Article Author: John Bellamy Foster
Late Imperialism: Fifty Years After Harry Magdoff’s The Age of Imperialism
July 1, 2019
The single most influential work on imperialism remains V. I. Lenin’s classic study of a century ago, Imperialism: The Latest Stage of Capitalism (better known by the title given to… READ MORE
Imperialism in the Anthropocene
July 1, 2019
John Bellamy Foster is editor of Monthly Review and a professor of sociology at the University of Oregon. Hannah Holleman is a director of the Monthly Review Foundation and an… READ MORE
Absolute Capitalism
May 1, 2019
John Bellamy Foster is editor of Monthly Review and a professor of sociology at the University of Oregon. This article is based on a keynote address, entitled “Absolute Capitalism: The… READ MORE
Marx and the Critique of Alienated Speciesism: Replies to Benton
May 1, 2019
John Bellamy Foster and Brett Clark � Ted Benton writes in his reply that our essay “Marx and Alienated Speciesism” is “devoted to showing that my reading was mistaken and… READ MORE
Global Commodity Chains and the New Imperialism
March 1, 2019
Intan Suwandi is a frequent contributor to Monthly Review. Her book, Value Chains: The New Economic Imperialism, winner of the 2018 Paul M. Sweezy-Paul A. Baran Memorial Award, is forthcoming… READ MORE
Capitalism Has FailedÑWhat Next?
February 1, 2019
Less than two decades into the twenty-first century, it is evident that capitalism has failed as a social system. The world is mired in economic stagnation, financialization, and the most… READ MORE
Marx and Alienated Speciesism
December 1, 2018
John Bellamy Foster is editor of Monthly Review and a professor of sociology at the University of Oregon. Brett Clark is associate editor of Monthly Review and an associate professor… READ MORE
Value Isn’t Everything
November 1, 2018
John Bellamy Foster is the editor of Monthly Review and a professor of sociology at the University of Oregon. Paul Burkett is a professor of economics at Indiana State University,… READ MORE
Making War on the Planet: Geoengineering and Capitalism’s Creative Destruction of the Earth
September 1, 2018
John Bellamy Foster is the editor of Monthly Review and a professor of sociology at the University of Oregon. This is a slightly revised version of an article published on… READ MORE