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“Must-Read for understanding Arab Spring”: Socialism & Democracy on The Reawakening of the Arab World

“Must-Read for understanding Arab Spring”: Socialism & Democracy on The Reawakening of the Arab World

February 20, 2024

Samir Amin is best known for his 1989 book, Eurocentrism, a seminal entry in critical theory on the Middle East which remains essential reading for anyone seeking to understand the political and economic problems facing the region today. Amin’s present book places the Arab Spring into the theoretical framework of Eurocentrism. It insightfully argues that the uprisings of 2011 fit into the long struggle for emancipation in the Arab Middle East that goes back a century...

PopMatters talks to Eric Holt-Giménez about A Foodie’s Guide to Capitalism

PopMatters talks to Eric Holt-Giménez about A Foodie’s Guide to Capitalism

February 20, 2024

When people talk about the food system being ‘broken,’ Eric Holt-Gimenez is quick to correct them. ¶ There’s nothing broken about the food system, says the executive director of Food First/Institute for Food and Development Policy. Over-production, hunger, wastage, slavery — it’s working exactly the way a capitalist food system should work. ¶ It’s capitalism that’s the problem….

Stephanie Urdang, on Colourful Radio, discusses Mapping My Way Home

Stephanie Urdang, on Colourful Radio, discusses Mapping My Way Home

February 20, 2024

Stephanie J. Urdang is in the UK now, publicizing her memoir Mapping My Way Home: Activism, Nostalgia, and the Downfall of Apartheid South Africa. On January 22, she talked with journalist Karina H. Maynard on Life: Arts and Culture, a morning feature of London-based Colourful radio, one of Britain’s first internet audio streams.

Eric Holt-Giménez talks about our indigestible capitalist food system on KPFA, 94.1FM

Eric Holt-Giménez talks about our indigestible capitalist food system on KPFA, 94.1FM

February 20, 2024

Eric Holt-Giménez is the Executive Director of Food First, a “people’s think tank” dedicated to ending the injustices that cause hunger. He’s also the author of the recently published A Foodie’s Guide to Capitalism: Understanding the Political Economy of What We Eat. Here, he talks to C.S. Soong, host of “Against the Grain,” a radio show emanating three times a week from Pacifica station KPFA 94.1 FM in the San Francisco Bay Area....

International Socialist Review: Helena Sheehan’s The Syriza Wave

International Socialist Review: Helena Sheehan’s The Syriza Wave

February 20, 2024

Anyone interested in a comprehensive account of what happened in Greece between 2012 and 2016—the struggles of the Left; the social devastation as a result of austerity; the rise, election, and capitulation of Syriza—should pick up Helena Sheehan’s latest book. Those already familiar with the period’s political drama, in search of an opportunity to reengage with the debates of the time, should also read The Syriza Wave, for the book opens multiple windows on a story that is still unraveling...

The Ammunition to Answer Back: Counterfire on The Politics of Immigration

February 20, 2024

‘I’m not against immigrants. I’m against illegal ones. … Our country is already too full. We must put a limit on how many can come in. We simply can’t afford it. They’ll put too much pressure on our already squeezed public finance. It’s a simple case of supply and demand. Wages will fall if you increase the supply of workers.’ ¶ Who hasn’t heard such statements in our workplace, pubs or family meals? You disagree with them, but you might not have the facts or arguments to back up your opinion, so you keep quiet to avoid a shouting match and to keep the peace….

“Better than any author, Sheehan captures the profound disillusion of Syriza activists”: The American Hellenic Institute Fdn Policy Journal on The Syriza Wave

“Better than any author, Sheehan captures the profound disillusion of Syriza activists”: The American Hellenic Institute Fdn Policy Journal on The Syriza Wave

February 20, 2024

Helena Sheehan’s 'Syria Wave' moves from artistic culture to the mass culture that created and then abandoned (or was abandoned by) Syriza. The author, an Irish journalist and political activist who visits Greece frequently, offers a unique view of the Syriza phenomenon. The first of her six essays was written in 2012 and the last in 2016. Since the essays have not been revised, they convey the euphoria and heartbreak of the movement as they were occurring….

“A world worth fighting for”: Agrarian South reviews Creating an Ecological Society

“A world worth fighting for”: Agrarian South reviews Creating an Ecological Society

February 20, 2024

At a time when capitalism is widely considered as the only and inevitable system, there are seldom critiques that go beyond understanding the inherent faults of the capitalist system to establishing the possibility of an alternative. This book is the latest contribution by Fred Magdoff and Chris Williams in their lifelong commitment not only to elucidate the ecological crises entailed in capitalism, but to provide the basis and the possibilities for an alternate system: eco-socialism....

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