Notes from the Editors, May 2002
May 1, 2002
This month marks the fiftieth anniversary of Monthly Review Press. The idea of starting a book publishing arm of MR had its origin in an accidental meeting in Central Park… READ MORE
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Notes from the Editors, April 2002
April 1, 2002
As this special issue on the economy goes to the printer, the business press is full of the news that a mild recovery from the recession that began in March… READ MORE
Notes from the Editors, March 2002
March 1, 2002
In January, with no public discussion and little fanfare, Washington began the first major extension of its “war on terrorism” beyond Afghanistan by sending U.S. troops into the Philippines. The… READ MORE
U.S. Military Bases and Empire
March 1, 2002
The Bases of Empire Empires throughout human history have relied on foreign military bases to enforce their rule, and in this respect at least, Pax Americana is no different than… READ MORE
Notes from the Editors, February 2002
February 1, 2002
The meltdown of Enron, the giant energy trading firm, which recently ranked as the seventh largest U.S. corporation—now its largest ever bankruptcy—is one of the most startling events in U.S…. READ MORE
Notes from the Editors, January 2002
January 1, 2002
The U.S. news media coverage of the current war has again drawn attention to the severe limitations of our journalism, and our media system, for a viable democratic and humane… READ MORE
Notes from the Editors, December 2001
December 1, 2001
For a long time radicals have characterized the electoral systems in capitalist societies as “bourgeois democracies.” At times, this term has been used in a strictly pejorative sense, to dismiss… READ MORE
Notes from the Editors, November 2001
November 1, 2001
MR is not a news magazine. As a monthly magazine with limited resources we are not able to keep up with headline events as they happen. Nor do we believe… READ MORE
After the AttackÉThe War on Terrorism
November 1, 2001
There is little we can say directly about the September 11 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center in New York and the Pentagon in Washington, D.C.—except that these were… READ MORE
Notes from the Editors, October 2001
October 1, 2001
The fact that the vested interests in the United States are able to rely on a well-oiled propaganda system, in which the media dutifully play their appointed role, is perhaps… READ MORE