The Paris Commune: Marx, Mao, Tomorrow
May 1, 2021
� Alain Badiou is a French philosopher, formerly chair of philosophy at the École normale supérieure and founder of the faculty of philosophy of the Université de Paris VIII. He… READ MORE
Article Subjects and Geography: Europe
A Commodius Vicus of Recirculation: Encountering Marx and Joyce
March 1, 2021
Andy Merrifield is an independent scholar and author of a dozen books, as well as numerous articles, essays, and reviews appearing in Monthly Review, The Nation, Harper’s Magazine, New Left… READ MORE
What We Recovered in the Revolution: Álvaro Cunhal’s Five Days, Five Nights
March 1, 2021
Camila Valle is an editor, translator, and writer. She is assistant editor of Monthly Review. Manuel Tiago (Álvaro Cunhal), Five Days, Five Nights, trans. Eric A. Gordon (New York: International… READ MORE
Notes from the Editors, February 2021
February 1, 2021
This month’s Review of the Month on “Colonialism Before the First World War” is from chapter 9 of political economists Utsa Patnaik and Prabhat Patnaik’s pathbreaking new Monthly Review Press… READ MORE
The Drain of Wealth: Colonialism before the First World War
February 1, 2021
Utsa Patnaik is professor emerita and Prabhat Patnaik is professor emeritus at the Centre for Economic Studies and Planning at Jawaharlal Nehru University in New Delhi. Utsa’s books include The… READ MORE
Red Star: Coexistence in Alexander Bogdanov’s Utopia
February 1, 2021
Aleksandra Djurasovic is an independent researcher with academic interests in urbanism, ecology, and post-socialist, neoliberal, and war-to-peace transitions in Southeast Europe, among other topics. Milan Djurasovic is a published author… READ MORE
Disability and Welfare under Monopoly Capitalism
January 1, 2021
David Matthews is a lecturer in sociology and social policy at Coleg Llandrillo, Wales, and the leader of its degree program in health and social care. Beyond the COVID pandemic,… READ MORE
Notes from the Editors, December 2020
December 1, 2020
The United States is now in a New Cold War with Russia and China, with the focus increasingly on the latter. Where Russia itself is concerned, the onset of the… READ MORE
The Elephant in the Room: Left Parties and the European Union
December 1, 2020
Asbjørn Wahl is a trade union advisor, writer, and activist. Until recently, he served as president of the Urban Transport Committee of the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) and leader… READ MORE
Paul Baran’s Economic Surplus Concept, the Baran Ratio, and the Decline of Feudalism
December 1, 2020
Thomas E. Lambert is an applied economist with the College of Business at the University of Louisville, where he has mostly taught economics and business statistics. His work has appeared… READ MORE