Michael Schwartz

Michael Schwartz is a distinguished teaching professor of sociology (emeritus) at the State University of New York–Stony Brook.

How to Defeat the Fossil Fuel Industry

How to Defeat the Fossil Fuel Industry How to Defeat the Fossil Fuel Industry

Making it harder to build more pipelines and gas-powered plants will help make the Green New Deal and a livable planet so much more possible.

Dec 16, 2020 / Richard Lachmann, Michael Schwartz, and Kevin Young

Gaza’s Natural Gas Deposits Could Easily Spark a Full-Fledged Resource War

Gaza’s Natural Gas Deposits Could Easily Spark a Full-Fledged Resource War Gaza’s Natural Gas Deposits Could Easily Spark a Full-Fledged Resource War

The first quarter-century of crisis over eastern Mediterranean natural gas has been nothing but prelude.

Feb 26, 2015 / Michael Schwartz

It’s Still About the Oil, Stupid!

It’s Still About the Oil, Stupid! It’s Still About the Oil, Stupid!

Once again, the media fails to address the issue underlying much of the violence in Iraq—control over its most precious resource.

Jun 24, 2014 / Michael Schwartz

Why Mubarak Fell Why Mubarak Fell

President Obama, let Egypt be a primer on how to judge the power that can be wielded by mass protest. It might prepare you better for the next round of political upheavals.

Feb 15, 2011 / Michael Schwartz

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