David Camfield

• PhD (Social and Political Thought), York University, 2002
• MA (Social and Political Thought), York University, 1995
• BA (Political Science & Social and Political Thought), York University, 1994

Research interests

• Social theory (especially Marxism)
• Ecological crisis and capitalism
• Unions and workers' movements
• Racism and settler colonialism

• "Future on Fire: Capitalism and the Politics of Climate Change." PM and Fernwood (2023). French translation: "La planète brûle." Les nuits rouges (2023). 
• "Revolution and Modernising Counter-Revolution in Russia, 1917-28." Historical Materialism 28.2 (2020).
• "Settler Colonialism and Labour Studies in Canada: A Preliminary Exploration." Labour /Le Travail 83 (2019).
• "We Can Do Better: Ideas for Changing Society." Fernwood (2017).
• "Elements of a Historical-Materialist Theory of Racism." Historical Materialism 24.1 (2016).
• "Theoretical Foundations of an Anti-Racist Queer Feminist Historical Materialism." Critical Sociology 42.2 (2016).
• "Canadian Labour in Crisis: Reinventing the Workers' Movement." Fernwood (2011). French translation: "La crise du syndicalisme au Canada et au Quebec: Reinventer le mouvement ouvrier." M editeur (2014).
• "The Multitude and the Kangaroo: A Critique of Hardt and Negri's Theory of Immaterial Labour." Historical Materialism 15.2 (2007).
• "Neoliberalism and Working-Class Resistance in British Columbia: The Hospital Employees' Union Struggle, 2002-2004." Labour/Le Travail 57 (Spring 2006).
• “Re-Orienting Class Analysis: Working Classes as Historical Formations.” Science and Society 68.4 (Winter 2004).