Author: Immanuel Ness

Immanuel Ness is Professor of Political Science at City University of New York. His latest books are, Southern Insurgency: The Coming of the Global Working Class, and Organizing Insurgency: Workers' Movements in the Global South, both published by Pluto Press.

  • Forging a New Global Workers’ Movement

    Organizing Insurgency (2021) argues that the contemporary era of imperialism is marked by the extension of exploitation of Southern workers in core sectors of the economy: agriculture, mining, and industry. … Keep reading »

    Labour  •  August 9, 2021  •  Immanuel Ness

  • Southern Insurgency

    The Coming of the Global Working Class Even as labour in the developed world seems to be in retreat, industrial struggle continues elsewhere, and with particular force in the Global South. … Watch video »

    Labour  •  September 18, 2016  •  Immanuel Ness

  • Strategizing the Resistance: A Conversation with Manny Ness

    Toronto — 13 January 2012. In 2012 workers in Toronto face a large coordinated attack on jobs and services. We must resist, again, as workers have resisted throughout history. In … Watch video »

    Labour  •  January 22, 2012  •  Immanuel Ness