[Marxism] Marxism and poverty

["George Snedeker" <snedeker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

My friend, Bill DiFazio has just published a very good Marxist analysis of 
poverty in the United States and why we need a new poor people's movement. Here 
is some info about the book. 

Ordinary Poverty: A Little Food and Cold Storage

By William Difazio, Temple University Press, 2005.

 

Reviews

 

"Bill DiFazio's powerful and prophetic voice is badly needed in our time. Don't 
miss it!"

 

-Cornel West, University Professor of Religion, Princeton University

 

"A vivid portrait of poverty in the U.S. and its roots in contemporary politics 
and policy. We see and hear the people who are down and out, and the people

 

who reach out to help them. More than that, DiFazio gives us a compelling 
theoretical analysis of why poverty worsens and how this trend might be 
reversed."

 

-Frances Fox Piven, Distinguished Professor of Political Science and Sociology, 
Graduate School of the City University of New York

 

About the Author(s)

 

William DiFazio is Professor of Sociology at St. John's University. He is the 
author of Longshoremen: Community and Resistance on the Brooklyn Waterfront

 

and co-author (with Stanley Aronowitz) of The Jobless Future: Sci-Tech and the 
Dogma of Work.
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