Notes from the Editors, December 2002
December 1, 2002
Among the major countries of the world, the United States has the highest per capita income, and it is often assumed therefore that the ordinary American is materially better off… READ MORE
Article Subjects and Geography: Political Economy
U.S. Imperial Ambitions and Iraq
December 1, 2002
Officially Washington’s current policy toward Iraq is to bring about a “regime change”—either through a military coup, or by means of a U.S. invasion, justified as a “preemptive attack” against… READ MORE
Challenging Neoliberal Myths: A Critical Look at the Mexican Experience
December 1, 2002
Martin Hart-Landsberg teaches economics at Lewis and Clark college in Portland, Oregon. He is the coauthor, with Paul Burkett, of Development, Crisis, and Class Struggle: Learning from Japan and East… READ MORE
Post-Apartheid South Africa: Reply to John S. Saul
December 1, 2002
Jeremy Cronin is the deputy general secretary of the South African Communist Party, a National Executive Committee member of the African national Congress, and an ANC member of Parliament in… READ MORE
Starting from Scratch? A Reply to Jeremy Cronin
December 1, 2002
John S. Saul, for many years an anti-apartheid activist, now works with the AfricaFiles initiative in Toronto and the Socialist Register editorial collective. His most recent book is Millennial Africa:… READ MORE
The Rediscovery of Imperialism
November 1, 2002
This essay was originally written as the introduction to Essays on Imperialism and Globalization by Harry Magdoff, forthcoming from Cornerstone Publications in India. The concept of “imperialism” was considered outside… READ MORE
Creating a Just Society: Lessons from Planning in the U.S.S.R. and the U.S.: An Interview with Harry Magdoff
October 1, 2002
Huck Gutman teaches English at the University of Vermont and is Senior Staff Aide to Congressman Bernard Sanders (I-VT). He is a political columnist for the Statesman in Kolkata, India,… READ MORE
Notes from the Editors, September 2002
September 1, 2002
The growth and eventual bursting of financial bubbles is an inherent feature of capitalist accumulation, as can be seen in the long history of such crises from the South Sea… READ MORE
One or Two Things I Know About Us: Rethinking the Image and Role of the “Okies”
July 1, 2002
ROXANNE DUNBAR-ORTIZ is a longtime activist, university professor, and writer. In addition to numerous scholarly books and articles, she has published two historical memoirs, Red Dirt: Growing Up Okie (Verso,… READ MORE
Mike Alewitz, Labor Muralist
July 1, 2002
PAUL BUHLE teaches history at Brown University and is guest editor of this issue. His most recent titles published by Monthly Review Press are Insurgent Images: The Agitprop Murals of… READ MORE