Clarity Press, Inc.

DEMOCRACY IN
A GLOBALIZED
STATE
edited by
Cliff Durand and
Steve Martinot

service to this inspiring quest by bringing
together distinguished writers especially from
the U.S. and Cuba: a fitting challenge to
imperialist globalization.”
Arnold August, author of Democracy in
Cuba and the 1997-98 Elections

"confronts one of the most important political
and theoretical problems facing modern
society: how the national state can be
democratised in an era when transnational
corporations rule a global economy...The
authors’ approach helps to update national
liberation strategies common in the 1950s
and 1960s, addressing these questions in the
context of globalisation in a creative and
radical manner. Engaging with this book is
certainly time well spent."
Jerry Harris, Race and Class



				THE INVISIBLE WOMEN OF WASHINGTON / Diana G. Collier


	This fictional portrayal of lives of poor women in SRO accommodations in downtown Washington DC, blocks from the Capitol, will make you laugh and cry. And it will teach you a great deal about inner city poverty in America. "In The Invisible Women of Washington, novelist Diana G. Collier takes the reader to the edge of the abyss...." Bloomsbury Review "Collier's novel is a work of literature, not a leaden exposé of what we should already know... it succeeds to a high degree... I hope you will buy this book." The Nation


				DISCOVERING AMERICA AS IT IS / Valdas Anelauskas



		A monumental study of the devastating effect American-style capitalism was already having on the American people during the so-called "boom" years of the Clinton era -- even before the systemic ravages that have resulted from the policies of George W. Bush. "This is an extraordinary book, especially startling not because it is a diligently researched and scathing critique of contemporary America, but because it is written by a Soviet dissident who arrived here with great expectations and discovered a sobering reality. The scope of the book is breathtaking, a sweeping survey, factually precise and philosophically provocative, which deserves to be compared to de Tocqueville's 19th century classic. I hope it will be widely read." --Howard Zinn



		HUMAN RIGHTS, HUMAN PLIGHTS IN A GLOBAL VILLAGE by Rob Buitenweg


	Economic, social and cultural rights are intended to alleviate human misery, and thereby enable people to live in dignity. Though these rights –– the right to adequate housing, to food, to health(care) and to social security, among others –– are protected under the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, they are often challenged as lacking the clarity, substance and enforceability of civil and political rights. This book puts paid to that mistaken notion.

“Superbly argued and always accessible this book is an essential guide for everyone who is concerned with human rights and human development. No one gives a better explanation of the importance and indispensable value of socio- economic human rights for our times. A stimulating book and an indispensable work of reference.” — Prof. dr. Henk Manschot, Professor in Ethics University of Humanistics, The Netherlands


		WHAT THE MARKET DOES TO PEOPLE: Globalization, Privatization and Poverty / David Macarov



	"[T]his is a grim, demanding, informative, distressing, and controversial book. It is not a fanciful or speculative appraisal, rather a sobering assessment, by a seasoned scholar, of the connection between the global economy and basic human security and dignity, and the myths and power relations that perpetuate exploitation and pauperism. This is why people should read it " Global Social Policy

"This book is written for those who intuitively believe that globalization and privatization are growing stronger and more harmful, but who lack well-defined and convincing arguments that this is so. The book will provide them with ammunition to fight the battle against multinational corporations and those private organizations controlling worldwide trade and communication -- that is, for-profit organizations now profiting from the welfare and protective services that used to be in the hands of public organizations." -Social Security: The Journal of Welfare and Social Security Studies.


	CONFRONTING GLOBAL NEOLIBERALISM: Third World Resistance and Development Strategies edited by Dr. Richard Westra



This collection is a tour de force, effectively countering the neoliberal ideology of development as a whole.

"a very good overview of key debates on contemporary development strategies and alternatives. As a rule, the chapters are devoted to state- based strategies. However, there is also material on relations between states, classes and social movements, and several chapters provide excellent and intriguing critiques of development strategy...." —THOMAS BARNES, *Capital & Class* 2012. "Anyone concerned with understanding combined and uneven development in the global economy today would profit immensely from reading this superb collection." — TONY SMITH *Against the Current,* 2011

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		DEPRESSION AND REGIONAL WARS /James Petras


This book exposes the roots of the crisis in the unsustainability of the United States' military-driven empirebuilding based on a volatile speculative economy, and influenced by Zionist policy makers committed to the colonialist state of Israel.

