James Petras is a Bartle Professor (Emeritus) of Sociology at
Binghamton University, New York. He is the author of 64 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. Some recent titles include Unmasking Globalization: Imperialism of the
Twenty-First Century (2001); co-author The Dynamics of Social
Change in Latin America (2000), Unmasking Globalisation
(2001), System in Crisis (2003), co-author Social Movements and State Power (2003), co-author Empire With Imperialism
(2005), co-author) Multinationals on Trial (2006). His most recent titles, The Power of Israel in the United States and
Rulers and Ruled in the United States (Clarity Press, Inc.
2006), have been acquired for Japanese, German, Italian,
Indonesian and Arabic editions. He has a long history of commitment to social justice, working in particular with the
Brazilian Landless Workers Movement for 11 years. In 1973-
76 he was a member of the Bertrand Russell Tribunal on
Repression in Latin America. He writes a monthly column for the Mexican newspaper, Le Jornada, and previously, for the
Spanish daily, El Mundo. He received his B.A. from Boston
University and Ph.D. from the University of California at
Berkeley.
