G&R Episode 24: Why Immanuel Wallerstein Matters w/ filmmaker David Martinez

Green & Red: Podcasts for Scrappy Radicals · Jun 12, 2020 · 1h 7m

In our latest episode, we talk with filmmaker David Martinez about his film featuring sociologist and leftist thinker Immanuel Wallerstein.

Immanuel Wallerstein passed away in 2019, but is best known for his development of an approach in sociology called World Systems Analysis.

His influence was particularly strong in the Global South, in fact the story goes that half of the guests at his wedding were later assassinated. There is also a building named for him in Chiapas, and he once sat on a panel with Subcomandante Marcos. He was also a main influence on Abdullah Ojalan and the Kurdish…