In his latest book, David Bacon elucidates the structural factors that generate poverty among people who eventually migrate to the US. According to Bacon, trade policy and the neoliberal economic agenda are closely connected to immigration patterns and policies. He also highlights the political agency of migrant workers.
In Beyond the Fields, Randy Shaw describes how the United Farm Workers pioneered a grassroots organizing model that fueled political struggles of all kinds. Shaw suggests that an Obama spin-off organization be created that draws from the UFW model. Also, Steven Gale discusses the plays and politics of the late Harold Pinter.
Panitch & Konings, eds., The American Empire and the Political Economy of Global Finance Palgrave Macmillan, 2008
What do the Israeli air strikes on Gaza have to do with the upcoming Israeli elections, with Egypt, and with Obama's impending accession to power? Beshara Doumani shares his analysis. And Leo Panitch contests the notion that the US intervenes abroad only in the interests of US elites.
How effective has the antiwar movement been in generating and propagating a moral critique of war? Rahul Mahajan contends that the Left has in large part failed to shape public opinion or affect public policy. And Leo Panitch comments on the financial crisis, US empire, and the state's role in neoliberal globalization.
Caribbean Philosophical Association
Grosfoguel, Maldonado-Torres & Saldivar, eds., Latino/as in the World-System: Decolonization Struggles in the 21st Century U.S. Empire Paradigm, 2006
Too many wars in the twentieth century, and in this one. Nelson Maldonado-Torres draws upon thinkers like Frantz Fanon and Aime Cesaire to argue for a project of decolonization, one that directly confronts the Western paradigm of racist war. In his book Against War, Maldonado-Torres also analyzes the work of Emmanuel Levinas and Enrique Dussel. (Encore presentation.)
Hilary Wainwright, Reclaim the State: Experiments in Popular Democracy Seagull Books, 2009
Are people allowed by current governments and political systems to realize their creative and political potential? If not, why not? And how should the knowledge not of experts and elites but of ordinary folks be valued and used? Hilary Wainwright talks about democracy, political agency, and efforts to push back against top-down ways of governing.
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