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In developing a summary of my recent book – Indian, Black and Irish: Indigenous Nations, African Peoples, European Invasions 1492 – 1790 – I focused on the interplay between capitalism, genocide, and racism. I was struck by how each of four distinct epochs over the past 500 years of [...]
April 7, 2025 is “World Health Day.” According to the World Health Organization, its aims to promote “healthy beginnings” and “hopeful futures” for people worldwide. Juxtapose those aspirations to a quote from the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, just one week earlier, which read: “They [...]
On the eve of New Year’s Day 1900, Frank P. Walsh (1864-1939) reflected on his life and decided a major change was in order. At thirty-five years old he had an expanding family and thriving career in corporate law. After growing up in extreme poverty in an Irish-American section [...]
Since Trump’s victory in the November elections, there has been no shortage of variations on Marx’s famous line in The Eighteenth Brumaire: "Hegel remarks somewhere that all great world-historic facts and personages appear, so to speak, twice. He forgot to add: the first time as tragedy, the second time [...]
Message From the Chair Regarding Marxist Section events at the 2021 ASA Virtual Meetings: Dear Colleagues, I look forward to seeing many of you this coming weekend and next week at the virtual ASA annual meetings. We have two fantastic section panels this year, a wonderful set of round tables, [...]
The newly established International Labour and Logistics Research Network invites all scholars, researchers, labour activists, and organisers interested in collaborating with others on critical global research on contemporary labour issues facing logistics workers, unions, and the international labour movement, to join this new exciting research project, hosted by the Centre for Decent Work at [...]
It is our pleasure to announce the winners of the ASA Marxist Sociology section elections (2020). They are: Chair-Elect: Michael McCarthy, Marquette University Secretary: Leslie C. Gates, SUNY Binghamton Treasurer: Lorna Zukas, National University Council Members: Gretchen Purser (Syracuse University) and Atef Said (University of Illinois at Chicago)
It is with great pleasure that we announce the winners of the Marxist Sociology Section Awards! The Winner of the Albert Szymanski-T.R. Young Marxist Sociology Graduate Student Paper is David B, Feldman, for his article, “Beyond the Border Spectacle: Global Capital, Migrant Labor, and the Specter of Liminal Legality,” published [...]
Please join us in congratulating our distinguished section members who have been elected this year to serve in various positions as listed below: Chair-Elect: Dr. Hannah Holleman, Amherst College Council Member: Dr. Daniel Auerbach, University of Utah Council Member: Dr. Michael McCarthy, Marquette University Student Representative: Ms. Karen Xuan Zhang [...]
ANNOUNCEMENT OF FACULTY VACANCY Assistant Professor of Sociology (Tenure-track) The Division of Social Sciences at Maryville College invites applications for a full-time, tenure-track Assistant Professor of Sociology position beginning in August 2019. Candidates are expected to have research and teaching strengths in social scientific methods, including both quantitative and qualitative methodologies. Preference is given [...]