	James Petras is a Bartle Professor (Emeritus) of Sociology at Binghamton University, New York. He is the author of 63 books published in 29 languages, and over 560 articles in professional journals, including the American Sociological Review, British Journal of Sociology, Social Research, Journal of Contemporary Asia, and Journal of Peasant Studies. He has published over 2000 articles in nonprofessional journals such as the New York Times, the Guardian, the Nation, Christian Science Monitor, Foreign Policy, New Left Review, Partisan Review, Temps Moderne, Le Monde Diplomatique, and his commentary is widely carried on the internet. His publishers have included Random House, John Wiley, Westview, Routledge, Macmillan, Verso, Zed Books and Pluto Books. He is winner of the Life Time Career Award, Marxist Section, of the American Sociology Association, the Robert Kenny Award for Best Book, 2002, and the Best Dissertation, Western Political Science Association in 1968.
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		HOW WALL STREET FLEECES America Privatized Banking, Government Collusion and Class War / Stephen Lendman


	Awarded the MEXICAN PRESS CLUB's Award for International Investigative Journalism, 2011.

"I think this text is terrific, just what is needed, very clear, informative beyond most people's ken, easy to read, and of ultimate importance to steering economic and political recovery. JOHN McMURTRY UnequalFreedoms: The Global Market as an Ethical System "Stephen Lendman has been tireless in exposing the hidden forces behind the news, on everything from political economy and human rights to social justice and workers' rights. His writings draw from a wealth of knowledge and deep conviction." —*ELLEN BROWN*, author of WEB OF DEBT


				THE EVIL AXIS OF FINANCE The US-Japan- China Stranglehold on the Global Future / Richard Westra



		hardest hitting book yet written on what Westra so aptly refers to as "rotating meltdowns" caused by High Finance's irresponsible expansion of and gambling with debt." ROBERT ALBRITTON, Prof. Emeritus, York University, Canada "... a brilliant analysis of the political economy performance of global capitalism… a must-read for those interested in financial dominance over production and society and how to rectify the situation." Dr PHILLIP O'HARA, President- Elect Association for Evolutionary Economics; Director, Global Political Economy Research Unit



					"The Failure of Laissez Faire Capitalism is fearless. It transcends Roberts’ illustrious career and prior works of intellectual and practical analysis." NOMI PRINS "In his inimitable way, Roberts describes how the rhetorical patter talk about free-markets is a cover story for the horror of an extractive asset- stripping operation by publicly supported private banks and the governments that they control." MICHAEL HUDSON "Clearly, this empirically based, theoretically challenging book is one of the most important works of our time." Johannes Maruschzik, Preface to the German Edition
			THE FAILURE OF LAISSEZ-FAIRE CAPITALISM by Paul Craig Roberts


		BANKER OCCUPATION Waging Financial War on Humanity / Stephen Lendman		Here’s some straight talk on unaffordable health care, unrepayable student debt, bankrupt cities, money printing madness, trillion dollar tax havens, IMF financial terrorism, the austerity hoax, banksters’ market-rigging thievery, and the domestic police, media and legislative repression set to keep all that in place. Lendman was awarded the Mexican Press Club's Investigatory Journalism Prize in 2011. A Chinese edition will shortly be forthcoming.

USURY:
How Finance
Opened
the Door for
Capitalism
Then Swallowed It
Whole

Richard
Westra

Usury laid medieval society to
waste. Now, as the 21st century
begins, finance again has turned to
its dark side, using money to make
money with no socially redeeming
purpose. Such is the endgame of
economies managed by capitalists
without capitalism.
"It is my hope that this book will be
widely read by scholars, politicians,
and all those who are troubled by
our global economy’s current
directions."
Robert Albritton, Professor
Emeritus, York University
“Westra brilliantly dissects the
West-East sweep of over-
accumulated capital, allowing him
to put financialization in proper
perspective. If you tire of circling
around worsening inequality,
imperialism and other ‘idle-money’
symptoms of economic crisis, and
instead you want to drill down to
find root causes within capitalism’s
putrefying remnants, as Westra
puts it, this is a superb guidebook.”
Patrick Bond, Professor of Political
Economy, University of the
Witwatersrand, Johannesburg