Michael A. Lebowitz

Michael Lebowitz

Studies on the Left

Carl Weiner was editor of Studies on the Left, from 1961 to 1965. SOTL was a publication which "helped to revive radical scholarship in the United States and to create a new radical understanding of the American political economy. Second, Studies contributed to the consciousness and ideological development of the New Left."

Socialist Scholars Conference 1966

The Socialist Scholars Conference 1966, held September 9-11, at the Hotel Commodore, New York, included panels such as:

Contemporary Imperialism The Economics of Contemporary U.S. Imperialism

• Harry Magdoff, New York

Commentators:

• James E. Becker, Chairman, New York University
• Brijen Gupta, Brooklyn College
• Michael A. Lebowitz, Simon Fraser University

Venezuela

Michael Lebowitz speaks in Venezuela in 2005

"Support Bill Ayers"

In October 2008, several thousand college professors, students and academic staff signed a statement Support Bill Ayers in solidarity with former Weather Underground Organization terrorist Bill Ayers.

In the run up to the U.S. presidential elections, Ayers had come under considerable media scrutiny, sparked by his relationship to presidential candidate Barack Obama.

We write to support our colleague Professor William Ayers, Distinguished Professor of Education and Senior University Scholar at the University of Illinois at Chicago, who is currently under determined and sustained political attack...

We, the undersigned, stand on the side of education as an enterprise devoted to human inquiry, enlightenment, and liberation. We oppose the demonization of Professor William Ayers.

Michael Lebowitz of the Simon Fraser University, Canada signed the statement .