Ahmed Shawki (socialist)
Encyclopedia
Ahmed Shawki is an Arab American
socialist
activist and journalist, the editor of the International Socialist Review
and a leader of the International Socialist Organization
. He also serves on the steering committee of the National Council of Arab-Americans.
Arab American
An Arab American is a United States citizen or resident of Arab ethnic, cultural and linguistic heritage or identity, who identifies themselves as Arab. Arab Americans trace ancestry to any of the various waves of immigrants of the countries comprising the Arab World...
socialist
Socialism
Socialism is an economic system characterized by social ownership of the means of production and cooperative management of the economy; or a political philosophy advocating such a system. "Social ownership" may refer to any one of, or a combination of, the following: cooperative enterprises,...
activist and journalist, the editor of the International Socialist Review
International Socialist Review
International Socialist Review may refer to:*International Socialist Review *International Socialist Review *International Socialist Review...
and a leader of the International Socialist Organization
International Socialist Organization
The International Socialist Organization is a revolutionary socialist organization in the United States that identifies with the politics of International Socialism, a current of Trotskyism, and the Marxist political tradition that American socialist writer and activist Hal Draper called...
. He also serves on the steering committee of the National Council of Arab-Americans.
Selected publications
- Ahmed Shawki, Black Liberation and Socialism (Haymarket BooksHaymarket BooksHaymarket Books is a non-profit left-wing book publisher and distributor. It is published by the Center for Economic Research and Social Change...
, 2006), ISBN 1-931859-26-4. - Anthony ArnoveAnthony ArnoveAnthony Arnove is a freelance literary editor, agent and activist based in Brooklyn. He is on the board of directors of Haymarket Books, and is active in the National Writers Union and the International Socialist Organization.- Early life :...
, Peter Binns, Tony CliffTony CliffTony Cliff , was a Trotskyist who was a founding member of the Socialist Review Group which went on to become the Socialist Workers Party...
, Chris HarmanChris HarmanChris Harman was a British journalist and political activist, and a member of the Central Committee of the Socialist Workers Party...
and Ahmed Shawki, Russia From Workers' State to State Capitalism (Haymarket BooksHaymarket BooksHaymarket Books is a non-profit left-wing book publisher and distributor. It is published by the Center for Economic Research and Social Change...
, 2006), ISBN 1-931859-06-X. - Ahmed Shawki, "Roots of the Civil Rights Movement" in International Socialist Review 45 (January–February 2006).
- Ahmed Shawki, "China: From Mao to Deng" in International Socialist Review 1 (Summer 1997).