May 1, 2008
This is the foreword to a collection of Paul Sweezy”s essays translated into Bengla, Paul M. Sweezy, Bishshaayan Natoon Keechhu Noy; Nirbaacheeto Prabandha (Globalization is Nothing New; Selected Essays), edited… READ MORE
March 1, 2008
Itsván Mészáros is author of Socialism or Barbarism: From the ‘American Century’ to the Crossroads (Monthly Review Press, 2001), Beyond Capital: Toward a Theory of Transition (Monthly Review Press, 1995),… READ MORE
January 1, 2008
The victory of the No vote in the Venezuelan constitutional reform referendum in December is being treated by Washington as a major defeat for Chávez’s efforts to promote a socialism… READ MORE
January 1, 2008
Robin Hahnel is professor of economics at American University in Washington DC and currently visiting professor at Lewis and Clark College in Portland, Oregon. This article is adapted from a… READ MORE
December 1, 2007
This year marks the 150th anniversary of the birth of Thorstein Veblen, the greatest critic of U.S. capitalism in the early twentieth century and one of the foremost social theorists… READ MORE
December 1, 2007
Ken Collier is a retired professor of social work, social policy, and community studies, now living in Red Deer, Alberta, Canada. He began reading MR in 1959 and is a… READ MORE
December 1, 2007
See the reply by Ken Collier. Stephen J. Fortunato Jr. Replies Ken Collier raises concerns about increased rent, transportation costs, etc., that surely must be addressed theoretically and pragmatically in… READ MORE
June 1, 2007
Elizabeth Martinez, who is an activist, university lecturer, and author of six books on social justice struggles in the Americas, was married to Hans Koning in the 1950s. They remained… READ MORE
May 1, 2007
Doug Dowd lives in Bologna, Italy. His most recent book is At the Cliffs Edge: World Problems and U.S. Power (Peninsula Peace and Justice Cener, 2007). To read more of… READ MORE
April 1, 2007
Michael A. Lebowitz is the author of Beyond Capital: Marx’s Political Economy of the Working Class (Palgrave Macmillan, 2003); Build it Now: Socialism for the Twenty-First Century (Monthly Review Press,… READ MORE