A Cup of Tea, Summer of ’72
February 1, 2005
his short memoir was originally written in Farsi (Persian) and will shortly appear in a collection to be published in Tehran in honor of Paul Sweezy. Borzoo Nabet translated Sweezy’s… READ MORE
Articles
Inspiration from Behind the Walls
February 1, 2005
Michael D. Yates is associate editor of Monthly Review. For many years he taught economics at the University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown. He is the author of Naming the System:… READ MORE
A Man for All Seasons
February 1, 2005
Percy Brazil lives in Connecticut and is a director of the Monthly Review Foundation. Carl Marzani, The Education of a Reluctant Radical, Book 5, Reconstruction (New York: Monthly Review Press,… READ MORE
Notes from the Editors, January 2005
January 1, 2005
An essential aspect of any modern democratic society is a communications system that enables rather than disables public debate. Yet the mass media in the advanced capitalist societies are highly… READ MORE
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
Possibility and Hope: Getting from Here to There
by Linda C. Forbesand Pete Seeger
January 1, 2005
Linda C. Forbes teaches organizational studies at franklin and Marshall College in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.This interview was originally published in Organization & Environment 17, no. 4: 513–522, as “Pete Seeger On… READ MORE
What is Social Medicine?
January 1, 2005
Matthew R. Anderson, Lanny Smith, and Victor W. Sidel practice and teach social medicine in New York City. Matthew Anderson and Lanny Smith run a website devoted to social medicine,… READ MORE
Prevention and Solidarity: Democratizing Health in Venezuela
January 1, 2005
Claudia Jardim is a Brazilian journalist living and working in Caracas, Venezuela as correspondent for the Brazilian weekly Brazil de Fato and the Venezuelan online journal www.alia2.net.This article was translated… READ MORE
On Revolutionary Medicine
January 1, 2005
Che Guevara delivered this speech on August 19, 1960, to the Cuban Militia. This article is adapted from the translation by Beth Kurti that was published in Obra Revolucionaria, 1960,… READ MORE
Martinique
January 1, 2005
This essay is reprinted from The Rosa Luxemburg Reader, edited by Peter Hudis and Kevin B. Anderson (Monthly Review Press, 2004). This article, written shortly after a massive volcanic eruption… READ MORE