John Clegg
JOHN CLEGG edits and writes for the journal Endnotes.
In Conversation
THE ECONOMIC CRISIS IN FACT AND FICTION: PAUL MATTICK with John Clegg and Aaron Benanav
Paul Matticks most recent book, Business as Usual: The Economic Crisis and the Future of Capitalism, was just published by Reaktion Books. In late April, he sat down with John Clegg and Aaron Benanav of the journal Endnotes.
Black Representation After Ferguson
By John CleggUp until the crisis of 2008, racial inequality in the United States was showing signs of improvement. Poverty and unemployment among blacks had fallen sharply in the 1990s, and the wages of black and white workers had begun to converge.
In Praise of Treason
By John CleggNoel Ignatiev grew up in Philadelphia in the 1940s. He wrote in his memoir, Acceptable Men, that from the time I was a youngster I knew I wanted to dedicate my life to revolution. His parents had both been communists and he inherited the family business, traversing over his lifetime a variety of revolutionary groupings, from Stalinist to proto-anarchist. A man ahead of his time, he maintained a steady focus on the fight against racial oppression.
In Conversation
Peter James Hudson with John Clegg
In his new book, Bankers and Empire: How Wall Street Colonized the Caribbean, historian Peter James Hudson tells the story of how U.S. banks entered the Caribbean in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.