About the Association

The Association for Economic and Social Analysis (AESA), a non-profit educational organization located at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst, was started in the late 1970s as a way of bringing together a small group of graduate students and faculty members to engage in discussions and debates concerning Marxian theory and, perhaps eventually, to publish a journal.

Over the years it has grown to over 100 members, located across the United States and around the globe. In 1988 AESA officially launched the publication of Rethinking Marxism a journal of economics, culture, and society. Its activities also now include holding monthly seminars and sponsoring conferences at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst and, in conjunction with the editors of RM, organizing large international conferences, such as the recent gala: Marxism and the World Stage.