David McNally is an activist and the NEH Cullen Distinguished Professor of History and Business at the University of Houston.^[1] He was previously (1983-2018) a professor of Political Science at York University in Toronto, Ontario, and was chair of the university's Department of Political Science for several years.^[2] He is the author of many books and scholarly articles and the winner of the 2012 Deutscher Memorial Award and the 2012 Paul Sweezy Award.

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He has a long history of involvement with and support for social justice movements and organizations.^[3]

• 2012 Deutscher Memorial Award for Monsters of the Market: Zombies, Vampires and Global Capitalism
• 2012 Paul Sweezy Award from American Sociological Association for Global Slump: The Economics and Politics of Crisis and Resistance

McNally has published many books, including:

• Political Economy and the Rise of Capitalism, Berkeley: University of California Press, 1988 ^[4]
• Against the Market: Political Economy, Market Socialism and the Marxist Critique, London: Verso, 1993^[5]
• Bodies of Meaning: Studies on Language, Labor, and Liberation, Albany: State University of New York Press, 2000 ^[6]
• Another World is Possible: Globalization and Anti-Capitalism, Winnipeg: Arbeiter Ring Publishing, first edition 2001, second edition 2006. 2005 ^[7]
• Monsters of the Market: Zombies, Vampires and Global Capitalism, Boston: Brill, 2011/ Chicago: Haymarket, 2013. Winner of the 2012 Deutscher Memorial Award.^[8][9]
• Global Slump: The Economics and Politics of Crisis and Resistance, Oakland, CA: PM Press, 2010. Winner of the 2012 Paul Sweezy Award.^[10][9]
• Blood and Money: War, Slavery, Finance and Empire, Chicago: Haymarket Books, 2020.^[11][12]

He has contributed over 60 articles to journals such as Historical Materialism, Capital and Class, History of Political Thought, New Politics and Studies in Political Economy.