With Organized Labor present a unique and informed perspective on the class war at home from one of the labor movement’s most esteemed journalists and participants. Steve Early tackles the most pressing issues facing workers today and docu- ments—although not uncritically— how workers have organized and responded to capital’s offensive in re- “Early says things other people in the labor move- cent decades. ment would like to say but don’t, because of proto- This wide-ranging collection deals col, fear of firing, or, truth be told, fear of afflicting with the dilemmas of union radical- the comfortable. This collection shows the consis- tency of Early’s insistence on a worker’s-eye view of ism, the obstacles to institutional the big picture, as he uses his acid pen to call out our change within organized labor, and ersatz reformers and self-appointed spokesmen.” strategies for securing workers’ —JANE SLAUGHTER, Labor Notes rights in the new global economy. It also addresses questions hotly de- “Exciting, not only for the ideas presented, but for bated among union activists and its potential contribution to developing a working friends of labor, including workers’ class readership base that could dramatically rights as human rights, new forms of widen the discussions so desperately needed.” worker organization such as worker —SAM GINDIN, professor, York University and former research director, Canadian Auto Workers centers, union democracy, cross-bor- der solidarity, race, gender, and eth- STEVE EARLY has been an organizer, strike strate- nic divisions in the working class, gist, labor educator, and lawyer and recently and the lessons of labor history. retired national staff member of the Communica- tions Workers of America. His articles, reviews, and op-ed pieces have appeared in The Nation, New Politics, CounterPunch, The Progressive, American Prospect, WorkingUSA, New Labor Forum, the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles Times, Boston Globe, and many other AVAILABLE JULY publications. He is currently completing a book on $17.95 / £14.95 / paper / 978-1-58367-188-7 the role of 1960s activists in American unions. 288 pages / Labor

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The World We Wish to See The Challenge and Burden Revolutionary Objectives in the of Historical Time Twenty First Century Socialism in the Twenty-First Century by István Mészáros, by Samir Amin, translated by James Membrez Foreword by John Bellamy Foster

Samir Amin presents A breakthrough in a sweeping view of the development of twentieth-century po- socialist thought, The litical history and a Challenge and Burden stirring appeal to take of Historical Time is political organization both a companion seriously. Throughout volume to Mészáros’s the last century, great revolutions, seminal Beyond Capital and a major the socialist and communist inter- theoretical contribution in its own nationals, and national liberation right. Mészáros, one of the foremost movements presented a serious chal- Marxist thinkers of our age, focuses lenge to global capital. Neoliberal- on the tyranny of capital’s time im- ism and the U.S. drive for military perative and the necessity of a new hegemony have given birth to new socialist time accountancy, and pro- political and social movements and vides a strong refutation of the pop- new attempts at international organ- ular view that there is no alternative ization, such as the World Social to the current neoliberal order. Forum. Amin maps these opposi- tional formations, new and old, crit- ically assessing their potential and “István Mészáros illuminates the path ahead. He limitations for the revolutionary points to the central argument we must make in project today. order . . . to take to the offensive—throughout the world—in moving toward socialism.” “Amin’s global intellectual reach enables him to —HUGO CHÁVEZ, president of Venezuela deal with a wide variety of issues … with mag- nificent ease and simplicity.” —INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MIDDLE EAST STUDIES ISTVÁN MÉSZÁROS left his native Hungary after the Soviet invasion of 1956. He is professor emeritus at the University of Sussex, where he SAMIR AMIN is director of the Third World held the chair of Philosophy for fifteen years. Forum in Dakar, Senegal. His numerous Mészáros is author of Beyond Capital, The Power works include The Liberal Virus, Accumulation on of Ideology, The Work of Sartre, and Marx’s Theory a World Scale, Unequal Development, and Spectres of Alienation. of Capitalism.

$15.95 / £9.95 / paper / 978-1-58367-171-9 $29.95 / £16.95 / paper / 978-1-58367-169-6 160 pages / Politics 480 pages / Philosophy / Marxism / Political Economy

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Bush Versus Chávez On the Global Waterfront Washington’s War on Venezuela The Fight to Free the Charleston 5

by Suzan Erem and E. Paul Durrenberger by Eva Golinger Preface by Greg Palast

President Hugo Chávez This compelling narrative openly defies the ruling of a local struggle, a trans- class in the United States, formed union leader, and a daring to push forward newly energized workers’ new productive relation- movement highlights the ships, to advance social resounding importance reform that provides ac- of an international labor cess to health care and movement that is not education, to remove Venezuela from the only still vital, but still capable of stopping economic orbit dominated by the United global commerce on a dime. States, to diversify its production to meet human needs and promote human devel- “Tells the remarkable story of five longshoremen opment, and to forge an economic coalition prosecuted for defending their livelihood and between Latin American countries. For this, their unlikely hero, Local 1422 president, Ken Venezuela has become the latest target of Riley. It demonstrates how race still matters, and U.S. imperialism. This book exposes Wash- how circumstances propel ordinary people to do ington’s efforts to subvert a socialist revo- extraordinary things. There are lessons from lution for the twenty-first century. which we must all learn if we are to truly hope for a better future.” —Rep. JAMES E. CLYBURN (D-South Carolina) “An essential read for understanding the conflict between the United States and Venezuela.” “A narrative of profound significance for the labor —NOAM CHOMSKY movement, it speaks to civil and social rights that affect all of us, from trade unionists to consumers “The advances toward popular democracy, social- in the international marketplace.” ism and regional integration in Latin America in —CLAYOLA BROWN, president, the past decade have been impressive and en- A. Philip Randolph Institute couraging. This work reminds us that every inch of the political terrain is constantly contested by SUZAN EREM is a freelance writer, former union a powerful, resourceful, and pitiless empire.” organizer and author of Labor Pains: Inside Amer- —NEW SOCIALIST ica’s New Union Movement (Monthly Review Press).

E. PAUL DURRENBERGER is a professor of an- thropology at Pennsylvania State University. EVA GOLINGER, a Venezuelan-American lawyer, Together Erem and Durrenberger recently lives in Caracas. She is the author of The Chávez wrote Class Acts: An Anthropology of Service Work- Code: Cracking U.S. Intervention in Venezuela ers and Their Union and Anthropology Unbound: A (Olive Branch Press, 2006). Field Guide to the 21st Century.

$15.95 / £10.00 / paper / 978-1-58367-165-8 $17.95 / £12.99 / paper / 978-1-58367-163-4 160 pages / Latin America / Politics/ Current Affairs 240 pages / Labor Studies / Politics / Current Affairs

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Global Flashpoints Biology Under the Influence Reactions to Imperialism and Dialectical Essays on Ecology, Agri- Neoliberalism culture, and Health Socialist Register 2008 edited by Leo Panitch and Colin Leys by Richard Lewontin and Richard Levins

Global Flashpoints criti- Lewontin and Levins cally examines today’s provide a devastating cri- neoliberal order and the tique of genetic deter- new resistance movements minism and reduction- that it has sparked across ism within science while the globe. It offers a exploring a broad range uniquely powerful and of issues, including the provocative account of nature of science, biol- the worldwide struggle against imperialism ogy, evolution, the environment, public and neoliberalism in the new century. health, and dialectics. They dismantle con- temporary ideologies that attempt to natu- ralize social inequality, unveil the alienation LEO PANITCH is professor of political science at of science and nature, and illustrate how di- York University in Toronto and author of Re- alectical philosophy provides a basis for newing Socialism: Democracy, Strategy, and Imagi- grappling with a world characterized by nation. constant change. The book brings together COLIN LEYS is emeritus professor at Queen’s the incisive essays of two prominent scien- University, Kingston, Ontario and author of tists who are working to empower the public Market-Driven Politics. by demystifying science and nature.

