Notes from the Editors, September 2002
September 1, 2002
The growth and eventual bursting of financial bubbles is an inherent feature of capitalist accumulation, as can be seen in the long history of such crises from the South Sea… READ MORE
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Notes from the Editors, July-August 2002
July 1, 2002
Fifty-four years ago when MR was being planned, one of the questions that the editors, Leo Huberman and Paul Sweezy, had to decide was whether to have a section at… READ MORE
Notes from the Editors, June 2002
June 1, 2002
In the May issue of MR, we published an article by James Petras, written in March, entitled “The U.S. Offensive in Latin America.” The article raised the issue of an… READ MORE
Notes from the Editors, May 2002
May 1, 2002
This month marks the fiftieth anniversary of Monthly Review Press. The idea of starting a book publishing arm of MR had its origin in an accidental meeting in Central Park… READ MORE
Notes from the Editors, April 2002
April 1, 2002
As this special issue on the economy goes to the printer, the business press is full of the news that a mild recovery from the recession that began in March… READ MORE
Notes from the Editors, March 2002
March 1, 2002
In January, with no public discussion and little fanfare, Washington began the first major extension of its “war on terrorism” beyond Afghanistan by sending U.S. troops into the Philippines. The… READ MORE
U.S. Military Bases and Empire
March 1, 2002
The Bases of Empire Empires throughout human history have relied on foreign military bases to enforce their rule, and in this respect at least, Pax Americana is no different than… READ MORE
Notes from the Editors, February 2002
February 1, 2002
The meltdown of Enron, the giant energy trading firm, which recently ranked as the seventh largest U.S. corporation—now its largest ever bankruptcy—is one of the most startling events in U.S…. READ MORE
Notes from the Editors, January 2002
January 1, 2002
The U.S. news media coverage of the current war has again drawn attention to the severe limitations of our journalism, and our media system, for a viable democratic and humane… READ MORE
Notes from the Editors, December 2001
December 1, 2001
For a long time radicals have characterized the electoral systems in capitalist societies as “bourgeois democracies.” At times, this term has been used in a strictly pejorative sense, to dismiss… READ MORE