Anyone interested in understanding racism and the history of multiculturalism in the United States and Europe will find this book insightful, enlightening and will come away with a new approach to analyze the world we live in. by Rani Salas Mclean The authors of “The Crises of Multiculturalism: Racism in a Neoliberal Age,” Alana Lentin [...]
The tragic death of Trayvon Martin, stalked and killed while walking home by George Zimmerman, a neighborhood watch man has generated a stunning response. Numerous protests and vigils have been held all over the country. High school students have walked out of schools and politicians have worn hoodies in a show of solidarity on the [...]
Just in time for the fall presidential election campaign, talk show host Tavis Smiley and philosopher Cornel West attempt to force poverty back into the national discourse. “The Rich and the Rest of Us: A Poverty Manifesto” expands on themes developed during their nationwide bus tour last year. On Democracy Now!, they argued that one [...]
Published last year, Stanford historian Richard White’s ambitious history of Gilded Age American capitalism has not received as much attention as it deserves. White argues that the expansion of the railroads embodied an irresponsible, poorly planned, corrupt form of capitalism. New York Times reviewer Michael Kazin summarizes To gain an edge on their corporate rivals, [...]
According to the publisher, “In this gripping memoir of the AIDS years (1981-1996), Sarah Schulman recalls how much of the rebellious queer culture, cheap rents, and a vibrant downtown arts movement vanished almost overnight to be replaced by gay conservative spokespeople and mainstream consumerism.” Schulman, a professor of English at CUNY Staten Island, offers some [...]
Sometime presidential candidate Ralph Nader recently wrote a hard hitting piece about Occupy Wall Street. He argues that aspects of the movement are holding it back. Yet he fails to notice the positive role he himself might play. The gist of Nader’s critique is that because Occupy is leaderless and fails to make demands, it [...]
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