“Their work is illuminated by an insistence on a di- alectical understanding of biology from the molec- $25.00 / paper / 978-1-58367-167-2 ular to the socio-ecological. They offer important 296 pages / Politics / Middle East / Latin America insights into how biology—and science in gen- eral—could be re-conceptualized in the service of human liberation.” —STEVEN ROSE, emeritus professor of biology, OTHER EDITIONS OF SOCIALIST REGISTER: Open University, United Kingdom Coming to Terms with Nature (2007) PB1528 / $25 RICHARD LEWONTIN is Alexander Agassiz Re- search professor at the Museum of Compara- Telling the Truth (2006) tive Zoology, Harvard University. PB1374 / $25 RICHARD LEVINS is John Rock professor of The Empire Reloaded (2005) Population Sciences, Department of Popula- PB1188 / $25 tion and International Health at Harvard Uni- The New Imperial Challenge (2004) versity. He is author (with Richard Lewontin) PB0998 / $25 of The Dialectical Biologist (1985).

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The Politics of Immigration Inside Lebanon Questions and Answers Journey to a Shattered Land with Noam and Carol Chomsky

by Jane Guskin and David Wilson edited by Assaf Kfoury

The Politics of Immigration This prescient, timely tackles issues of immi- book documents Noam gration with compelling Chomsky’s May 2006 arguments and hard visit to Lebanon to lec- facts, laid out in an ac- ture on U.S. imperialism cessible question-and- and the crises facing the answer format. Immi- Middle East—two months grants, advocates, and before Israel orchestrated teachers will find an effective tool to dispell major military campaigns against Lebanon myths, spark informed debate, and effec- and Palestine. He met with political leaders, tively counter assertions that immigrants toured refugee camps, and inspected a for- steal jobs, depress wages, strain public serv- mer Israeli prison and torture compound. ices, and threaten our culture. Inside Lebanon describes Chomsky’s journey and provides a powerful framework for un- “Gives powerful meaning to the slogan ‘No Human derstanding how U.S. power and policies Being Is Illegal.’ I hope it will be widely read.” shaped conflict in the Middle East. In- —HOWARD ZINN cludes essays, diaries, and photographs by Irene L. Gendzier, Assaf Kfoury, Jennifer “As the immigrant rights movement grows in size Loewenstein, Fawwaz Traboulsi, Hanady and energy, we need quick facts and deep Salman, Rasha Salti, Mona el-Farra, Laila history. This book gives us both.” el-Haddad, and Carol Chomsky. —AARTI SHAHANI, co-founder, Families for Freedom “This erudite and humane collection, in telling us wisely about Lebanon’s struggle, illuminates bril- “A great reality check, a good teaching tool, and liantly the true nature of voracious power.” a powerful weapon against racism.” —JOHN PILGER, journalist, —DAVID BACON, author of Communities Without author of Freedom Next Time Borders: Images and Voices from the World of Migration “Testimony to the never-ending suffering and stead- fastness of the Palestinian and Lebanese people.” —MARIAM C. SAID JANE GUSKIN and DAVID L. WILSON are co-edi- tors of Weekly News Update on the Americas, an English-language bulletin on grassroots news ASSAF KFOURY is a mathematician, computer from Latin America. Guskin also edits Immigra- scientist, and political activist. An Arab Ameri- tion News Briefs. Wilson’s articles on Latin Amer- can who grew up in Beirut and Cairo, he is pro- ica have appeared in publications including fessor of computer science at Boston University. Monthly Review, Extra!, and New York’s El Diario- His articles have appeared in CounterPunch and La Prensa. Z Magazine.

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Cheap Motels and a Hot Plate Humanitarian Imperialism An Economist’s Travelogue Using Human Rights to Sell War

by Michael D. Yates by Jean Bricmont, translated by Diana Johnstone

Disillusioned with aca- Since the end of the Cold demic life after 32 years War, human rights dis- of teaching economics, course has offered the Yates and his wife Karen world’s leading economic gave away possessions, and military powers— packed the old van, and above all, the United hit the road. They are States—a facile but potent now five years into their justification for interven- trip, having visited 30 states, 25 national tion across the globe. parks and numerous monuments, big Humanitarian Imperialism offers a histor- cities, small towns, suburbs and “exurbs.” ical as well as a powerful political and Cheap Motels and a Hotplate is a penetrating moral critique. It outlines an alternative examination of work and inequality, race approach to human rights, based on the and class, alienation and environmental genuine recognition of the equal rights of degradation in the small towns and big people in poor and wealthy countries. cities of the United States. Timely, topical, and rigorously argued, Jean Bricmont’s book establishes a firm “The travel book the chamber of commerce doesn’t basis for resistance in an age of global war. want you to have. It might change the way you see our country next time you travel.” “Bricmont effectively deconstructs ‘humanitarian —JIM HIGHTOWER, Thieves in High Places interventionism’ and makes a good case that left- ists who support it are the ‘useful idiots’ of impe- “Everyone knows the fashionable destinations be- rialism.” cause travel pages sing of their lush beauty and —EDWARD S. HERMAN, professor of finance, comfort. Never a word about those who work Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania there. Yates make the invisible visible: the stark and powerful truth of the haves and have-nots.” —STUDS TERKEL “Jean Bricmont’s provocative and carefully ar- gued book deserves to be widely read and de- “This is a great book—a road story for radicals. bated in the progressive, ecological, peace and It makes you itch to hit the road.” human rights movements.” —DAVID BACON, Communities Without Borders —ALAN SOKAL, professor of physics, New York University

MICHAEL D. YATES is associate editor of Monthly JEAN BRICMONT is professor of theoretical Review and editorial director of Monthly Re- physics at the University of Louvain, Belgium. view Press. He is the author of Why Unions Matter, He is the author of Fashionable Nonsense: Postmod- Naming the System: Inequality and Work in the Global ern Intellectuals’ Abuse of Science (with Alan Sokal) Economy, and Longer Hours, Fewer Jobs. and other political and scientific publications.

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Faces of Latin America Understanding Third Edition the Venezuelan Revolution

Hugo Chávez Talks to Marta Harnecker by Duncan Green translated by Chesa Boudin

Faces of Latin America cel- President Hugo Chávez ebrates the vibrant his- talks with Marta Har- tory and culture of Latin necker about his aspira- America’s people. Green tions for Venezuela, its examines the key forces domestic and interna- that have shaped the re- tional policies, problems gion’s political and so- of political organization, cial history—from the relations with social move- conquest and the growth of the commod- ments in other countries, and more. ity trade to industrialization, migration, the debt crisis, and neoliberalism. He ana- “Marta Harnecker’s important book helps clarify lyzes the response to these transforma- the challenges facing Venezuela’s ongoing revo- tions—the rise of freedom fighters and lutionary process. Hugo Chávez’s decisive role populists, guerrilla wars and grassroots so- and the immense support he receives from the cial movements, union organizing and popular classes make this book necessary reading trade movements, liberation theology, and for understanding the forces at work in what may the women’s movement—providing a fasci- well become a stage in the long-run transforma- tion of the global system.” nating portrait of the continent. —SAMIR AMIN First published in 1991, Faces of Latin America has become the standard introduc- “This book is indispensable for understanding the tory text on the region. Widely used in revolutionary process in Venezuela.” teaching, it is also an accessible book for the —SAUL LANDAU general reader or traveler. This new edition is extensively updated and reorganized with “This well-crafted, well-edited, and engaging new photos, sidebars, charts, and graphs. book is a bracing antidote and a pleasure to read. Here you will discover the real Hugo Chávez: a “A journalistic tour de force with academic worth. highly educated, brilliant, democratic revolution- Essential background reading for undergraduate ary leader, and a man of deep and thoroughly ad- courses in the Latin American studies.” mirable humanity.” —Bulletin of Hispanic Studies —MICHAEL PARENTI

DUNCAN GREEN is head of research at Oxfam GB, a development and relief organization. He has written widely on economics and Latin MARTA HARNECKER is director of the Center America and is the author of Silent Revolution: The for Research on Popular Memory in Latin Rise and Crisis of Market Economics in Latin America America (MEPLA) in Havana and author of (2nd ed., 2003) and Hidden Lives: Voices of Children Venezuela: Militares Junta al Pueblo and numer- in Latin America and the Caribbean (1988). ous books on the Latin American Left.

