Brecht Forum, NYC, Thurs. Oct. 29: Fred Goldstein on his new book Low-Wage Capitalism

LOW WAGE CAPITALISM

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Brecht Forum, Thursday Oct. 29, 2009, 7 pm
451 West St., bet. Bethune and Bank St. (11th and 12th St.)
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Fred Goldstein
On his new book Low-Wage Capitalism

Among the topics Goldstein will address:

high-tech globalization ● the world-wide wage competition ● the “jobless recovery” ● the nature of the economic crisis ● why  capitalism cannot revive ● the Republic Window and Doors plant occupation ● strategies for a fight back ● the socialist perspective

  
What they are saying about Low-Wage Capitalism

“ With the capitalist system demonstrably unfair, irrational, and prone to intermittent crises, it is useful, indeed refreshing, to see a Marxist analysis of globalization and its effects on working people. Fred Goldstein’s Low-Wage Capitalism does exactly that.”
– Howard Zinn, author of A Peoples History of the United States

“ Lucid, deeply accurate and informative, as relevant and useful as a book can be, Goldstein offers a compelling analysis of the exploitative world of global corporate capitalism.”
– Michael Parenti, author of Contrary Notions

“Low-Wage Capitalism by Fred Goldstein is a most timely and important work, as the working class prepares for a ¨fight back¨ during the greatest crisis of capitalism since the great depression.”
– Clarence Thomas, Executive Board ILWU Local 10 and Co-chair of the Million Worker March Movement

Low-Wage Capitalism is truly outstanding, starting with the first sentence in Chapter One. Hits us like a body punch, and provides the perfect context for what we all need to know about the evolving conditions of workers and their struggles. I know of no book in this area that covers so much, so clearly and – when it comes to what is to done – so convincingly. Deserves the widest readership.
– Bertell Ollman, author and Professor of Politics, New York University

"From the point of view of Filipino workers in the United States, the largest exploited and abused Filipino workforce outside the Philippines, with over 4 million in the country, we are pleased with the exposé of imperialist globalization as the main culprit of global forced migration. Only by understanding capitalism and monopoly capitalism can we understand the root causes of global poverty and migration."
– Berna Ellorin, Secretary-General, BAYAN USA

"This book helps us to understand the root of the present neoliberal globalization — a new stage of the international capitalist crisis—which was imposed by U.S. imperialism and which devastated and dominated Latin American economies, forcing millions of workers to emigrate to the U.S. looking for jobs. They found exploitation and humiliation."
– Ignacio Meneses, Co-chair, U.S.-Cuba Labor Exchange

"In this period of economic uncertainty, Fred Goldstein’s Low-Wage Capitalism could not be better timed. Beautifully written, deeply considered and backed by impressive research, this is essential reading for anyone wishing to understand the true nature of the world we live in and the factors that have led to so much turmoil. Even the most knowledgeable will find much to learn from in this compelling and revelatory analysis of predatory corporate capitalism, and find it a source to return to again and again. Employing Marxism as an analytical method, Goldstein has succeeded in creating a bracing corrective to the pablum served by the corporate media, and a salutary review of the labor movement. Urgently recommended."
– Gregory Elich, author of Strange Liberators
   
"Patriarchal prejudice serves capitalism in two ways: it keeps the whole working class divided, and it holds down wages for women and for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgendered workers. Low-Wage Capitalism shows the necessity and the great potential for solidarity among all the low-wage workers of the world."
– Martha Grevatt, National Executive Officer (1996-2001), Pride At Work, AFL-CIO, Executive Board member UAW Local 122
 
"160 years after the publication of the Communist Manifesto, Fred Goldstein takes on the challenge of applying Marxist political economy to the burgeoning crisis of capitalist globalization in the 21st century. Not only does he provide a concise analysis of the recent period, but the author is bold enough to advance what could very well be the outlines of a fight-back program for workers and the oppressed that will guarantee a socialist future."
– Abayomi Azikiwe, Editor Pan-African News Wire and Contributing Editor for Workers World

"We need to get this book into the hands of every worker. It clearly explains the capitalist economic threat to our jobs, our pensions and our homes. But, even more importantly, it shows us how we can fight back and win!"
– David Sole, President, UAW Local 2334, Detroit, Michigan

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