October 1, 2005
The much-anticipated split in the AFL-CIO, the labor federation in the United States, took place in Chicago, at the federation’s annual convention. Three unions—the Service Employees International Union (SEIU), the… READ MORE
October 1, 2005
Samir Amin is director of the Third World Forum in Dakar, Senegal. His recent books include The Liberal Virus: Permanent War and the Americanization of the World (Monthly Review, 2004)… READ MORE
October 1, 2005
This is a revised version of a keynote address delivered to the Critical Management Studies section of the Academy of Management in Honolulu, Hawaii on August 8, 2005. My subject—organizing… READ MORE
October 1, 2005
Elly Leary,since her retirement four years ago, has been a volunteer at the CIW, principally in charge of coordinating union activity. She thanks Jon Liss who pushed her to do… READ MORE
October 1, 2005
Aasim Sajjad Akhtar is a political activist associated with the People’s Rights Movement (PRM), a confederation of working-class struggles. He also teaches colonial history and political economy at the Lahore… READ MORE
October 1, 2005
Paul Burkett teaches economics at Indiana State University, Terre Haute. With Martin Hart-Landsberg, he co-authored China and Socialism: Market Reforms and Class Struggle (Monthly Review Press, 2005).An earlier version of… READ MORE
September 1, 2005
More than a year after the supposed “transfer of sovereignty” the war of aggression that the United States is waging in Iraq shows no sign of abating. Washington’s plan is… READ MORE
September 1, 2005
This is the introduction to John Bellamy Foster’s Naked Imperialism: America’s Pursuit of Global Dominance, to be published by Monthly Review Press in February 2006. A different version of this… READ MORE
September 1, 2005
Marta Harnecker is director of Centro de Investigaciones Memoria Popular Latinoamericana (MEPLA) in Havana, Cuba, an organization for research on the history of popular movements in Latin America. She is… READ MORE
September 1, 2005
James J. Brittain studies and teaches sociology at the University of New Brunswick, Canada. His research interests center on revolutionary and social movements throughout Latin America, the relevance of classical… READ MORE
