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John Bellamy Foster on "Why We Occupy, What We Know"

February 20, 2024

We are here as part of the Occupy Wall Street movement, which in a few short weeks has become a global movement in hundreds of cities around the world. We are part of the 99 percent not only in this country but the world. I have been reading the mainstream, corporate media. I have been listening to the pundits, the power brokers, the politicians. They criticize our movement, saying we don’t really know why we are here. They are wrong. We are part of the growing army of the Occupy Wall Street movement worldwide. And we know why we are here.

John Bellamy Foster speaks at Occupy Wall Street on "Capitalism and Environmental Catastrophe"

February 20, 2024

The Occupy Wall Street movement arose in response to the economic crisis of capitalism, and the way in which the costs of this were imposed on the 99 percent rather than the 1 percent. But “the highest expression of the capitalist threat,” as Naomi Klein has said, is its destruction of the planetary environment. So it is imperative that we critique that as well. I would like to start by pointing to the seriousness of our current environmental problem and then turn to the question of how this relates to capitalism. Only then will we be in a position to talk realistically about what we need to do to stave off or lessen catastrophe.

Class Dismissed reviewed on Counterfire

February 20, 2024

It is the erroneous idea that more university graduates will solve America’s economic and social woes with which Marsh has a problem. He dissects this idea so forensically, with the help of a range of data on poverty in the US, that his case becomes unanswerable. The research is rigorous and the author’s handling of it ensures the book never becomes dry. Marsh teaches English literature and has a non-specialist’s eye for the need to make economic data and analysis fresh and engaging. His lively writing style is a great strength, with an ability to interweave hard data with illuminating examples from his own life, others’ experiences and history.

The Great Financial Crisis reviewed in Work, Employment, & Society

February 20, 2024

An impressive and stimulating analysis of the historical origins and structural roots of the financial crisis, The Great Financial Crisis has much to commend it, providing an excellent reminder of the power of Marxist political economy in revealing the dynamics and contradictions of the present financial crisis, and indeed, of capitalist crises in general.

José Carlos Mariátegui book party, NYC

February 20, 2024

Join Marc Becker, co-editor of José Carlos Mariátegui: An Anthology (with Harry E. Vanden), for a book party at the Brecht Forum in NYC on March 1, 2012.

Domitila Barrios de Chungara, 1937-2012

February 20, 2024

Domitila Barrios de Chungara, a renowned union leader, feminist, and revolutionary from Bolivia, died on March 13 at age 74. Monthly Review Press is proud to have published her classic memoir, Let Me Speak!, co-authored with Moema Viezzer. The book is a gripping account of her early life in a Bolivian mining town, her subsequent radicalization, and her efforts to organize miners and their wives in the struggle against exploitation and against U.S.-backed dictatorships. Available for a discount of 40% off until the end of April.

Oliver Villar interviewed on Expert Witness radio

February 20, 2024

Oliver Villar, co-author of Cocaine, Death Squads, and the War on Terror: U.S. Imperialism and Class Struggle in Colombia discusses his new book on Expert Witness radio with Mike Levine.

NEW! From Solidarity to Sellout: The Restoration of Capitalism in Poland by Tadeusz Kowalik

NEW! From Solidarity to Sellout: The Restoration of Capitalism in Poland by Tadeusz Kowalik

February 20, 2024

In the 1980s and 90s, renowned Polish economist Tadeusz Kowalik played a leading role in the Solidarity movement, struggling alongside workers for an alternative to “really-existing socialism” that was cooperative and controlled by the workers themselves. In the ensuing two decades, “really-existing” socialism has collapsed, capitalism has been restored, and Poland is now among the most unequal countries in the world. Kowalik asks, how could this happen in a country that once had the largest and most militant labor movement in Europe?

Jeb Sprague Book Tour Dates

Jeb Sprague Book Tour Dates

February 20, 2024

Join the author of Paramilitarism and the Assault on Democracy in Haiti, just released by Monthly Review Press, at an event near you! Jeb Sprague will discuss his new book, which investigates the dangerous world of right-wing paramilitarism in Haiti and its role in undermining the democratic aspirations of the Haitian people.

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