A Red Robin?
May 1, 2012
Albert Ruben is is the author of The People’s Lawyer: The Center for Constitutional Rights and the Fight for Social Justice from Civil Rights to Guantanamo (Monthly Review Press, 2012)…. READ MORE
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Notes from the Editors, April 2012
April 1, 2012
For decades we have been arguing in Monthly Review that stagnation is the normal state of the mature monopoly-capitalist economies. Today the reality of stagnation is increasingly gaining the attention… READ MORE
The Bull Market: Political Advertising
April 1, 2012
Robert W. McChesney (rwmcches [at] uiuc.edu) is Gutgsell Endowed Professor of Communications at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. His books include The Political Economy of Media and The Problem… READ MORE
Sado-Monetarism: The Role of the Federal Reserve System in Keeping Wages Low
April 1, 2012
Michael Perelman (michael.perelman [at] gmail.com) teaches economics at California State University at Chico. His many books include Railroading Economics and The Invisible Handcuffs of Capitalism, both published by Monthly Review… READ MORE
Faux Internationalism and Really Existing Imperialism
April 1, 2012
Ellen Brun, a researcher on development issues and international relations, is a longtime activist on the Danish left. Jacques Hersh is professor emeritus of Aalborg University, Denmark and former head… READ MORE
Red State Irony
April 1, 2012
Neill Herring has been a lobbyist at the Georgia General Assembly since 1980, working in support of public interest issues, primarily conservation and environmental protection. � The last four or… READ MORE
Fredric Jameson on the Reserve Army
April 1, 2012
Matt McGregor (mcgma709 [at] gmail.com) lives in Vancouver, British Columbia, where he works as a teacher. Fredric Jameson, Representing Capital: A Reading of Volume One (New York: Verso Books, 2011),… READ MORE
Notes from the Editors, March 2012
March 1, 2012
As we write this, in late January 2012, international representatives of the ruling class and its power elite—wealthy investors, corporate executives, politicians, state bureaucrats, economists, pundits, and sundry celebrities—are gathered… READ MORE
The Great Inequality
March 1, 2012
Michael D. Yates (mikedjyates [at] msn.com) is associate editor of Monthly Review and editorial director of Monthly Review Press. He is the author of Why Unions Matter and Cheap Motels… READ MORE
Structural Crisis Needs Structural Change
March 1, 2012
István Mészáros is professor emeritus at the University of Sussex, where he held the Chair of Philosophy for fifteen years. His book, Marx’s Theory of Alienation, was awarded the Isaac… READ MORE