Notes from the Editors, March 1999
March 1, 1999
If the United States has ever had a “welfare state,” Social Security must surely be the heart of it. In the world’s most predatory capitalism, this is the closest thing… READ MORE
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Notes from the Editors, February 1999
February 1, 1999
Back in December, while the January issue was going to press, the U.S. and Britain were bombing Iraq, and Congress was impeaching Bill Clinton. Our publication schedule spares us the… READ MORE
Notes from the Editors, January 1999
January 1, 1999
Ideology comes, as we all know, in many guises, some more subtle and insidious than others. Children in the United States learn very early to think that capitalism means good… READ MORE
Notes from the Editors, December 1998
December 1, 1998
Back in 1972, when one of us was living in Toronto, the Canadian national hockey team played a series of much publicized games against the Soviet Union. Horror of horrors,… READ MORE
Notes from the Editors, November 1998
November 1, 1998
There’s been a lot of discussion in MR about the implications of “globalization.” We don’t intend to repeat the arguments here, but we recently received a communication that brings into… READ MORE
Notes from the Editors, October 1998
October 1, 1998
Even at the height of Hollywood’s political consciousness, which ended in the notorious Cold War repression of the Hollywood Ten and many others in the industry, American movies usually rendered… READ MORE
Notes from the Editors, September 1998
September 1, 1998
The left has more than once heard calls for a “third way”. In decades gone by, people talked about a “third way” between Communism and capitalism, which was social democracy…. READ MORE
Notes from the Editors, July-August 1998
July 1, 1998
We write in early June, and these will be the last “Notes from the Editors” until some time in September when things will surely be a lot different from what… READ MORE
Notes from the Editors, June 1998
June 1, 1998
What’s the matter with Japan? According to today’s conventional wisdom—i.e., what we are told by the media and the syndicated pundits—almost everything. Its economy, the second largest in the world,… READ MORE
Notes from the Editors, May 1998
May 1, 1998
The fifteenth annual Socialist Scholars Conference (SSC) was held this year on the weekend of March 22–23, several weeks earlier than usual, but at the accustomed venue, the Borough of… READ MORE