Oil and class struggle /
edited by Petter Nore and Terisa Turner.
- London : Zed Press, 1980.
- 307 pages : tables, figures, maps ; 22 cm
- Imperialism series .
- Imperialism series .
Includes subject index and index of tables, figures, and maps.
1. Introduction / 2. Why does capital need energy? / 3. The energy crisis: the struggle for the redistribution of surplus profit from oil / 4. Oil and the state: a study of nationalization in the oil industry / 5. Oil exploration strategies: alternatives for the third world / 6. In defence of our members and the people of Trinago against global Texaco - exploiter of our labour and our natural resources / 7. Libya: class and state in an oil economy / 8. The internationalization of capital and capital accumulation in Iran / 9. Oil and the penetration of capitalism in Iraq / 10. Nigeria: imperialism, oil technology and the comprador state / 11. Oil and the Venezuelan state / 12. Class and oil in Alberta / 13. Iranian oilworkers in the 1978-79 revolution / 14. How we organized strike that paralyzed Shah's regime / Index. Petter Nore and Terisa Turner -- Renfrew Christie -- Mohssen Massarrat -- Petter Nore -- Michael Tanzer -- Oilfields Workers Trade Union -- Ruth First -- Patrick Clawson -- Joe Stork -- Terisa Turner -- Wolfgang Hein -- Edward Shaffer -- Terisa Turner -- Firsthand account by Iranian oil worker --
"The authors' radical perspective has enabled them to go beyond what has previously been written on oil to ask new questions and propound important new theories. This new perspective, together with the empirical information collected, goes to the heart of both likely trends in oil prices in future, and the manifold impact of huge oil revenues on Third World countries. Essential reading for all those concerned with energy, both within the oil industry and outside, as well as for those interested generally in Third World development." -- From the back cover.