Notes from the Editors, July-August 2001
July 1, 2001
As many of you know, we sent out an emergency appeal two months ago to raise $100,000 to make up for a cash deficit. We found ourselves in the paradoxical… READ MORE
Article Subjects and Geography: Political Economy
Prisons and ExecutionsÑthe U.S. Model: A Historical Introduction
July 1, 2001
The United States incarcerates five to eight times more of its people per capita than Western European nations—though its crime rates for nonviolent crimes are comparable to those of Western… READ MORE
Lawyers, Jails, and the Law’s Fake Bargains
July 1, 2001
Michael Tigar is a leader of the U.S. Bar, and at the same time an avowed radical and activist for social justice. He is Professor of Law at Washington College… READ MORE
Cruel but Not Unusual: The Punishment of Women in U.S. Prisons: An Interview with Marilyn Buck and Laura Whitehorn
July 1, 2001
Marilyn Buck’s address is #00482-285, FCI Dublin Unit B, 5701 8th St. Camp Parks, Dublin, CA 94568. Laura Whitehorn is an editor at POZ magazine. Susie Day is a freelance… READ MORE
Disablement, Prison, and Historical Segregation
July 1, 2001
Marta Russell and Jean Stewart are writers and disability activists. They would like to thank Helene Knox and Ray Grott for their input on this paper. The story of disablement… READ MORE
Teaching in Prison
July 1, 2001
Monica Frolander-Ulf teaches anthropology at the University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown Pennsylvania. Michael D. Yates taught economics at the University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown Pennsylvania. He is the author of… READ MORE
Imperialism and Globalization
June 1, 2001
SAMIR AMIN is director of the African Office (in Dakar, Senegal) of the Third World Forum, an international non-governmental association for research and debate. He is the author of numerous… READ MORE
Credo of a Passionate Skeptic
June 1, 2001
ADRIENNE RICH is the author of more than sixteen volumes of poetry and four nonfiction prose books. She is the recipient of numerous awards and prizes, including a MacArthur Fellowship… READ MORE
Mergers, Concentration, and the Erosion of Democracy
May 1, 2001
Richard B. Du Boff and Edward S. Herman are both longtime contributors to Monthly Review. Du Boff is Professor Emeritus of Economics, Bryn Mawr College. Herman is Professor Emeritus of… READ MORE
Notes from the Editors, April 2001
April 1, 2001
A note to MR readers from Paul Sweezy and Harry Magdoff: It was just over a year ago that we asked John Bellamy Foster and Robert W. McChesney to serve… READ MORE