Anu Muhammad (b.1956), Professor
of Economics, Jahangirnagar University, Dhaka, Bangladesh, has been
teaching economics since 1982, also in anthropology from 1991 to 2005.
He had been in the IDS, University of Winnipeg and University of Manitoba
as a visiting Professor in 2001 and in Columbia University as a visiting
Scholar in 1993. His research interests include globalization, social
transformation, gender, NGO and energy.
Anu Muhammad edited two books that include Bangladesh
at 25: A Discourse on Development in Bangladesh, 1998 (with Abdul
Bayes). Author of more than 20 books that include Biswa Pujibad O
Bangladesher Anunnayan (World Capitalism and Underdevelopment of Bangladesh),
1983; 2000. Bangladesher Grameen Samaj O Arthaniti (Rural Society
and Economy of Bangladesh), 1985; Bangladeshe Unnayan Shankat ebang
NGO Model (Crisis of Development and the NGO Model in Bangladesh),
1988 & 1999; Anunnata Deshe Samajtanra: Sangram O Aviggata ( Socialism
in Underdeveloped Countries: Struggle and Experience)
The world today is more militarized,
more monopolized and therefore more vulnerable for the people
and environment around the globe. While US led war of terror
has been causing more uncertainty, fear and regimentation in
every part of the world, corporate power find the atmosphere
more compatible for grabbing land, mines and economies with
neo liberal (i.e., neo conservative) ideology. Development projects
of the 'development' agencies like the World Bank, IMF and the
ADB in various countries show how these agencies work on behalf
of big corporations and global capital harming development potential
and peoples lives and livelihoods, turning so called development
projects into projects of mass destruction.
Latin America in Globalized Capitalism
Cuba has always been a mystery as well as a source of inspiration
to the rest of the world because of its survival and achievements
despite US hostility including sanction, sabotage and military actions.
Anu Muhammad traveled long to Cuba to understand how could Cuba, with
less resources than his country Bangladesh, provide best health care
system to its people, a decent life with job, education, security
and most importantly human dignity. He visited many places inside
Cuba, talked to people from various sections and brought together
different versions of revolutionary spirit. He also studied its crisis
and constraints. The book analysed Latin America at large and showed
how Cuban revolution had its impact on everything in the continent
including religion.
