Category: USA
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Race, Class and Crisis
Toronto, September 24, 2010. The economic crisis that started in U.S. housing markets in 2007 quickly swept across the world market. A long period of stagnation and austerity now seems … Watch video »
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Capitalism, Race and Colonialism
Moderated by Alan Sears. David Roediger teaches history and African American Studies at University of Illinois. His latest book is How Race Survived U.S. History. This was recorded at the … Watch video »
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Operating in the Obama Moment
Toronto – 10 March 2010. Bill Fletcher Jr. is a longtime labour and international activist and the former President and chief executive officer of TransAfrica Forum. He is the executive … Watch video »
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Lessons from the Humbling of General Motors
Of all 20th century industries, it was the auto sector that best captured the sway of capitalism and the rise of American dominance. The assembly line showed off capitalism’s remarkable … Keep reading »
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Obama’s Cairo Speech
Barack Obama’s speech in Cairo on the 4th of June 2009 definitely lived up to expectations – provided we agree on what could have been expected. With regard to the … Keep reading »
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Assessing an Obama Presidency
The Left in the USA and around the world is celebrating the end of the Bush Presidency. We also celebrate the election of an African-American to the Presidency of what … Watch video »
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Assessing an Obama Presidency
The Left in the U.S. and around the world is celebrating the end of the Bush Presidency. We also celebrate the election of an African-American to the Presidency of what … Keep reading »
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Putting the U.S. Economic Crisis in Perspective
It is time to take stock. The centrality of the American economy to the capitalist world – which now literally does encompass the whole world – has spread the financial … Keep reading »
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Empire’s Contradictions, Our Weaknesses: The Empire Stumbles On
Today’s two most conspicuous global flashpoints – the Middle East and Latin America – have widely exposed the fact of U.S. imperialism and highlighted some of its limitations. Adding the … Keep reading »
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Is the Big Ship America Sinking? Contradictions and Openings
“There’s something happening What it is ain’t exactly clear” -Buffalo Springfield, 1966 Are we in the midst of a momentous turn in world politics? Donald Rumsfeld has been shuffled out … Keep reading »