What Recovery?
April 1, 2003
This Review of the Month was written with the help of Fred Magdoff. Those who had no share in the good fortunes of the mightyOften have a share in their… READ MORE
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The Commercial Tidal Wave
March 1, 2003
This article is adapted from the forthcoming book by McChesney and Foster, TheProblem of the Media: U.S. Communication Politics in the 21st Century, to be published by Monthly Review Press…. READ MORE
The People of Vieques, Puerto Rico vs. the United States Navy
February 1, 2003
Linda Backiel is a human rights and criminal defense lawyer living in San Juan, Puerto Rico. For current information and background on Vieques, information about joining or supporting the civil… READ MORE
A Planetary Defeat: The Failure of Global Environmental Reform
January 1, 2003
This article is reconstructed from the notes for several talks delivered in Johannesburg, South Africa during events leading up to the World Summit on Sustainable Development, August-September 2002. The first… READ MORE
U.S. Imperial Ambitions and Iraq
December 1, 2002
Officially Washington’s current policy toward Iraq is to bring about a “regime change”—either through a military coup, or by means of a U.S. invasion, justified as a “preemptive attack” against… READ MORE
The Rediscovery of Imperialism
November 1, 2002
This essay was originally written as the introduction to Essays on Imperialism and Globalization by Harry Magdoff, forthcoming from Cornerstone Publications in India. The concept of “imperialism” was considered outside… READ MORE
I. Capitalism’s Twin Crises: Economic and Environmental
September 1, 2002
Fred Magdoff is professor of plant and soil science at the University of Vermont. He is the author of numerous scientific articles and coauthor (with Harold van Es) of Building… READ MORE
II. Capitalism and Ecology: The Nature of the Contradiction
September 1, 2002
This talk was presented to the Socialism 2002 conference in Chicago on June 15, 2002. � The social relation of capital, as we all know, is a contradictory one. These… READ MORE
The Cultures of Socialism in the United States
July 1, 2002
Paul Buhle teaches history at Brown University and is guest editor of this issue. His most recent titles published by Monthly Review Press are Insurgent Images: The Agitprop Murals of… READ MORE
Social Justice and Globalization: Are they Compatible?
June 1, 2002
This article is adapted from the 2002 Phyllis Clarke Lecture at Ryerson College in Toronto, Ontario. Phyllis Clarke was a Communist and a feminist who taught at Ryerson and was… READ MORE