Culling the Herd
June 1, 2020
A rightwing official announced�two or three percent deaths�is acceptable—to him. What�of the Black mother of three�drowning of phlegm in her lungs? � Tell the fireman who lacked�a mask how expendable… READ MORE
Article Subjects and Geography: United States
It’s Still Slavery by Another Name
May 1, 2020
Michael D. Yates is the editorial director of Monthly Review Press, a labor educator, and the author of numerous books, including Can the Working Class Change the World? (Monthly Review… READ MORE
Dead Labor
April 1, 2020
� Hannah Olson Creighton (1942–98) was a fearless social and environmental activist. She worked for Communities for a Better Environment and later for Urban Habitat Program, where she served as… READ MORE
The Legacy of Clinton Jencks
April 1, 2020
� Michael Myerson is an author and lifelong activist for civil rights, peace, and labor rights. He lives in the Hudson Valley. � � Raymond Caballero, McCarthyism vs. Clinton Jencks… READ MORE
Health Care for Profit (Not Health): A Sick System
April 1, 2020
David Matthews is a lecturer in sociology and social policy at Coleg Llandrillo, Wales, and the leader of its degree program in health and social care. Howard Waitzkin and the… READ MORE
Notes from the Editors, March 2020
March 1, 2020
Capitalism, with its history of alienation, exploitation, racism, patriarchy, and homophobia, along with its attempted commodification of everything in existence, has long robbed tens of millions of people in the… READ MORE
The Origins of the Seattle General Strike of 1919: The Timber Beast
March 1, 2020
Cal Winslow is a labor activist and educator. He is Director of the Mendocino Institute and a retired fellow in environmental history at University of California, Berkeley. Among his books… READ MORE
Another Gray Afternoon in Guernica
March 1, 2020
Not even the startling red of anguish�pooling in the streets of the ancient�market town, and not even the raw green�silent screams of the women, and not the cerulean�certainty of April… READ MORE
Notes from the Editors, February 2020
February 1, 2020
Economists generally expect wages to rise significantly at the peak of the business cycle. The fact that this is not happening today is seen as something of a paradox. According… READ MORE
Messianic Zionism: The Ass and the Red Heifer
February 1, 2020
Moshé Machover is an Israeli political activist and founding member of the Socialist Organization in Israel (Matzpen). He now lives in London, England. He is a mathematician and professor (emeritus)… READ MORE