Notes from the Editors, November 1999
November 1, 1999
We’ve been discussing among ourselves exactly what we want to achieve with these Notes from the Editors, and our conclusion is that we want to leave the objectives of the… READ MORE
Article Author: The Editors
Notes from the Editors, October 1999
October 1, 1999
Many MR readers will remember when teaching the theory of evolution was prohibited by law in some U.S. states. This wasn’t just at the time of the infamous Scopes “monkey… READ MORE
Notes from the Editors, September 1999
September 1, 1999
We’ve received three letters from readers complaining about our articles on Kosovo. While this isn’t a groundswell of opinion, we assume that there are other readers out there who share… READ MORE
Notes from the Editors, July-August 1999
July 1, 1999
In his article on the U.S. economy in this issue, Doug Henwood quotes from a piece by Thomas Friedman in the New York Times Magazine on March 28, and points… READ MORE
Notes from the Editors, June 1999
June 1, 1999
We celebrated our fiftieth anniversary with a dinner on May 7. It was a really marvellous occasion, and we were delighted to see so many of you there. The space… READ MORE
Notes from the Editors, May 1999
May 1, 1999
This issue marks our fiftieth anniversary. We’re sure our readers don’t need to be told about the odds against a socialist magazine surviving through this particular half century. We began… READ MORE
Notes from the Editors, April 1999
April 1, 1999
What a fuss people made about the recent Olympics scandal. You would think the existence of bribery and corruption in the sporting world came as a great revelation, and that… READ MORE
Notes from the Editors, March 1999
March 1, 1999
If the United States has ever had a “welfare state,” Social Security must surely be the heart of it. In the world’s most predatory capitalism, this is the closest thing… READ MORE
Notes from the Editors, February 1999
February 1, 1999
Back in December, while the January issue was going to press, the U.S. and Britain were bombing Iraq, and Congress was impeaching Bill Clinton. Our publication schedule spares us the… READ MORE
Notes from the Editors, January 1999
January 1, 1999
Ideology comes, as we all know, in many guises, some more subtle and insidious than others. Children in the United States learn very early to think that capitalism means good… READ MORE