What forms of empire are taking shape as George W. Bush moves aggressively into his second term? Does the ongoing US occupation of Iraq represent a new kind of messianic cowboy imperialism, and if so, what is its relationship to US culture at home? Where is this occupation heading? Is Iran next? And what is the likely future of Bush-style unilateralism? What are the emerging challenges and opportunities for the worldwide anti-war movement? Join leading scholar/activists for a stimulating discussion of these and many other related questions.
David Harvey is Distinguished Professor of Anthropology at the CUNY Graduate Center. He has written extensively on the political economy of globalization, urbanization and cultural change and has taught Marx's Capital almost every year since 1971. Among his publications are The New Imperialism, The Limits to Capital, The Condition of Postmodernity, Spaces of Hope, and Spaces of Capital. Rahul Mahajan teaches at New York University and is the publisher of the blog Empire Notes (www.empirenotes.org). He has been to occupied Iraq twice and was in Fallujah during the April 2004 assault. His most recent book is Full Spectrum Dominance: U.S. Power in Iraq and Beyond (Seven Stories Press), He is working on a book about the occupation of Iraq and American imperial culture. Doug Henwood is the editor of the Left Business Observer, and the author of Wall Street (Verso) and A New Economy? (The New Press)
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