William I. Robinson

William I. Robinson

William I. Robinson is a Distinguished Professor of Sociology, Global and International Studies, and Latin American and Iberian Studies at the University of California at Santa Barbara. His books include The Global Police State, Global Capitalism and the Crisis of Humanity, Latin America and Global Capitalism, and Promoting Polyarchy: Globalization, US Intervention and Hegemony. Previously, he was an investigative journalist in Central America and has lectured around the world on the global economy, international politics, and contemporary world affairs. He is active in several social justice movements, including immigrant rights in the United States and justice for Palestine. He holds a PhD in sociology from the University of New Mexico.

GTI Contributions
The Crisis of Fortress Capitalism
GTI Forum
The Crisis of Fortress Capitalism
Contribution to GTI Forum Which Future Are We Living In?
November 2022

Global Capitalism’s Digital Revolution
GTI Forum
Global Capitalism’s Digital Revolution
Contribution to GTI Forum Technology and the Future
February 2022

The Betrayal of the Intellectuals
GTI Forum
The Betrayal of the Intellectuals
Contribution to GTI Forum Planetize the Movement!
April 2020

Roundtable contribution on World Political Party - William I. Robinson
Roundtable
Contribution to GTI Roundtable Party Time?
February 2019
A world political party must be explicitly anticapitalist if it is to be ready for the task of social transformation.

Roundtable contribution on Debating the Precariat - William I. Robinson
Roundtable
Contribution to GTI Roundtable Debating the Precariat
October 2018
The “precariat,” rather than a new class, is part of the global proletariat, on whose struggle with transnational capital our fate depends.

Global Capitalism: Reflections on a Brave New World
Essay
Global Capitalism: Reflections on a Brave New World
June 2017
Capitalism is in the midst of an epochal shift: the emergence of a transnational economy and ruling class, and fledgling governance institutions. Taming the ruinous crises this shift carries will take a popular struggle that moves beyond reform to systemic transformation.

Author's Response: Roundtable on Global Capitalism
Roundtable
Author's Response to GTI Roundtable Global Capitalism
June 2017
William I. Robinson addresses points raised by the contributors to this roundtable discussion.