Notes from the Editors, June 2004
June 1, 2004
A note to MR readers from Bob McChesney… � In 2000 I agreed to become coeditor of Monthly Review along with my dear friend John Bellamy Foster. I had been… READ MORE
Articles
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
Soldiers for Hire
June 1, 2004
Huck Gutman teaches English at the University of Vermont and is senior staff aide to Representative Bernie Sanders. He is political columnist for The Statesmanof Kolkata, India, and also contributes… READ MORE
What Keeps Capitalism Going?
June 1, 2004
Michael A. Lebowitz is Professor Emeritus of Economics at Simon Fraser University, in Vancouver, and is the author of Beyond Capital: Marx’s Political Economy of the Working Class (Palgrave Macmillan,… READ MORE
Inequalities are Unhealthy
June 1, 2004
Vicente Navarro is Professor of Public Policy, Sociology, and Policy Studies at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and Professor of Political and Social Science at Pompeii Fabra… READ MORE
The Illusions of Empire
June 1, 2004
Bashir Abu-Manneh teaches English at Barnard College. This article is an abridged version of his introduction to a symposium he edited on Michael Hardt’s and Antonio Negri’s Empire (Harvard University… READ MORE
Puerto Rican Obituary
June 1, 2004
“Puerto Rican Obituary” was first read in 1969 at a rally in support of the Young Lords Party, an anti-imperialist Latino youth group in New York. Like the Black Panther… READ MORE
Notes from the Editors, May 2004
May 1, 2004
Although private corporations under capitalism have always been heavily involved in promoting war, the direct role played by the private sector in the prosecution of war has traditionally been quite… 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
Ideology and Economic Development
May 1, 2004
Michael A. Lebowitz is Professor Emeritus of Economics at Simon Fraser University, in Vancouver, and is the author of Beyond Capital: Marx’s Political Economy of the Working Class (Palgrave Macmillan,… READ MORE