Notes from the Editors, July-August 1997
July 1, 1997
As of early summer the economic outlook for the rest of 1997, as portrayed in the major media, could hardly be brighter. “Strong growth with little unemployment and low inflation… READ MORE
Article Subjects and Geography: Americas
Notes from the Editors, June 1997
June 1, 1997
It is encouraging to find that in the face of constantly changing trends within academia, there was such a strong turnout for the 1997 Socialist Scholars Conference—on a rainy Easter… READ MORE
Notes from the Editors, May 1997
May 1, 1997
In this space in last summer’s double issue of MR, we directed attention to the work of a worldwatch Institute in Washington, D.C., especially its annual State of the World,… READ MORE
Notes from the Editors, November 1996
November 1, 1996
The September 30th issue of the New Yorker carried profiles of two long-time contributors to Monthly Review—lyricist E. Y. Harburg and lawyer Michael Tigar—evoking considerable pride among MR staffers. “Yip”… READ MORE
History and Black Consciousness: The Political Culture of Black America
July 1, 1995
Manning Marable (1950-2011) was Director of the Institute for Research in African-American Studies and teaches history and political science at Columbia University, New York. Given the George Floyd protests in… READ MORE
Our Kind of Marxist: An Interview with Staughton Lynd
April 1, 1994
Staughton Lynd died on November 23, 2022 at the age of 92. We are republishing this interview from the Monthly Review archives in remembrance. This is an excerpt from an… READ MORE
The Truth About the First Thanksgiving
November 1, 1992
In Memory of James W. Loewen’s (1942–2021) from his comrades at Monthly Review. —Eds. (August 24, 2021) This essay is revised from James W. Loewen’s analysis of American history as… READ MORE
Reflections from Vermont
December 1, 1989
This article was first published in the December 1989 issue of Monthly Review (Volume 41, Issue 07). Now, after two failed Democratic Party presidential nomination bids in 2016 and 2020,… READ MORE
The Political Economy of Hybrid Corn
July 1, 1986
Richard C. Lewontin (1929-2021), the world-famous geneticist and evolutionary biologist, was for many years a close friend, associate, and supporter of Monthly Review, writing numerous times for the magazine and… READ MORE
In Search of Critical Games
September 1, 1983
� This is the first chapter of Bertell Ollman’s new book, Class Struggle Is the Name of the Game: True Confessions of a Marxist Businessman (New York: William Morrow, 1983),… READ MORE