Andrew Pearmain

Andrew Pearmain is a political historian based at the University of East Anglia. He was a member of the Communist Party (1997-85), of the Labour Party (1997-2002), of the Green Party (2003-present)

Sam Gindin

Sam Gindin holds the Packer Chair in Social Justice in the Department of Political Science at York University, Toronto.

Jose Marti

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Paul M. Sweezy

Paul Marlor Sweezy (1910-2004) was a Marxian economist and activist. In 1949, along with Leo Huberman, he co-founded the independent journal Monthly Review.

Wilhelm Reich

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R.H. Tawney

Richard Henry Tawney (1880-1962), born in Calcutta, was educated at Rugby School and Balliol College, Oxford, of which he was elected a fellow in 1918. During World War I, he was severely wounded d

Amy Trautwein

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Amiya Kumar Bagchi

Amiya Kumar Bagchi is the founder Director and Professor of Economics, Institute of Development Studies Kolkata. He was formerly Reserve Bank of India Professor of Economics and Director, Centre fo

Saadat Hasan Manto

Saadat Hasan Manto (1912-1955) was among the greatest short story writers of the Indian subcontinent. He also wrote plays, and worked in the Bombay film industry as a writer before migrating t

Dario Azzellini

Dario Azzellini (b. 1967) is an author, filmmaker and assistant professor at Johannes Kepler University, Linz, Austria.

Revati Laul

Revati Laul is an independent journalist and film-maker. She is the author of The Anatomy of Hate (2018). The book is the first-ever account of the perpetrators of the 2002 pogrom against Muslims t

Madhura Swaminathan

Madhura Swaminathan is professor and head of the Economic Analysis Unit at the Indian Statistical Institute, Bangalore.

S. Anand

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Jodi Dean

Jodie Dean is a Professor of Political Science at Hobart & William Smith College. She is the author of The Communist Horizon (2012) and Crowds and Party (2016).

Eleanor Zelliot

Eleanor Zelliot (1926-2016), in the 1960s, pioneered the study of the Dalit movement in India. She was Laird Bell Professor of History (1969-97) at Carleton College, Minnesota. She has written over

Anand Teltumbde

Anand Teltumbde is a civil rights activist, political analyst, columnist and author of many books. He has had a long association with peoples’ struggles, spanning over three decades. Trained

Hugo Chavez

Born in Sabaneta, Venezuela, on July 28, 1954, Hugo Chávez attended the Venezuelan military academy and served as an army officer before participating in an effort to overthrow the government in 1992