Author: David McNally
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Launching the Socialist Register 2015: Transforming Classes
This 51st annual Socialist Register completes the investigation of class formation and class strategies on a global scale begun with last year’s volume. Deploying an understanding of class as an … Watch video »
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Global Austerity and Global Resistance
Ottawa — 26 April 2014. Moderated by Shellie Bird. Presentation by: David McNally teaches political science at York University, Toronto. His most recent books include Global Slump: The Economics and … Watch video »
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Understanding Globalization
Toronto — 19 October 2013. Presentations by: Sam Gindin, co-author with Leo Panitch of The Making of Global Capitalism: The Political Economy of American Empire. David McNally, author of Global … Watch video »
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Book Launch: Monsters of the Market
David McNally interviewed by Ali Mustafa (audio only): A night to celebrate the launch (in paperback) of David McNally’s Monsters of the Market: Zombies, Vampires and Global Capitalism and the … Watch video »
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The Crisis and the Left
Toronto — 6 May 2012. Where Does Occupy Lead Now? Launch of the 2012 Socialist Register. Moderated by Leo Panitch. Frances Fox Piven, author of Who’s Afraid of Frances Fox Piven? … Watch video »
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Greek Lessons: Democracy versus Debt-Bondage
It is a truism to say that democracy began with the Greeks – less so to say that it originated in popular rebellion against debt and debt-bondage. Yet, with the … Keep reading »
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Follow the Money: Behind the European Debt Crisis Lie More Bank Bailouts
While I was cursing the inane mainstream commentary on the global economy recently, I was reminded of a pivotal scene in the 1976 movie, All the President’s Men. As two … Keep reading »
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Radical Democracy and Popular Power
Ottawa — 5 March 2011. David McNally teaches Political Science at York University, Toronto and is a long-time activist in socialist and global justice movements. He is the author of … Watch video »
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And They Call This a Recovery?
The strut of confidence is gone and the jitters are back. A flurry of dreadful statistics at the end of April made sure of that. On April 26 came the … Keep reading »
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Book Launch: Global Slump
Toronto — 20 January 2011. Introductions by Faria Kamal, Liam McNally and Syed Hussan: Jesook Song is an associate professor in Anthropology at the University of Toronto. John Clarke is … Watch video »
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Mubarak’s Folly: The Rising of Egypt’s Workers
Rarely do our rulers look more absurd than when faced with a popular upheaval. As fear and apathy are broken, ordinary people – housewives, students, sanitation workers, the unemployed – … Keep reading »
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Night in Tunisia: Riots, Strikes and a Spreading Insurgency
Popular upheavals always carry a distinct sonic resonance. The cascading chants that reverberate through the streets, the roar of the crowd as it drives back the riot police and seizes … Keep reading »