Re; signatories to the letter to the editor: Zelig Harris, linguist, mentor to Chomsky, anti-Leninist marxist. See the Robert Barsky bio of the Noamster from M.I.T. Press, available on the net.A book by him on kapitalizm was published a few yrs. ago, after his death.
Seymour Melman, has a new book, "After Capitalism." Michael Pugliese