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Review of the Month
The Failure of Empire
January 1, 2005
The United States is facing the prospect of a major defeat in Iraq that is likely to constitute a serious setback in the ongoing campaign to expand the American empire…. READ MORE
Empire of Barbarism
December 1, 2004
Brett Clark is a graduate student in sociology at the University of Oregon and coauthor of “Ecological Imperialism: The Curse of Capitalism,” Socialist Register 2004.The original version appeared in October… READ MORE
Ecology, Capitalism, and the Socialization of Nature: An Interview with John Bellamy Foster
November 1, 2004
Dennis Soron is a researcher with the Neoliberal Globalism and Its Challengers Project at the University of Alberta, where he also teaches part-time in the sociology department.This interview was conducted… READ MORE
The American Empire: Pax Americana or Pox Americana?
September 1, 2004
On June 10, 1963, President John F. Kennedy delivered a commencement address at American University in Washington, D.C., in which he declared that the peace that the United States sought… READ MORE
Is Iraq Another ‘Vietnam’?
June 1, 2004
An indication of just how bad things have become for the U.S. invaders and occupiers of Iraq is that comparisons with the Vietnam War are now commonplace in the U.S…. READ MORE
The Pentagon and Climate Change
May 1, 2004
Climate Collapse: The Pentagon’s Weather Nightmare —Fortune, February 9, 2004 Now the Pentagon Tells Bush: Climate Change Will Destroy Us —Observer (London), February 22, 2004 Pentagon-Sponsored Climate Report Sparks Hullabaloo… READ MORE
The Stagnation of Employment
April 1, 2004
Except in times of war, capitalist economies almost never reach full employment. The mere absence of jobs for those desiring paid employment, however, is not necessarily a problem for the… READ MORE
The Escalating War Against Corporate Media
March 1, 2004
This article is a revised and abridged version of chapter 7 from Robert W. McChesney, The Problem of the Media: U.S. Communication Politics in the Twenty-First Century (Monthly Review Press,… READ MORE
A Precarious Existence: The Fate of Billions?
February 1, 2004
Fred Magdoff is professor of plant and soil science at the University of Vermont in Burlington. He is author of numerous scientific articles; coauthor, with Harold van Es, of Building… READ MORE