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The Cold War A History of World Agriculture and the New Imperialism From the Neolithic Age to the Current Crisis A Global History, 1945–2005 by Marcel Mazoyer and Laurence Roudart by Henry Heller translated by James H. Membrez

The post–World War II A History of World Agricul- period has seen the world ture is a pathbreaking, profoundly remade. The panora mic work that be- Cold War mobilized the gins with the emergence political and social aspi- of agriculture after thou- rations of hundreds of sands of years of human millions of people around dependence on hunting the world. The U.S.-So- and gathering. It shows viet contest for global dominance drew how agricultural techniques developed every country into its field of force. Strug- around the world, and how this extraordi- gles for national liberation in the Third nary wealth of knowledge, tradition and World ended colonial empires. Revolutions natural variety is endangered today as in China, Cuba, Vietnam and elsewhere global capitalism forces conformity to the shook the global order, as did uprisings in norms of profit. Paris and Prague. The forces of the capital- Mazoyer and Roudart propose an alter- ist market have overwhelmed social insti- native global strategy to safeguard poor tutions that gave meaning to human countries, reinvigorate the global economy, existence for centuries. and create a livable future for all. But the end of the Cold War has created as many problems for the world’s remain- “A magnificent book, by far the best ever produced ing superpower as it has solved. With its po- on the subject.” — SAMIR AMIN litical, economic, and financial hegemony eroding, Washington has responded with “Replete with rich reflections on agriculture. It is military adventures abroad and increasing a testament to the enormous erudition of its au- inequality and authoritarianism at home. thors and a defense of peasant economies victim- Heller provides a powerful and riveting ized by neoliberal policies.” account that ties together the narrative of —LE MATIN (France) the Cold War with the rise of neoliberalism to illuminate and clarify the dilemmas of MARCEL MAZOYER is professor of comparative the present moment. The Cold War deftly agriculture and agricultural development at the weaves scholarly research on a vast range of National Institute of Agronomy, Paris, and au- thor of several books. He has worked on agri- events, countries, and topics into an acces- cultural policy in more than twenty countries. sible and provocative work. LAURENCE ROUDART is an agricultural engineer HENRY HELLER is professor of history at the and researcher at the National Institute of University of Manitoba in Winnipeg, and the Agronomy, Paris, and has consulted extensively author of four books on early modern France. on agriculture in Africa and Asia.

$22.95 / £17.95 / paper / 1-58367-139-0 $35.00 / paper / 1-58367-121-8 384 pages / History 528 pages / Agriculture / History / Economics

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A History of the Philippines: Revolution and Evolution From the Spanish Colonization in the Twentieth Century to the Second World War James and Grace Lee Boggs Renato Constantino New Introduction by Grace Lee Boggs Unlike conventional histories, the unifying This concise, instructive review of the thread of this book is the struggle of the major revolutions of the twentieth century peoples themselves against various forms examines the various currents of Marxism of oppression, from Spanish conquest and active in the revolutions of our times. colonization to U.S. imperialism. $20 / paperback / 266 pages / PB3536 $25 / paperback / 459 pages / PB3949 The Sugarmill: Law and the Rise of Capitalism The Socioeconomic Complex by Michael E. Tigar and Madeleine R. Levy of Sugar in Cuba 1760–1860 Against a backdrop of seven hundred years Manuel Moreno Fraginals of bourgeois struggle, eminent lawyer and Initially praised by Che Guevara, this re- educator, Michael E. Tigar, develops a markable historical study of the sugar in- Marxist theory of law and jurisprudence dustry is a landmark in post-revolutionary based upon the Western experience. Cuban scholarship. $20 / paperback / 320 pages / PB0300 $25 / paperback / 182 pages / PB3192

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Imperialism and World Economy The National Question: Nikolai Bukharin Selected Writing by Rosa Luxemburg Introduction by V.I. Lenin Edited by Horace B. Davis Bukharin’s anticipation of the modern Provocative writings on national self-deter- growth of the internationalization of capital. mination and its relationship with socialism. $15 / paperback / 175 pages / PB2904 $20 / paperback / 320 pages / PB3550

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AFRICA Township Politics: Struggles for a New South Africa The Next Liberation Struggle: Capitalism, Mzwanele Mayekiso. “An insider’s story, one Socialism, and Democracy in Southern Africa of the few and one of the very best that has John S. Saul. “This book is emerged from the crucible of opposition to as much the fruit of many apartheid in the 1980s.”—Choice decades of struggle and $18 / PB9657 / 288pp commitment to the cause of the working class in We Are the Poors: Community Struggles Africa as it is of careful in Post-Apartheid South Africa scholarly research. Both as Ashwin Desai. “We Are the a scholar and an activist Poors is one of the best he has taught and inspired many revolution- books yet on globaliza- aries, me included, and has been part of bold tion. Ashwin Desai suc- practical efforts to go beyond capitalism.” ceeds brilliantly.”—Naomi —Trevor Ngwane, chair, Anti-Privatization Klein, The Nation Forum, South Africa $22 / PB1250 / 384pp $19 / PB0505 / 160pp

Consciencism ARCHITECTURE Kwame Nkrumah. “This is the first book by an Dispersed City of the Plains African politician that at- Harris Stone with Joan Stone tempts to reinterpret and J. William Carswell Western philosophy in “Presents valuable historical the context of African references for the develop- change and that pro- ment of towns and cities on ceeds from this to enunciate a philosophy the Great Plains and it lends and ideology for decolonization and devel- a frame of values and opment.” iconographic references to the overlooked and —Tribune (London) $10 / PB1362 / 122pp little appreciated dispersed places and archi- tecture of the middle territory of the United States.”—W. Cecil Steward, Great Plains Quar- Return to the Source: terly $18 / PB9932 / 192pp Selected Speeches of Amilcar Cabral “As the most remarkable spokesman of revolution- ASIA ary movements in Portu- gal’s African colonies, The Great Reversal: Cabral crystallized in The Privatization of China, 1978–1989 words the forces which William Hinton. “Required reading for have given a new political everyone thinking about or rethinking such direction to Portugal, as concepts as democracy, freedom, modern- well as to Angola, Mozambique, Guinea- ization and international economic and so- Bissau, and Cape Verde.”—Canadian Journal cial justice.”—In These Times of African Studies $15 / PB3454 / 112pp $14 / PB7948 / 192pp

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Through a Glass Darkly: The Rush to Development: Economic Change American Views of the Chinese Revolution and Political Struggle in South Korea William Hinton. A fitting Martin Hart-Landsberg. “A balanced and completion to the work comprehensive study on the political econ- of a great scholar and omy of development and under-develop- revolutionary. This book ment in South Korea.”—Choice. “Raises is essential reading for important issues about Korea’s develop- anyone wanting to un- ment experience and its lessons for other derstand contemporary developing countries.”—Studies in Compara- U.S.-China rivalries. tive International Development $20 / PB1412 / 288pp $22 / PB857X / 352pp

China and Socialism: Market Reforms and Class Struggle BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR Martin Hart-Landsberg and Paul Burkett. A trenchant analysis of the market reforms in China and how they are leading inex- Blues for America: A Critique, a Lament, and Some Memories orably toward a capitalist and foreign- dominated development path, with Doug Dowd. “Dowd is enormous social and political costs, both capable of the kind of domestically and internationally. vivid personal observa- $16 / PB1234 / 158pp tions that history books often miss.”—San Francisco Chronicle. “A scholar’s deft Korea: Division, Reunification, survey of everything that and U.S. Foreign Policy happened between the Martin Hart-Landsberg. 1920s and the 1990s —depressions, re- “This challenging and pressions, segregation, and wars—and the provocative work reveals resistance that arose to each in turn, re- the significant dark side lated with surprising wit and an amazingly of U.S. foreign policy to- gracious turn of phrase.” ward Korea.”—Choice. —Barbara Ehrenreich “Carefully researched, com- $22 / PB9827 / 392pp pre hensive, well-written.” —Science & Society $18 / PB9274 / 266pp Ralph Miliband and the Politics of the New Left Red Cat, White Cat: China and Michael Newman. Fore- the Contradictions of “Market Socialism” word by Tony Benn. “A Robert Weil. “A brilliant, very fine biography of a powerfully argued book key figure who for so long that shows how Deng’s deservedly stood as a use of ‘capitalism to build beacon on the interna- socialism’ resulted in the tional left for the way he use of ‘socialism to build articulated and redefined capitalism.’ Powerful stuff socialist politics.”—Leo Panitch. “A sensitive, and must-reading for all persuasive portrayal and a fitting tribute.” who care about the future of humanity.” —Political Quarterly (UK) —William Hinton $16 / PB9681 / 288pp $24 / PB0866 / 384pp

