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Fred Magdoff in Chicago for July 6-9 Socialism2017 Conference

Fred Magdoff in Chicago for July 6-9 Socialism2017 Conference

Come to Chicago this weekend for Socialism2017, where thousands of organizers and intellectuals will participate in over 100 meetings—one of which will be with Monthly Review Press author Fred Magdoff and Socialist Worker writer Michael Ware.
Saturday, July 8, 2-3:30pm: Magdoff, author, with Chris Williams, of Creating an Ecological Society: Toward a Revolutionary Transformation, will discuss with Ware how, in fighting for environmental and social justice, reforms are vital but revolution is essential.

“The earth shall rise on new foundations”: preface to Éditions Critiques publication of What Every Environmentalist Needs to Know About Capitalism

“The earth shall rise on new foundations”: preface to Éditions Critiques publication of What Every Environmentalist Needs to Know About Capitalism

The following is the preface to the 2017 French-language edition of What Every Environmentalist Needs to Know About Capitalism by Fred Magdoff and John Bellamy Foster, originally published by Monthly Review Press in 2011. The French edition will be released by Éditions Critiques in September, and will appear as Ce que tout écologiste doit savoir à propos du capitalisme.

Anti-Imperialist U reviews Gerald Horne’s Confronting Black Jacobins

Anti-Imperialist U reviews Gerald Horne’s Confronting Black Jacobins

The Haitian Revolution, which ran from 1791-1804 was one of the most important events in modern history. It was the first successful anti-slavery revolution…. I dealt with this glorious moment in human history in my “Revolution in Haiti” based on C.L.R James classic The Black Jacobins…. Now I will deal with the part the Haitian revolution played in not only ending slavery on the island but throughout the americas relying on yet another masterpiece from Gerald Horne, Confronting Black Jacobins, which is both a sequel to The Counter-Revolution of 1776 and a companion to his excellent Negro Comrades of the Crown…

TORONTO, MAY 24-26: Marx’s Capital after 150 Years

TORONTO, MAY 24-26: Marx’s Capital after 150 Years

York University, 4700 Keele St, Toronto, ON M3J
Wednesday, May 24, 2017, 4:00pm – Friday, May 26, 2017, 7:30pm
Hear veteran scores of scholars and activists, including Immanuel Wallerstein, John Bellamy Foster, Leo Panitch, Ursula Huws, Kohei Saito …

Helena Sheehan at NYU to Discuss The Syriza Wave: May 25, 6:30pm

Helena Sheehan at NYU to Discuss The Syriza Wave: May 25, 6:30pm

Thursday, May 25, 6:30-8:30pm
New York University
King Juan Carlos I of Spain Center
53 Washington Square South, Manhattan
Hear Helena Sheehan, author of The Syriza Wave: Surging and Crashing with the Greek Left, talk about her book with Nantina Vgontzas, NYU Ph.D. Candidate in Sociology and AKNY-Greece Solidarity Movement member, Thomas Harrison, Co-Director, Campaign for Peace and Democracy, and Molly Nolan, NYU History Professor.