Notes from the Editors, July-August 1998
July 1, 1998
We write in early June, and these will be the last “Notes from the Editors” until some time in September when things will surely be a lot different from what… READ MORE
Articles
Introduction to the ‘Hungry for Profit’ Issue
July 1, 1998
Frederick H. Buttel is professor of Rural Sociology and Environmental Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He is author or editor of several books, including a forthcoming anthology entitled Environment… READ MORE
The Agrarian Origins of Capitalism
July 1, 1998
Ellen Meiksins Wood is co-editor of Monthly Review. � One of the most well established conventions of Western culture is the association of capitalism with cities. Capitalism is supposed to… READ MORE
Notes from the Editors, June 1998
by The Editors
June 1, 1998
What’s the matter with Japan? According to today’s conventional wisdom—i.e., what we are told by the media and the syndicated pundits—almost everything. Its economy, the second largest in the world,… READ MORE
The Reconstruction of Bourgeois Order in Northern Ireland
June 1, 1998
John Newsinger teaches at Bath Spa University College.His most recent book is Dangerous Men: The SAS and Popular Culture (London: Pluto Press, 1997). � In April, the Northern Ireland process… READ MORE
Science in a Skeptical Age
June 1, 1998
John Gillot and Manjit Kumar, Science and the Retreat from Reason (Monthly Review Press, 1997), 288 pp., $18. � We live in a skeptical age. All of the basic concepts… READ MORE
Notes from the Editors, May 1998
May 1, 1998
The fifteenth annual Socialist Scholars Conference (SSC) was held this year on the weekend of March 22–23, several weeks earlier than usual, but at the accustomed venue, the Borough of… READ MORE
The Communist Manifesto Today
May 1, 1998
Paul M. Sweezy is co-editor of Monthly Review. The above article was originally presented at the MR sponsored panel “150 Years After the Communist Manifesto,” at the 1998 Socialist Scholars… READ MORE
A Note on the Communist Manifesto
May 1, 1998
Harry Magdoff is co-editor of Monthly Review. � Probably the passage in the Communist Manifesto most frequently cited these days is a portrayal of the global spread of capitalism: �… READ MORE
The Communist Manifesto After 150 Years
May 1, 1998
The Communist Manifesto is just that: a manifesto. It is not a long and comprehensive scholarly study but a public declaration of a political program, a short and dramatic statement… READ MORE