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The Education of a Reluctant Radical: Man’s Worldly Goods Reconstruction, Book 5 Leo Huberman. “The Carl Marzani. “Beautifully written, inform- most successful attempt ing us beyond the events it relates, thus to date to humanize the touching us all. It is a walloping wonder of Dismal Science and link a memoir.”—John A. Williams the history of man to the $17 / PB0637 / $25 history of economic the- ory.”—New Yorker $15 / PB0706 / 352pp

ECONOMICS Monopoly Capital: An Essay The Amoral Elephant: on the American Economic and Social Order Globalization and the Struggle for Paul Baran and Paul M. Social Justice in the Twenty-First Century Sweezy. “A brilliant de- William K. Tabb. “This is scription of the economic an excellent book. Con- forces at work in the main cise and accessible, yet centers of economic rigorous.”—Samir Amin. power—the giant corpora- “Illuminates, awakens, tions.”—The Nation and engages the reader $18 / PB0730 / 416pp through demystifying and clarifying the work- Naming the System: ings of the third industrial revolution now Inequality and Work in a Global Economy underway.” Michael D. Yates. “A —Jason Grote, Working USA lucid, penetrating exami- $18 / PB036X / 224pp nation of the conse- quences of globalization. A History of Capitalism: 1500–2000 (2nd Ed.) Highly recommended.”— Michel Beaud. “This Choice. “This book is a pow- clear, accessible book erful Marxist critique of does just what its title contemporary economic promises. Beaud de- theory. It blends fact, theory, and evalua- scribes the intellectual tion into a hard-hitting critique of eco- and material history of nomic and social injustice.”—Journal of capitalist development, Economic Issues $17 / PB0793 / 288pp covering the most impor- tant elements. This reviewer knows of no Railroading Economics: The Creation of the comparable current work.” Free Market Mythology —M. Perelman, Choice Michael Perelman. A pen- $25 / PB0416 / 348pp etrating critique of the rhetoric and practice of The Irreversible Crisis conventional economic Harry Magdoff and Paul M. Sweezy. Four theory that explores how essays link the economic troubles of the even in the United States, late twentieth century to the fundamental the market has always drives of capitalism. been subject to numer- $10 / PB776X / 96pp ous constraints. $20 / PB1358 / 224pp

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The Theory of Capitalist Development Making Sense of the Media: Paul M. Sweezy. A classic A Handbook of Popular Education Techniques study of Marxist econom- Eleonora Castaño Ferreira and João Cas- ics. “A trustworthy guide taño Ferreira. Introduction by Tracy Gross. through the problems of Demonstrates how teachers can draw on Marxian economics.” students’ own experiences to develop their —Journal of Philosophy creativity, imagination, and critical skills. $18 / PB079X / 398pp Students create their own media to use as tools for learning. $17 / PB8804 / 128pp The Political Economy of Growth Paul Baran. An analysis of advanced and Teach Me!: underdeveloped countries, focusing on the Kids Will Learn When creation and use of economic surplus. Oppression Is the Lesson $15 / PB0765 / 307pp Murray Levin. “Poignant, tragic, and above all an intellectual history. Levin has much to teach us EDUCATION about what he calls ‘a new and successful pedagogy.’”—Choice Digital Diploma Mills: $23 / CL9320 / 174pp The Automation of Higher Education David F. Noble. “Digital Diploma Mills is a wake-up ECOLOGY/ENVIRONMENT call to millions of teachers, students and parents Ecology Against Capitalism about the battle over an John Bellamy Foster. “Ecology Against Capital- underpublicized but big ism is a fine, well-timed book. The boom is assault on quality educa- over, the earth is warming, the fundamen- tion and intellectual free- tal questions are coming again to the fore. dom.”—Ralph Nader Foster fortunately answers, as only he can, $16 / PB0920 /116pp in a voice balanced and clear-headed.” —Tom Athanasiou $18 / PB0564 / 160pp Reclaiming the Ivory Tower: Organizing Adjuncts to Change Higher Education Killing Me Softly: Toxic Waste, Corporate Profit, Joe Berry. “This book and the Struggle for Environmental Justice makes a vital contribu- Eddie J. Girdner and Jack tion to the most urgent Smith. “What’s refresh- subject on many a cam- ing about Killing Me Softly pus: the sudden transfor- is its insistence on view- mation of the teaching ing environmental prob- workforce, the degrada- lems as intrinsic features tion of teachers, stu- of our social and eco- dents, and of society’s gains from higher nomic system. It provides education. Everyone who teaches, every hu- a convincing case both against the eco- mane administrator, and every alert stu- nomic system that causes destruction and dent will want to read this.” in favor of struggles that can stop the —Paul Buhle spread of the destruction.”—International $13 / PB1293 / 160pp Socialist Review $19 / PB0831 / 176pp

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Marx’s Ecology: The Conquest of America: How the Indian Materialism and Nature Nations Lost Their Continent John Bellamy Foster. “A Hans Koning. Provides students with a dif- lucid, engaged, scholarly, ferent perspective on U.S. history and a substantial book. The title framework for understanding U.S. policy Marx’s Ecology does not re- toward indigenous and foreign peoples. ally do justice to this $20 / PB8766 / 144pp book, so vast is the scope of its examination of thinkers before and Cultures of Darkness: after Marx and so contemporary is its ar- Night Travels in the Histories of Transgression gument. To understand the ecological di- Bryan D. Palmer. “En- mension within the Marxist tradition, this thralling, important trans- book is a must.”—Helena Sheehan, Monthly historical study.”—Pub- Review $18 / PB0122 / 312pp lishers Weekly. “Every so often a work of history The Vulnerable Planet: A Short Economic comes along whose am- History of the Environment (New Edition) bition and originality take John Bellamy Foster. “The one aback, engaging with strength of Foster’s book contemporary trends across the broadest lies in its broad historical of fronts while summoning the best of older and geographical sweep. traditions. A rare achievement, truly a book A fine contribution to a of our times.”—Geoff Eley, Left History. critical sociology of im- $28 / PB0270 / 609pp portant environmental issues.”—Contemporary So- Eurocentrism ciology. “Has the potential to be a political Samir Amin. “Amin’s fas- bombshell in radical circles both in the cinating book ranges United States and around the world.” from the spread of Hel- —Environmental Action lenism with the conquests $15 / PB019X / 176pp of Alexander the Great to the triumphs of imperial- ism and transnational HISTORY capitalism of the 1980s.” The Art of Democracy: —Martin Bernal. $15 / PB7867 / 152pp A Concise History of Popular Culture in the In Our Time: The Chamberlain-Hitler Collusion United States (2nd Ed.) Clement Leibovitz and Jim Cullen. “An excep- Alvin Finkel. Introduction tionally well-written and by Christopher Hitchens. engrossing introduction “Strongly recommended to the non-elitist art because of its revisionist forms of American popular culture.”—Li- analysis of a major crisis brary Journal. “Cullen’s articulate prose is in European history.”— spiced with wicked wit and he loves a good Choice. This fascinating story. Demonstrates a sophisticated un- historical exposé sheds new light on a sig- derstanding of complex cultural forces.” nal event of the twentieth century. —Publishers Weekly. $21 / PB0645 / 384pp $18 / PB9991 / 316pp

