University of Manitoba Professors are on strike! In solidarity!
The faculty of the University of Manitoba has voted in favour of a strike, after collective bargaining negotiations wi
Class Conflict
New Book, Edited by Dennis Deslippe, Eric Fure-Slocum, & John W. McKerley: Civic Labors – Scholar Activism and Working-Class Studies
From UI Press: Labor studies scholars and working-class historians have long worked at the crossroads of academia and
New Working Paper by Nancy Folbre: Just Deserts? Earnings Inequality and Bargaining Power in the U.S. Economy
From the abstract: Harvard economist Gregory Mankiw defends the high earnings of the top one percent in the U.S. with a t
A Very Brief Musing on Power
By David Fields Humans are accustomed to assuming that the essence of power lies within the structural violence of poli
New Book by Raju J. Das: Marxist Class Theory for a Skeptical World
From Brill, Marxist Theory of Class for a Skeptical World is a critique of some of the influential radical theories of cl
James K. Galbraith: From the Destruction of Greece to Democracy in Europe
by James K. Galbraith, In protesting the Treaty of Versailles ending World War I, John Maynard Keynes wrote: “The polic
Maintaining poverty through restrictive voter registration laws
Barriers to entry, typically established and enforced by the legal system for the benefit of those that control the pol
New Book by Samir Amin: Russia and the Long Transition from Capitalism to Socialism
From Monthly Review Press Out of early twentieth-century Russia came the world’s first significant effort to build a m
David Kotz on Conventional Wisdom
By David Kotz, This article was originally posted on Common Dreams The recent vote in favor of Brexit is only the latest
A Message to CUNY Adjuncts, Part-timers and other Exploited Faculty on the Occasion of the Proposed Contract
By Andy Battle Dear Adjuncts, Part-timers and other Exploited Faculty: I write to you because we are in a special time. Y
It Pays to Be White
by Jeannette Wicks-Lim By every socioeconomic measure, there is an undeniable race-based hierarchy in the United Sta
Latest Issue of Journal of Australian Political Economy
The latest issue of the Journal of Australian Political Economy is now available. This issue features contributions f
Paddy Quick on Brexit
By Paddy Quick On June 24th the British will vote on whether or not to withdraw from the European Union (EU). The two “side
New Book by Jerry Harris: Global Capitalism and the Crisis of Democracy
From Clarity Press: Democracy is in crisis, from the streets of Ferguson to the struggle in Greece. Throughout the worl
New Book by Richard D. Wolff: Capitalism's Crisis Deepens – Essays on the Global Economic Meltdown
From Haymarket Books: While most mainstream commentators view the crisis that provoked the Great Recession as having
Has the Left Run its Course in Latin America?
By Mark Weisbrot Hardly. Despite recent setbacks, it has led the region’s “second independence,” benefiting hundre
Capital, Accumulation, Production and Employment: A WEA Online Conference
Can We Bend the Arc of Global Capital Toward Justice? is an online conference sponsored by the World Economics Associat
URPE @ The 2016 Left Forum
URPE encourage everyone who lives in or near New York City, or can make it to the conference, to attend URPE’s 7 spo
Graduate assistants sue University of Missouri for recognition of union
A long-threatened lawsuit to determine whether graduate assistants at the University of Missouri qualify as employe