May Day Books Blog

There's a new essay by Robin Blackburn on subprime and financialisation which is in the current edition of New Left Review , which can b...

Related to my previous post, I've just found a couple of articles in the same vein. In the first one, Mike Whitney, at Dissident Voice ,...

Interesting piece in today's FT : QUOTE " The correct response is to give priority to dealing with hunger, with access to foodstuff...

I just got hold of Phillips' "Bad Money," which came out about a week ago. I've posted a couple of comments on my initial ...

For a quick and accurate explanation of the mechanics of subprime, there's a powerpoint presentation, put together by Michael Perelman, ...

Most of the readers of this blog are doubtless aware that a tectonic shift in global economic relations has been taking place, with the ine...

The paucity of theoretical (left-wing) analysis concerning the present financial crisis has been bothering me for the last several months. I...

Bertold Brecht’s “ Puntila and His Hired Man Matti,” Frank Theatre at City of Minneapolis Garage The Frank Theatre is probably one of the m...

"Global Capitalism and the Next Great Depression." The Campaign for a Working Democracy is hosting a discussion of the present eco...

Book Review: “The Secret History of the American Empire”, by John Perkins, 2007.  “Economic Hit Men, Jackals and the Truth about Global Corr...

“The Worst Hard Time”, by Timothy Egan, 2006 There’s a thunder of dust coming towards you. It is crawling down the walls of your house. Your...

“Oil” by Upton Sinclair (1927)  - Upon which the film “ There Will Be Blood ” is based. This book is the basis of the present film, “ There ...

The major candidates do not support immediate withdrawal from Iraq, universal single-payer healthcare or any number of goals of the progress...

"The University in Chains –  Confronting the Military-Industrial-Academic Complex" by Henry Giroux, 2007 This is one of those ca...

“Revolution in the Air” by Max Elbaum, published 2002 This book is about “the new communist movement.” As a former member of the ‘Trend’ ...

Scenes from the holiday anti-war gathering in Uptown, Minneapolis. December 21st 6:30 - 7:30