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Inventing Western Civilization LABOR STUDIES Thomas C. Patterson. “In this wonderful book, Insurgent Images: Thomas Patterson effec- The Agitprop Images of Mike Alewitz tively dethrones the con- Paul Buhle and Mike cept of ‘civilization’ as an Alewitz. This ex- abstract good, transcend- traordinary book ing human society.” contains more than —Martin Bernal one hundred full- $13 / PB9614 / 144pp color images. “Mike Alewitz’s art has given eloquent voice to Columbus: His Enterprise, Exploding the Myth the aspirations of working people through- Hans Koning. “The book is an idea that has out the world.”—Martin Sheen finally found its time.”—Publishers Weekly $28 / PB0343 / 160pp $13 / PB8251 / 141pp Labor and Monopoly Capital: The Degradation New Studies in the Politics and Culture of Work in the Twentieth Century of U.S. Communism Harry Braverman. Preface Michael E. Brown, Randy by Paul M. Sweezy. Foreword Martin, Frank Rosengarten by John Bellamy Foster. and George Snedeker, eds. “Labor and Monopoly Capital Contributors look at the is one of the most influ- influence of the Commu- ential books of our time, nist Party and its followers and it deserves to be. in education, literature, This new edition will help the arts, the African- a new generation of readers understand American community, and the women’s and the forces transforming work around the labor movements. world.”—David Montgomery $18 / PB8529 / 384pp $19 / PB9401 / 460pp

Labor Pains: Worked to the Bone: Race, Class, Power, Inside America’s New Union Movement and Privilege in Kentucky Suzan Erem. “I love it! It’s Pem Davidson Buck. “A about time somebody powerful new historical wrote about union or- ethnography and com- ganizing as the adventure pelling call to arms for it truly is! I hope this is scholars and citizens the beginning of a whole alike. . . . It presents a new era in labor writing, devastating critique of which has historically ‘business as usual’ in the been all too dry. It is a great read.”—Bar- negotiation of class, gender, and race.”— bara Ehrenreich. “An engaging view from Anthropology. “An intriguing exploration of the front lines. Told with an activist’s pas- the role that race has played in shaping sion and a writer’s eye for detail. Provides the economy and society of Kentucky.” a candid, vivid account of U.S. labor’s —Book Reviews against-all-odds revitalization efforts.” $19 / PB0475 / 284pp —Our Times (Canada) $18 / PB0580 / 256pp

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Longer Hours, Fewer Jobs: Employment and The Power in Our Hands: Unemployment in the United States A Curriculum on the History of Work Michael D. Yates. “Yates’ and Workers in the United States book is a little gem. In Norman Diamond and William Bigelow. addition to the value of Provides entertaining easy-to-use lesson its substantive content, it plans for teaching labor history. offers the reader a clear $18 / PB7530 / 184pp confrontation with polit- ical economy.”—Review of Radical Political Economics Rising from the Ashes? $15 / PB888X / 144pp Labor in the Age of “Global” Capitalism Ellen Meiksins Wood, Peter Meiksins, and Michael D. The Making of a Cybertariat: Yates, eds. Examines the Virtual Work in a Real World changing composition of Ursula Huws. “An inspir- the international working ing discussion of comput- class, patterns of work erization’s consequences under contemporary cap- for the global distribu- italism, the promise and tion of paid as well as limitations of recent eruptions of labor mil- unpaid labor. The essays itancy, and the strategic options available to confront political and ac- the labor movement today. ademic ‘common sense’ $19 / PB9398 / 220pp with a consistent critique, and convincingly question the liberating potential of ‘virtual- Taking Care of Business: Samuel Gompers, knowledge work’ in a ‘weightless econ- George Meany, Lane Kirkland, omy.’”—International Review of Social History and the Tragedy of American Labor $19 / PB0882 / 208pp Paul Buhle. “Buhle’s syn- thesis of the work of re- A New Labor Movement for the New Century cent generations of labor Gregory Mantsios, ed. After- and social historians in word by John J. Sweeney. documenting the lost op- “An excellent source, portunities for labor capturing progressive unions to address broad sentiment at a critical social concerns and re- moment in organized make themselves into vibrant and inclusive labor’s history.”—Labor class organizations is impressive. This is a History $24 / PB9371 /400pp dense, provocative book.”—New Labor Forum $18 / PB0033 / 224pp Not Automatic: Women and the Left in the Forging of the Auto Workers’ Union We, The People: The Drama of America Sol Dollinger and Genora Johnson Dollinger. Leo Huberman. “In combining the art of a Introduction by Kim Moody. “This valuable fiction writer with the skill of a historian, work makes an important contribution to Mr. Huberman has provided in this book our understanding of the formative years a history of the American people that can of the United Automobile Workers.” be understood by any intelligent child —Labour/LeTravail above the age of ten.”—The Nation $18 / PB0181 / 214pp $20 / PB1346 / 372pp

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Meatpackers: An Oral History of Black Days and Nights of Love and War (New edi- Packinghouse Workers and Their Struggle tion) Eduardo Galeano. for Racial and Economic Equality Foreword by Sandra Cis- Rick Halpern and Roger Horowitz. In their neros. “Days and Nights own words, packinghouse workers in the succeeds not only because Midwest recount battles for workers’ rights of its socio-political au- on the shop floors and picket lines. thenticity and lyrical style $19 / PB005X / 166pp but because of its inter- weaving of anger and ten- Windows on the Workplace: Computers, derness, elation and sorrow.” —The Nation Jobs, and the Organization $16 / PB0238 / 220pp of Office Work Joan Greenbaum. “She is Dominican Republic: Beyond the Lighthouse one of the sharpest writers on the topic of workplace James Ferguson. “Establishes itself as one technologies and their of the best introductions to the Dominican consequences for office Republic.”—Caribbean Studies Association workers. In this revised $12 / PB8537 / 150pp edition she updates the argument by exploding Faces of the Caribbean many of the techno-myths of our time.” John Gilmore. “Anyone who cares about the —Stanley Aronowitz $17 / PB1137 / 176pp Caribbean will find something to ponder in this well-crafted book. Its clear language and easy handling of historical data make it LATIN AMERICA/CARIBBEAN a model introduction to the region.” Green Guerrillas: —Caribbean Beat $19 / PB0289 / 216pp Environmental Conflicts and Initiatives in Latin America and the Caribbean—A Reader Fight for the Forest: Helen Collinson. “It broadens the environ- Chico Mendes in His Own Words mental debate beyond the rainforest while Chico Mendes. The in- still keeping the rainforest in the picture. degenous activist talks of Together, the essays paint a powerful pic- his life’s work in this last ture of the deep social and environmental major interview before his impacts of the neoliberal economic policies assassination in 1988. The of the 1970s and 1980s”—H-Net Reviews trade union leader won in- $19 / PB9800 / 250pp ternational acclaim for his role in the non-violent Gender Politics in Latin America: campaign to protect the Amazon rainforest, Debates in Theory and Practice which rubber tappers depend on for their Elizabeth Dore, ed. “Excep- livelihood. $16 / PB8669 / 118pp tional in the range of issues it tackles and the degree of Haiti, State Against Nation: success it achieves in chal- The Origins and Legacy of Duvalierism lenging ideas that have be- Michel Rolph-Trouillot. “This book will ap- come received wisdom in peal to scholars interested in Haiti in par- women’s and gender ticular and national development in studies.”—Journal of Latin general.” American Studies $18 / PB9762 / 288pp —Library Journal $18 / PB7565 / 288pp

