Notes from the Editors, February 2011
February 1, 2011
» Notes from the Editors The two lead articles in this issue of Monthly Review are both outgrowths of important new books published by Monthly Review Press. Samir Amin’s article, “The… READ MORE
Articles
The Trajectory of Historical Capitalism and Marxism’s Tricontinental Vocation
February 1, 2011
Samir Amin is director of the Third World Forum in Dakar, Senegal and author of The Liberal Virus (Monthly Review Press, 2004), The World We Wish to See (Monthly Review… READ MORE
Stephen Jay Gould’s Critique of Progress
February 1, 2011
Richard York is an associate professor of sociology at the University of Oregon and co-editor of the Sage journal Organization & Environment. Brett Clark is an assistant professor of sociology… READ MORE
States of ExceptionÑHaiti’s IDP Camps
February 1, 2011
Valerie Kaussen (kaussenv [at] missouri.edu) teaches Francophone Caribbean literature and culture at the University of Missouri-Columbia. She was in Haiti during the January 12, 2010, earthquake, researching the 2004 bicentennial… READ MORE
On Nuclear Power
February 1, 2011
Monthly Review has long been on record as opposed to the expansion of nuclear energy.1 Most recently, some of the dangers of nuclear power, both in its present form and… READ MORE
Greed beyond Avarice
February 1, 2011
What if a parade were calledand every person in North Americashowed upto be in this one-hour walk?Let’s say marchers were assembledaccording to accumulated wealth,the poorest leading off.Wealth would correlate with… READ MORE
Cannabis Goes Communist
February 1, 2011
Daniel Huberman (longcruz [at] gmail.com) has a degree in sociology from the University of New Mexico and has worked in the medical cannabis industry. He is the great nephew of… READ MORE
Notes from the Editors, January 2011
January 1, 2011
» Notes from the Editors � In November, Fred Magdoff traveled to Shanghai with his wife, Amy Demarest, to attend the Marxism and Ecological Civilization conference at Fudan University (see the… READ MORE
Ecological Civilization
January 1, 2011
Fred Magdoff (fmagdoff [at] uvm.edu) is professor emeritus of plant and soil science at the University of Vermont and adjunct professor of crop and soil science at Cornell University. His… READ MORE