Biju Mathew
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Biju Mathew is an American
Marxist intellectual and activist. He is an India
n immigrant and a professor of the Business Administration department at Rider University
(New Jersey). He is also the co-founder of the Forum of Indian Leftists
(FOIL) and member of the collective of Youth Solidarity Summer (YSS).
Mathew is also an organizer of New York Taxi Workers Alliance. He has also published a book titled Taxi!: Cabs and Capitalism in New York City (The New Press). It details the taxi workers struggles in New York City from the 1920s to the present as well as discussing New York politics and policies and their effects on the taxi industry. He is also a contributor to Rethinking Marxism
.
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
Marxist intellectual and activist. He is an India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
n immigrant and a professor of the Business Administration department at Rider University
Rider University
Rider University is a private, coeducational and nonsectarian university located chiefly in Lawrenceville, in Mercer County, New Jersey, United States...
(New Jersey). He is also the co-founder of the Forum of Indian Leftists
Forum of Indian Leftists
The Forum of Indian Leftists , is a group of over 300 left-wing activists of Indian background. The organization describes itself as 'a clearinghouse for radical Indian activists in the United States, Canada and England' ...
(FOIL) and member of the collective of Youth Solidarity Summer (YSS).
Mathew is also an organizer of New York Taxi Workers Alliance. He has also published a book titled Taxi!: Cabs and Capitalism in New York City (The New Press). It details the taxi workers struggles in New York City from the 1920s to the present as well as discussing New York politics and policies and their effects on the taxi industry. He is also a contributor to Rethinking Marxism
Rethinking Marxism
Rethinking Marxism is a Marxist quarterly journal of economics, culture and society. It was launched in 1988 and since 2003 it has been published by Taylor and Francis....
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Articles
- Mathew, B., Kamat , S., & Mir, A. (2004). "Producing hi-tech: globalization, the state and migrant subjects". Globalization, Societies and Education. 2 (1).
- Mathew, B. & Kamat, S. (2003). "Political violence in a globalized world: The case of Hindu nationalism". Social Justice: A Journal of Crime, Conflict and World Order. 30 (3).
- Mathew, B. (2000). Byte-Sized Nationalism: Mapping the Hindu Right in the United States". Rethinking Marxism. 12(3): 108-128."
Books
- Mathew, B. (2005). Taxi! Cabs and Capitalism in New York City. New York, NY: New Press.