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LAW/LEGAL STUDIES MARXISM/THEORY Science and the Retreat from Reason Censorship, Inc.: The Corporate Threat John Gillot and Manjit to Free Speech in the United States Kumar. Providing a clear Lawrence Soley. A “hard- and accessible introduc- hitting and eminently tion to key areas of mod- readable exposé on nu- ern scientific thought, the merous examples of cor- authors make a case for porate suppression of “progress”—made possi- free speech. Soley does a ble by scientific research good job of clarifying the and experimentation. $18 / PB9878 / 288pp issues.”—Communication Booknotes Quarterly $24 / PB0661 / 320pp Build It Now: Socialism for the Twenty-First Century LITERARY STUDIES/LITERATURE Michael A. Lebowitz “An el- The Marxian Imagination: egant, passionate, and Representing Class in Literature entirely convincing argu- Julian Markels. “An excellent work.”—An- ment for socialism that nette Rubinstein. Markels offers a fresh will resonate within global and local justice move- and innovative recasting of Marxist literary ments.”—Patrick Bond, theory and a powerful account of the ways University of KwaZulu- class is represented in literary texts. Natal, Centre for Civil Society, South Africa $19 / PB0971 / 160pp $15 / PB1455 / 128pp

The Great Tradition in English Literature: th From Shakespeare to Shaw The Communist Manifesto (150 anniversary ed.) Annette T. Rubinstein. Karl Marx and Friedrich “The Great Tradition re- Engels. Foreword by Paul mains unequalled as a M. Sweezy; full text of the survey study of the social Communist Manifesto; the and political significance Principles of Communism, of the great English writ- drafted by Engels in ers from the seventeenth 1847; and “The Commu- to the twentieth century.” nist Manifesto after 150 —David Goldway Years” by Ellen Meiksins Wood. $35 / PB096X / 2 vol. set $10 / PB9363 / 128pp

Babouk, A Novel Empire of Chaos Guy Endore. Foreword, by Samir Amin. Argues that Jamaica Kincaid. Afterword the poeple of the third and by David Barry Gaspar and the fourth world must Michel-Rolph Trouillot. build popular democracy Provides a living history of and participatory social- Haiti and a compelling ac- ism that is independent of count of slavery and rebel- global capital. lion. $15 / PB745X / 352pp $12 / PB8448 / 120pp

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Anarchism: From Theory to Practice How to Read Karl Marx Daniel Guérin. Introduc- Ernst Fischer with Franz Marek. Historical tion by Noam Chomsky. Notes by John Bellamy Foster. A brief, clear, “Perhaps the best intro- faithful exposition of Marx’s major prem- duction to Anar- ises, with particular attention to historical chism.”—New Statesman. context. Includes a biographical chronol- “A significant contribu- ogy, extracts from major works of Marx, tion. Guérin writes lucidly and “Marx’s Method” by Paul M. Sweezy. and knowledgeably.” $12 / PB9746 / 224pp —New Society $14 / PB1753 / 166pp In Defense of History: Beyond Capital: Toward a Theory of Transition Marxism and the Postmodern Agenda István Mészáros. “Not Ellen Meiksins Wood and only profound in its John Bellamy Foster, eds. analysis, but also pas- “A hard-hitting critique. sionately inspired by Brings together fine es- sympathy for the down- says that speak directly to trodden and their strug- the underlying assump- gle for liberation.”—The tions of postmodernism Nation. “It belongs in and offers a stunning cri- every serious library.”—Choice tique of its usefulness in $35 / PB8812 / 994pp both understanding and critiquing the current epoch.”—Contempo- rary Sociology $16 / PB9835 / 224pp The “Dictatorship of the Proletariat” from Marx to Lenin Hal Draper. Shows how and why Marxists Lenin and Philosophy and Other Essays nd diverged from Marx’s intent by (mis)using (2 Edition) the term “dictatorship of the proletariat” Louis Althusser. New In- and then proceeding to build elaborate troduction by Fredric ideological constructs on this warped Jameson. “An extremely base. $15 / CL7271 / 188pp valuable collection of es- says.”—Choice. Covers the Discourse on Colonialism broad range of Althusser’s interests and contribu- (New Ed.) Aimé Césaire. tions in philosophy, economics, psychol- Introduction, “A Poetics ogy, aesthetics, and politics. It includes his of Anticolonialism,” by major essay “Ideology and Ideological State Robin D. G. Kelley. “Dis- Apparatuses.” $18 / PB0394 / 212pp course on Colonialism is once again required read- ing. Robin Kelley’s bril- Radical Perspectives on the Rise of Fascism liant new introduction in Germany, 1919 to 1945 provides a wealth of historical and literary Michael N. Dobkowski and Isidor Walliman, scholarship.”—Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak. eds. A contribution toward an integrated “Half a century later Césaire’s Discourse on analysis of the economic, class, and power Colonialism has lost nothing of its dy- dimensions that led to the collapse of the namism and incantatory power.” Weimar Republic and ascension to power of —Maryse Condé. $14 / PB0254 / 104pp the Nazi Party. $18 / PB7581 / 336pp

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The Ethical Dimensions of Marxist Thought Karl Marx’s Theory of Revolution, Volume 5: Cornel West. “A clear, non-technical, com- War and Revolution* petent, convincing interpretation of what Hal Draper and E. Haberk- has been unclear to Marxists and non- ern. “Hal Draper— whose Marxists alike.”—Choice $18 / PB8189 / 183pp posthumous drafts have been ably polished and Karl Marx’s Theory of Revolution, completed by his long- Volume 1: State and Bureaucracy* time collaborator E. Hal Draper. “Extraordi- Haberkern—is one of the narily stimulating. Dis- greatest Marx scholars cusses Marx’s views on and in this volume he shares his knowledge democracy and many with consummate precision, unfailing in- topics, large and small.” sight, and no-nonsense good cheer.” —New York Review of Books —David N. Smith, University of Kansas $18 / PB1382 / 300pp $25 / PB4612 / 748pp *Please note: There is no MR Associate discount on Karl Marx’s Theory of Revolution titles. Karl Marx’s Theory of Revolution, Volume 2: The Politics of Social Classes* Hal Draper. Explores the development of Philosophical Arabesques Marx and Engels’s analysis of the role of Nikolai Bukharin. Intro- classes in society. “Cuts away some of the duction by Helena Sheehan. myths surrounding Marx’s political “An insightful contri bution thought.”—Library Journal to our understanding of $25 / PB566X / 748pp Marxism and its relation to Hegel. Philosophical Arabesques is an affirma- Karl Marx’s Theory of Revolution, tion of freedom and ethi- Volume 3: The “Dictatorship of the Proletariat”* cal life in socialist society.”—Socialism and Hal Draper. Examines Democracy. “Will be welcomed by those in- how Marx, and Marxists, terested in the history of Marxism and the have addressed the issue former Soviet Union, as well as those con- of dictatorships in rela- cerned to develop alternatives to global tion to the revolutionary capitalism.”—Choice, American Library As- use of force and repres- sociation $50 / PB1021 / 407pp sion, particularly as this debate has centered on The Postmodern Prince: the use of the term “dictatorship of the Critical Theory, Left Strategy, proletariat.” $25 / PB6747 / 480pp and the Making of a New Political Subject John Sanbonmatsu. “In a well-argued, Karl Marx’s Theory of Revolution, often insightful book, Sanbonmatsu traces Volume 4: Critique of Other Socialisms* the rise of postmodern theory to the ‘ex- Hal Draper. This volume looks at Marx’s pressivist’ politics of the New Left. Sanbon- critique of other thinkers, including many matsu admirably explicates the problems socialists who differed significantly in their associated with postmodern theory, par- conceptions of socialism to illuminate what ticularly the work of Michel Foucault. it was that made Marx’s socialism distinc- Highly recommended.”—Choice tive. $25 / PB7980 / 372pp $18 / PB0904 / 272pp

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The Rosa Luxemburg Reader MEDIA STUDIES Peter Hudis and Kevin B. The Language of Empire: Anderson, eds. “In addi- Abu Ghraib and the American Media tion to providing an im- Lila Rajiva. “A citizen’s re- portant analysis of port on the scandal of Marxist theory and revo- Abu Ghraib. Our govern- lutionary politics, the ment knew the extent of texts here are historically the damage and yet, instructive regarding the aided by the media, ideological and political managed to disguise its fractures in German Social Democracy be- culpability. This book is a fore and during the First World War. The must-read for anyone who wants to see editors have done an admirable job pre- America become what it has not yet senting Luxemburg’s life and work in a been.”—Vijay Prashad, author of The Karma form appropriate to both general and spe- of Brown Folk cialist audiences.”—H-Net Reviews $15 / PB1196 / 176pp $23 / PB103X / 432pp

