September 1, 2000
In the United States, the creation of wealth is often presented as a process that benefits everyone within the society. A common shibboleth, made famous during the Kennedy administration, is… READ MORE
September 1, 2000
Readers will note that this article is nearly twice the length of the normal MR piece, but because of the importance of the subject we are publishing it in its… READ MORE
July 1, 2000
We would like to thank Ellen Meiksins Wood and Michael Yates for their help at different stages in the development of this special issue. Ellen proposed the idea of having… READ MORE
June 1, 2000
On keeping the MR flag flying: Between us there are 177 years of life. The issue of continuity has plagued us for some time and we have from time to… READ MORE
May 1, 2000
In this issue, we reprint Albert Einstein’s article “Why Socialism?,” from vol. 1, no. 1 of MR (May 1949). Normally this would require no comment on our part, as it… READ MORE
April 1, 2000
This space has, from its earliest years, been devoted to MR affairs, viewing the readers as part of a larger family. Recently, we began to use the space for commentary… READ MORE
April 1, 2000
John Bellamy Foster is co-editor, along with Robert W. McChesney, of this issue of Monthly Review . He is the author of Marx’s Ecology and The Vulnerable Planet, both published… READ MORE
March 1, 2000
What do Helmut Kohl and Elián Gonzáles have in common? What could possibly unite the destinies of the huge former Chancellor of Germany, who for so many years dominated European… READ MORE
February 1, 2000
Isaac Deutscher once said that, in dealing with some questions, Marxists have to wear gloves. If memory serves, he was talking particularly about the nationalisms of the oppressed. � The… READ MORE
February 1, 2000
John Rosenthal teaches in the Philosophy Department at Colorado College. He would like to thank Klaus-Gerd Giesen, Robert hayden, Laura Duhan Kaplan, and Ellen Meiksins Wood for their comments on… READ MORE