A talk with Radhika Desai, Professor, Department of Political Studies, University of Manitoba, and discussants Yasin Kaya in Toronto and Gary Porter in Victoria, B.C. Among the many ideas the pandemic has revived for reforming our broken economies, two have dominated. One is the idea of universal basic income and the other is Modern Monetary …
The 1919 Winnipeg General Strike was followed with great interest by people around the world, says Dr. Bryan Palmer, Professor Emeritus at Trent University. Professor Palmer was speaking at the 14th Forum of the World Association for Political Economy entitled Class, State and Nation in the 21st Century, held in Winnipeg July 19-21, 2019. Videography …
By Michael Hudson Today’s world is at war on many fronts. The rules of international law and order put in place toward the end of World War II are being broken by U.S. foreign policy escalating its confrontation with countries that refrain from giving its companies control of their economic surpluses. Countries that do not …
By María Páez Victor, MA, Ph.D. Venezuelan–Canadian sociologist, winner of the Distinguished Achievement Award in Political Economy for the 21st Century, Keynote speech at 14th Forum of the World Association of Political Economy (WAPE), Winnipeg, 20 July 2019 Amidst the cacophony of misinformation about Venezuela there are three key questions that need answers: 1) What …
The Social Sciences Academic Press, belonging to the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, plans to translate and publish 30 influential international left-wing books in the humanities and social sciences field into Chinese. The topics of the monographs, except proceedings, could cover the entire humanities and social science field. The monographs should be published after the …
Download Full Paper By Sam King Victoria University, Australia Abstract The income gap between rich and poor countries has increased since 1980, despite the rapid growth of capitalist commodity production in parts of the Third World. However, contemporary Marxist writing rarely acknowledges this and can’t explain how the imperialist core has maintained its dominance. Over …
Text of Nino Pagliccia’s presentation in GERG’s panel on Venezuela, Society for Socialist Studies Annual Conference, 5th June 2019 Introduction Last April marked a special anniversary for Cuba but one that we should all reflect upon given the current events in Latin America, particularly in Venezuela. In mid-April 1961 three cities in Cuba were bombed …
Originally printed online at the Council on Hemispheric Affairs Entrevista al académico Steve Ellner, por Alan Freeman Publicado originalmente en inglés en Canadian Dimension, tomo 52, número 4 de abril de 2019 Publicado originalmente en español por el Council of Hemispheric Affairs, COHA el 19 de junio de 2019 Traducción de Patricio Zamorano, Co-Director y …
Originally printed online at Canadian Dimension By Alan Freeman Alan Freeman: The progressive Latin American governments of the 21st century, the so-called Pink Tide governments, have received heavy blows in the recent past and have been replaced by conservative, right-wing governments in Brazil, Argentina and, evidently, Ecuador. What are people on the right saying about …
Wednesday, April 3, 2019 2:30 PM Room 237, University College, University of Manitoba with Andre Vltchek Despite the end of the Cold War, Western governments continue their war against socialism with a range of tactics, such as the ongoing and very visible coup attempts, as in Venezuela, to ‘invisible coups’, as in Brazil. Andre Vltchek …