Socialist register 2008

New forces of resistance have emerged to both American imperialism and neoliberalism. But how far do these forces represent a progressive alternative? This volume surveys the key flashpoints of resistance today through essays such as:
- Elmar Altvater, "The roots of Neoliberalism"
- Alfredo Saad - Filho, "Marxian and Keynesian Critiques of Neoliberalism"
- Gregory Albo, "Neoliberalism and the Discontented"
- Yildiz Atasou, "The Islamic Ethic and the Spirit of Turkish Capitalism Today"
- Aijaz Ahmad, " Islam, Islamisms and the West"
- Asef Bayat, "Islamism and Empire: The lncongruous Nature of Islamist Anti- Imperialism"
- Gilbert Achcar, "Religion and Politics Today from a Marxian Perspective"
- Sabah Alnasser, "Understanding Iraq"
- Bashir Abu - Manneh, "Israels Colonial Siege and the Palestinians"
- William I. Robinson, "Transformative Possibilites in Latin America"
- Margarita Lopez Maya, " Venezuela Today: A Participative and Protagonistic Democracy?"
- Marta Harnecker, "Blows and Counterblows in Venezuela"
- Joao Pedro Stedile, " The Class Struggles in Brazil: The Perspective of the MST"
- Wes Enzinna, "All we Want is the Earth: Agrarian Reform in Bolivia"
- Ana Esther Cecena, "On the Forms of Resistance in Latin America: Its Native Moment"
- Richard Roman, Edur Valasco Arregui, "Mexicos Oaxaca Commune"
- Emilia Castorina, "The Contradictions of Democratic Neoliberalism in Argentina: A New Politics from Below?"
- G.M. Tamas, "Counter - Revolution against a Counter-Revolution: Eastern Europe Today"
- Raghu Krishnan, Adrien Thomas, "Resistance to Neoliberalism in France"
- Kim Moody, "Harvest of Empire: Immigrant Workers Struggles in the USA"