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Did the U.S. really "win" the Cold War? Is the fall of Communism only a temporary setback for Marxism, or has the freemarket prevailed, once and for all? It has been over ten years since the fall of the Berlin Wall and the tenth anniversary of the fall of the Soviet Union is fast approaching. In this text, Marxist scholars and journalists gather to argue that justice and equality are important in the 21st century, more so than ever.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1949170 in Books
• Published on: 2001-05-10
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 288 pages

Review
"For those who have placed their hope in the 'future of freedom' and search for progressive opportunities in the aftershocks of the 1989 earthquake, pick up "After the Fall. There you will find a compilation of important voices on the left offering precious reflections on the last pulsating decade of the twentieth century.."
-Micheline Ishay, Associate Professor, Graduate School of International Studies, University of Denver
""After the Fall is without question the best collection of essays about the turbulent multiple crises humanity is facing since the end of the Cold War. Every essay in the book has a grasp on present reality without sentimentality. Yet the essays build from the radical project that hope for a better future is at the center of human progress and reconstruction. The authors will give many people, including those at universities, a chance to rethink what they are learning and where they might go politically and personally.."
-Marcus Raskin, Co-founder and Distinguished Fellow, Institute for Policy Studies and Professor, Public Policy Program, George Washington University

From the Back Cover
Did the U.S. really "win" the Cold War? Is the fall of Communism only a temporary setback for Marxism, or has the freemarket prevailed, once and for all?

It has been over ten years since the fall of the Berlin Wall and the tenth anniversary of the fall of the Soviet Union is fast approaching. In After the Fall, many of the most important Marxist scholars and journalists gather to argue that justice and equality are more important now than ever. They worry that the last ten years has brought us plenty of global capitalism but not much of the democratic freedom that the world had hoped for.

The years from 1989 to 1991 did score some pretty heady victories for freedom, but After the Fall argues there is much work to be done in detaching the best parts of Marxism from the fallen carcass of Communism.

Contributors include: Giovanni Arrighi, Hanna Behrend, Stephen Bronner, Georgi M. Derluguian, Nancy Fraser, Irene Gendzier, Terence K. Hopkins, George Katsiaficas, Boris Kagarlitsky, Ngo Vinh Long, Leo Panitch, Michael Parenti, Daniel Singer, Manfred Steger, John Tirman, and Immanuel Wallerstein.

About the Author
George Katsiaficas is Professor of Humanities and Social Sciences at Wentworth Institute of Technology in Boston, Massachusetts and editor of the journal New Political Science. He is also the co-editor of Liberation, Imagination, and the Black Panther Party (Routledge, 2000).