Jeffery R. Webber is a political economist with research interests in Latin America, Marxism, social theory, the history of the Left, international development, capitalism and nature, imperialism, the politics of class and social oppression, and social movements. He is author or co-author of five books – Impasse of the Latin American Left, with Franck Gaudichaud and Massimo Modonesi (2022);The Last Day of Oppression, and the First Day of the Same: The Politics and Economics of the New Latin American Left (2017); Blood of Extraction: Canadian Imperialism in Latin America, with Todd Gordon (2016); Red October: Left-Indigenous Struggles in Modern Bolivia (2012); and From Rebellion to Reform: Class Struggle, Indigenous Liberation, and the Politics of Evo Morales (2011). He is also the co-editor of three books – The Labor of Extraction in Latin America, with Kristin Ciupa (forthcoming 2024); Crisis and Contradiction: Marxist Perspectives on Latin America in the Global Political Economy, with Susan Spronk (2015); and The New Latin American Left: Cracks in the Empire, with Barry Carr (2013). Before coming to York Webber taught at Goldsmiths, University of London, Queen Mary University of London, and the University of Regina. He has lectured across Europe, North America, and Latin America, and sat on the editorial board of Historical Materialism (2008-2019).

Webber is presently at work on two new books: The Latin American Crucible: Politics and Power in the New Era (under contract with Verso); and The Authoritarian Disposition: Capitalism, Liberalism, Fascism (co-authored with Todd Gordon).

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Jeffery R. Webber is a political economist with research interests in Latin America, Marxism, social theory, the history of the Left, international development, capitalism and nature, imperialism, the politics of class and social oppression, and social movements. He is author or co-author of five books – Impasse of the Latin American Left, with Franck Gaudichaud and Massimo Modonesi (2022);The Last Day of Oppression, and the First Day of the Same: The Politics and Economics of the New Latin American Left (2017); Blood of Extraction: Canadian Imperialism in Latin America, with Todd Gordon (2016); Red October: Left-Indigenous Struggles in Modern Bolivia (2012); and From Rebellion to Reform: Class Struggle, Indigenous Liberation, and the Politics of Evo Morales (2011). He is also the co-editor of three books – The Labor of Extraction in Latin America, with Kristin Ciupa (forthcoming 2024); Crisis and Contradiction: Marxist Perspectives on Latin America in the Global Political Economy, with Susan Spronk (2015); and The New Latin American Left: Cracks in the Empire, with Barry Carr (2013). Before coming to York Webber taught at Goldsmiths, University of London, Queen Mary University of London, and the University of Regina. He has lectured across Europe, North America, and Latin America, and sat on the editorial board of Historical Materialism (2008-2019).

Webber is presently at work on two new books: The Latin American Crucible: Politics and Power in the New Era (under contract with Verso); and The Authoritarian Disposition: Capitalism, Liberalism, Fascism (co-authored with Todd Gordon).

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