Capitalism and the Information Age: Socialism or Barbarism: From the The Political Economy “American Century” to the Crossroads of the Global Communication Revolution István Mészáros. Devel- Robert W. McChesney, ops an illuminating Ellen Meiksins Wood, and analysis of the roots and John Bellamy Foster. tensions of the politics of “Anyone who is con- U.S. global power from cerned about the direc- Roosevelt’s “Open Door” tion the information policy to the present. revolution is taking $16 / PB0521 / 128pp should read this book. The subjects covered are Spectres of Capitalism: far-ranging and the essays clearly written, A Critique of Current Intellectual Fashions making the book accessible to a broad Samir Amin. “A Critique of Current Intellectual range of readers. Highest recommenda- Fashions is a lively book that challenges pre- tion.”—Choice vailing views.”—Choice $16 / PB9894 / 256pp $16 / PB9339 / 160pp The Problem of the Media: U.S. Communi- Whose Millennium: Theirs or Ours? cation Politics in the Twenty-First Century Daniel Singer. “Singer Robert W. McChesney. has expanded his—and “An impeccably re- our—horizon to give a searched, provocative, view of what may be the and entertaining book. next stage in humanity’s McChesney renders a zig-zag course toward, if compelling history of the not the stars, a new so- federal government’s cial balance. His prose is subsidy of the media.” a delight to read as ever.”—Gore Vidal —College and Research Libraries $18 / PB9460 / 288pp $17 / PB1056 / 304pp

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Che Guevera: His Revolution- Embedded With Organized Harnecker, Marta, 16 Index ary Legacy, 4 Labor, 10 Hart-Landsberg, Martin, 23 Abramovitz, Mimi, 38 Cheap Motels and a Hot Plate, 15 Empire of Chaos, 31 Heller, Henry, 17 Achcar, Gilbert, 35 China and Socialism, 23 Empire Reloaded: Socialist Hinton, William, 22, 23 Age of Imperialism, 19 Chomsky, Carol, 14 Register 2005, 13 History of Capitalism, 24 Alewitz, Mike, 27 Chomsky, Noam, 14, 32 Endore, Guy, 32 History of the Philippines, 18 Allen, Ted, 21 Clark, Brett, 3 Engels, Friedrich, 31 History of the Upper Guinea Allende, Isabel, 30 Cockcroft, James D., 30 Erem, Suzan, 12, 27 Coast, 19 Althusser, Louis, 32 Cold War and the New Impe- Ethical Dimensions of Marxist History of World Agriculture, Amin, Samir, 11, 19, 26, 31, rialism, 17 Thought, 33 17 34, 36, 37 Collins, Sheila, 37 Eurocentrism, 26 Holmstrom, Nancy, 38 Amoral Elephant, 24 Collinson, Helen, 29 Ewen, Elizabeth, 38 Horowitz, Roger, 29 Anarchism: From Theory to Columbus: His Enterprise, Explosion, 19 How to Read Karl Marx, 32 Practice, 32 Exploding the Myth, 27 Huberman, Leo, 24, 28 Anderson, Kevin B., 34 Coming to Terms with Nature: Faces of Latin America, 16 Hudis, Peter, 34 Antonio Macio, 19 Socialist Register 2007, 13 Faces of the Caribbean, 29 Humanitarian Imperialism, 15 Arrighi, Giovanni, 19, 37 Communist Manifesto, 31 Fanon, Frantz, 19 Humanity and Society, 19 Art of Democracy, 26 Conquest of America, 26 Ferguson, James, 29 Hungry for Profit, 37 Consciencism, 22 Fiction of a Thinkable World, 36 Huws, Ursula, 28 Constantino, Renato, 18 Fight for the Forest, 29 Babouk, A Novel, 31 Cookson, John, 21 Fighting Identities: Socialist Baran, Paul, 24, 25 Iglesias, César Andreu, 37 Critique of Intelligent Design, 3 Register 2003, 13 Immigrant Women in the Barrios de Chungara, Domi- Cullen, Jim, 26 Finkel, Alvin, 26 tila, 38 Land of Dollars, 38 Cultures of Darkness, 26 Fischer, Ernst, 32 Beaud, Michel, 24 Imperialism, 19 Foner, Philip S., 19, 20, 21 Behind the Invasion of Iraq, 35 Imperialism and the World Davis, Horace B., 20 Fools’ Crusade, 35 Belfrage, Cedric, 30 Economy, 20 Days and Nights of Love and Foster, John Bellamy, 1, 3, 5, Berry, Joe, 25 Imperialism Without War, 29 11, 25, 26, 27, 32, 34, 35, Colonies, 36 Besancenot, Olivier, 4 Debt Trap, 19 36, 37 In Defense of History, 32 Beyond Capital, 32 Desai, Ashwin, 22 Four Lectures on Marxism, 19 In Our Time, 26 Bigelow, William, 28 Development, Crisis, and Al- Fraginals, Manuel Moreno, 18 Inside Lebanon, 14 Biology Under the Influence, 13 ternative Visions, 37 Frank, Andre Gunder, 19, 37 Inside the Monster, 20 Black Man’s Burden, 19 Dialectical Urbanism, 37 Franz Fanon: Colonization Insurgent Images, 27 Blues for America, 23 Diamond, Norman, 28 and Independence, 19 Intellectual Roots of Inde- Boggs, Grace Lee, 18 “Dictatorship of the Proletariat” pendence, 20 Boggs, James, 18 from Marx to Lenin, 32 Galeano, Eduardo, 29, 30 Inventing Western Civilization, 27 Boudin, Chesa, 16 Digital Diploma Mills, 25 Gender Politics in Latin Irreversible Crisis, 24 Braverman, Harry, 27 Discourse on Colonialism, 32 America, 29 Brenner, Johanna, 38 Disinherited, 35 Gilbert, Alan, 30 Johnstone, Diana, 15, 35 Bricmont, Jean, 15 Dispersed City of the Plains, Gillot, John, 31 Bridenthal, Renate, 38 22 Girdner, Eddie J., 25 Kaplan, Marion, 38 Brown, Michael E., 27 Dobkowski, Michael N., 32 Global Flash Points: Socialist Karl Marx’s Theory of Revolu- Buck, Pem Davidson, 27 Dollinger, Genora Johnson, 28 Register 2008, 13 tion,Vol. 1-5, 33 Buhle, Paul, 27, 28 Dollinger, Sol, 28 Golinger, Eva, 12 Kfoury, Assaf, 14 Build it Now, 31 Dominican Republic: Beyond Gordon, Sydney, 21 Killing Me Softly, 25 Bukharin, Nikolai, 20, 33 the Light House, 29 Great Financial Crisis, 1 Koening, Hans, 27 Burkett, Paul, 23 Dore, Elizabeth, 29 Great Reversal, 22 Koning, Hans, 26 Bush Versus Chávez, 12 Dowd, Doug, 23 Great Tradition in English Lit- Korea: Division, Reunification, Buttel, Frederick, 37 Draper, Hal, 32, 33 erature, 31 and U.S. Foreign Policy, 23 Du Bois, W.E.B., 37 Green, Duncan, 16, 30 Korsch, Karl, 18 Cabral, Amilcar, 21, 22 Dung, Van Tien, 20 Green Guerrillas, 29 Kumar, Manjit, 31 Cameron, Kenneth Neill, 19 Durrenberger, E. Paul, 12 Greenbaum, Joan, 29 Capital Crimes, 37 Dynamics of Global Crisis, 19 Grossmann, Atina, 38 Labor and Monopoly Capital, Capitalism and the Informa- Grown, Caren, 37 27 tion Age, 34 Early, Steve, 10 Growth of the Modern West Labor Pains, 27 Carswell, J. Willliam, 22 Eastern Cauldron, 35 Indies, 19 Language of Empire, 34 Castaño Ferreira, Eleonora, 25 Ecological Revolution: Mak- Guerin, Daniel, 32 Last Resorts, 30 Castaño Ferreira, João, 25 ing Peace with the Planet, 5 Guevara, Che, 30 Late Marx and the Russian Censorship, Inc., 31 Ecology Against Capitalism, 25 Guskin, Jane, 14 Road, 20 Césaire, Aimé, 32 Education of a Reluctant Latin American City, 30 Challenge and Burden of Radical, 24 Haiti, State Against Nation, 29 Law and the Rise of Capitalism, 18 Historical Time, 11 Education of Black People, 37 Halpern, Rick, 29 Lebowitz, Michael A., 31 Chávez, Hugo, 12,16 Ellsberg, Daniel, 21 Han, Dongping, 8 Lefebvre, Henri, 19

