Forget Guantánamo
March 1, 2008
Stephen J. Gallagher is a philosopher and writer who lives in North Carolina. A frequent contributor to Free Inquiry, his work has also appeared in The Journal of Contemporary Thought,… READ MORE
Article Subjects and Geography: Political Economy
Peace Now! Or Anytime in This Lifetime
March 1, 2008
Peace is always somewhere else— in Utopia, Shangri-La, the New Jerusalem. Peace is the walled garden we never saw where erosion has made a desert. � Peace is always sometime… READ MORE
The Health Care Crisis in the United States
February 1, 2008
David Singer is a New York-based psychologist. He also has a master’s degree in economics and teaches sociology. Michael Moore’s film, Sicko, dramatically illustrated how problems in access to health… READ MORE
The War for Control of the Periphery
February 1, 2008
Steven Hiatt, ed., with introduction by John Perkins, A Game as Old as Empire: The Secret World of Economic Hit Men and the Web of Global Corruption (San Francisco: BK… READ MORE
The Injuries of Class
January 1, 2008
Michael D. Yates is associate editor of Monthly Review. He was for many years professor of economics at the University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown. He is most recently the editor… READ MORE
Political Islam in the Service of Imperialism
December 1, 2007
Samir Amin is director of the Third World Forum in Dakar, Senegal. His recent books include The Liberal Virus (Monthly Review Press, 2004), A Life Looking Forward (Zed Books, 2007),… READ MORE
Reclaim the Neighborhood, Change the World
December 1, 2007
Vijay Prashad teaches international studies at Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut. His latest book is The Darker Nations: A People’s History of the Third World (New York: The New Press,… READ MORE
Notes from the Editors, November 2007
November 1, 2007
Former Federal Reserve Board Chairman Alan Greenspan’s new book The Age of Turbulence (Penguin 2007) set off a firestorm in mid-September with its dramatic statement on the Iraq War: “I… READ MORE
More Unequal: Aspects of Class in the United States
November 1, 2007
Michael D. Yates is associate editor of Monthly Review. He was for many years professor of economics at the University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown. He is the author of Cheap… READ MORE
Gender and Mathematical Ability: The Toll of Biological Determinism
November 1, 2007
Richard York teaches sociology at the University of Oregon. His research interests include the global environmental crisis and the philosophy, history, and sociology of science. He is coeditor of the… READ MORE