Inspiration from Behind the Walls
February 1, 2005
Michael D. Yates is associate editor of Monthly Review. For many years he taught economics at the University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown. He is the author of Naming the System:… READ MORE
Article Subjects and Geography: Political Economy
Notes from the Editors, January 2005
January 1, 2005
An essential aspect of any modern democratic society is a communications system that enables rather than disables public debate. Yet the mass media in the advanced capitalist societies are highly… READ MORE
The Failure of Empire
January 1, 2005
The United States is facing the prospect of a major defeat in Iraq that is likely to constitute a serious setback in the ongoing campaign to expand the American empire…. READ MORE
Empire of Barbarism
December 1, 2004
Brett Clark is a graduate student in sociology at the University of Oregon and coauthor of “Ecological Imperialism: The Curse of Capitalism,” Socialist Register 2004.The original version appeared in October… READ MORE
Mayhem in the Medical Marketplace
December 1, 2004
David U. Himmelstein and Steffie Woolhandler practice and teach medicine in Cambridge, Massachusetts. They cofounded Physicians for a National Health Program. � � Even in the United States, some aspects… READ MORE
Capital Punishment Update
December 1, 2004
Richard D. Vogel is an independent socialist writer. He has recently completed a book, Stolen Birthright: The U.S. Conquest of the Mexican People. Following a short hiatus in the 1970s,… READ MORE
Washed Up on Long Island: Urban Renewal at the Beach
December 1, 2004
Ellen Leopold is author of A Darker Ribbon: Breast Cancer, Women, and Their Doctors in the Twentieth Century (Beacon Press, 1999). She was an economic policy advisor at the Greater… READ MORE
Scarcity of What and for Whom?
December 1, 2004
Mark Hudson is a doctoral candidate at the University of Oregon in Eugene, specializing in the political economy of the environment. � � Michael Perelman, The Perverse Economy: The Impact… READ MORE
U.S. Imperialism, Europe, and the Middle East
November 1, 2004
Samir Amin is director of the Third World Forum in Dakar, Senegal. His recent books include Obsolescent Capitalism: Contemporary Politics and Global Disorder (Zed Books, 2004) and The Liberal Virus:… READ MORE