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Leibowitz, Clement, 26 New Imperial Challenge: So- Reminiscences of the Cuban The Sugarmill: The Socioeco- Lenin, V.I., 20, 32 cialist Register 2004, 13 Revolutionary War, 30 nomic Complex of Sugar in Lenin and Philosophy and New Labor Movement for Research Unit for Political Cuba 1760-1860, 18 Other Essays, 32 the New Century, 28 Economy, 35 Theory of Capitalist Develop- Let Me Speak!, 38 New Studies in the Politics Return to the Source, 22 ment, 25 Let Them Eat Ketchup!, 37 and Culture of U.S. Com- Revolution and Evolution in Thomas, Clive Y., 20–21 Levin, Murry, 25 munism, 27 the Twentieth Century, 18 Thomas, Eric Chester, 36 Levins, Richard, 13 Newman, Michael, 23 Rise of China and the Demise Thompson, E. P., 18, 19 Levy, Madeleine R., 18 Next Liberation Struggle, 22 of the Capitalist World Econ- Thompson, Sharon, 38 Lewis, Gordon K., 19, 21 Nkrumah, Kwame, 22 omy, 2 Through A Glass Darkly, 23 Lewontin, Richard, 13 Noble, David, 25 Rising from the Ashes?, 28 Tigar, Michael E., 18 Leys, Colin, 7, 13 Not Automatic, 28 Rodney, Walter, 19 Toward an Anthropology of Li, Minqi, 2 Nottingham, Judith, 21 Rolph-Trouillot, Michel, 29 Women, 38 Liberal Virus, 36 Rosa Luxemburg Reader, 34 Toward an Open Tomb, 35 Long Default, 20 On Art and Literature, 20 Rosengarten, Frank, 27 Township Politics, 22 Longer Hours, Fewer Jobs, 28 On Education, 20 Roudart, Laurence, 17 Transforming the Revolution, 37 López, Leslie, 30 On the Global Waterfront, 12 Rubinstein, Annette, 31 Tressell, Robert, 19 Löwy, Michael, 4 Open Veins of Latin America, Rush to Development, 23 Turki, Fawaz, 35 Luxemburg, Rosa, 20, 34 30 Ortiz, Victoria, 38 Sanbonmatsu, John, 33 Under Attack, Fighting Back, 38 Maceo, Antonio, 19 Our America, 20 Saul, John S., 22 Understanding the Venezue- Magdoff, Fred, 1, 8, 37 Our Great Spring Victory, 20 Saxton, Alexander, 36 lan Revolution, 16 Magdoff, Harry, 19, 24, 36 Scalpel, the Sword, 21 Unity and Struggle, 21 Mahajan, Rahul, 36 Palmer, Bryan, 26 Science and the Retreat from Unknown Cultural Revolu- tion: Life and Change in a Making of a Cybertariat, 28 Panitch, Leo, 7, 13 Reason, 31 Chinese Village, 8 Making Sense of the Media, Patterson, Thomas, 27 Sen, Gita, 37 25 Shadows of Tender Fury, 30 Pattullo, Polly, 30 Viezzer, Moema, 38 Man’s Worldly Goods, 24 Payer, Cheryl, 19, 21 Shanin, Teodor, 20 Mantsios, Gregory, 28 Silén, Juan Angel, 21 Violence Today: Actually Ex- Perelman, Michael, 24 isting Barbarism; Socialist Marek, Franz, 32 Philosophical Arabesques, 33 Silent Revolution, 30 Register 2009, 7 Markels, Julian, 31 Political Economy of Growth, Singer, Daniel, 34 Vunerable Planet, 26 Martí, José, 20 25 Smith, Dan, 21 Martin, Randy, 27 Political Economy of Media, Smith, Jack, 25 Wallerstein, Immanuel, 19, 37 Marx, Karl, 31, 32, 33 6 Snedeker, George, 27 Walliman, Isidor, 32 Marxian Imagination, 31 Politics of Immigration, 14 Snitow, Ann, 38 Warschawski, Michel, 35 Marxism and Philosophy, 18 Poor and the Powerless, Socialism or Barbarism, 34 We, the People, 28 Marx’s Ecology, 26 20–21 Socialist Feminist Project, 38 We, the Puerto Rican People, Marx’s Theory of Revolution, Postmodern Prince, 33 Socialist Register 2003-07, 13 19 Vol. 1-5, 33 Poverty of Theory and Other Socialist Register 2008, 13 We are the Poors, 22 Marzani, Carl, 24 Essays, 18 Socialist Register 2009, 7 Weil, Robert, 23 Maturity and Stagnation in Power in Our Hands, 28 Soley, Lawrence, 31 West, Cornel, 33 American Capitalism, 20 Powers of Desire, 38 Soul in Exile, 35 When Biology Became Des- Mayekiso, Mzwanele, 22 Pox Americana, 36 Spanish-Cuban-American tiny, 38 Mazoyer, Marcel, 17 Problem of the Media, 34 War,Vol. 1-2, 21 Whose Millennium, 34 McChesney, Robert W., 6, Protest and Survive, 21 Spectres of Capitalism, 34 Why Unions Matter, 9 34, 36 Puerto Rico, 21 Stansell, Christine, 38 Wilson, David, 14 Meatpackers, 29 Steinberg, Michael, 36 Windows on the Workplace, 29 Meek, Ronald, 21 Radical Perspectives on the Steindl, Josef, 20 Winslow, George, 37 Meiksins, Peter, 28 Rise of Fascism in Ger- Stone, Harris, 22 Women and the Politics of Membrez, James, 4, 11, 17 many, 32 Stone, Joan, 22 Class, 38 Memoirs of Bernardo Vega, 37 Ragged Trousered Philan- Studies in the Labor Theory Wood, Ellen Meiksins, 28, Mendes, Chico, 29 thropists, 21 of Value, 21 32, 34 Merrifield, Andy, 37 Rag-Tags, Scum, Riff-Raff, Subcomandante Marcos, 30 Worked to the Bone, 27 Mészáros, István, 11, 32, 34 and Commies, 36 Survey of Chemical and Bio- World Bank: A Critical Analy- Mexico’s Hope, 30 Railroading Economics, 24 logical Weapons, 21 sis, 21 Monopoly Capital, 24 Rajiva, Lila, 34 Sweezy, Paul M., 19, 24, 25, World We Wish to See, 11 More Unequal, 36 Ralph Miliband and the Poli- 27, 31 Morel, E.D., 19 tics of the New Left, 23 Yates, Michael D.,9, 15, 24, 28, 36 Reclaiming the Ivory Tower, 25 Tabb, William K., 20, 24 York, Richard, 3 Naked Imperialism, 35 Red Cat,White Cat, 23 Taking Care of Business, 28 Naming the System, 24 Reiter, Ranya R., 38 Teach Me!, 25 Zahar, Renate, 19 National Question, 20 Religion and the Human Telling the Truth: Socialist Zavala, Iris M., 20 New Crusade, 36 Prospect, 36 Register 2006, 13 Zavala, Rodriguez, 20

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