Notes from the Editors, June 2008
June 1, 2008
The first third of 2008 should have been a wake-up call to those who, in the short-lived days of capitalist triumphalism, were inclined to lose sight of the immediacy of… READ MORE
Geography
June 1, 2008
The first third of 2008 should have been a wake-up call to those who, in the short-lived days of capitalist triumphalism, were inclined to lose sight of the immediacy of… READ MORE
June 1, 2008
Michael A.Lebowitz is professor emeritus of economics at Simon Fraser University in Vancouver, Canada, and the author of Build It Now: Socialism for the Twenty-First Century (Monthly Review Press, 2006)… READ MORE
June 1, 2008
Ellen Brun has been an activist on the Danish left for many years. She is a researcher on development issues and international relations. Jacques Hersh is professor emeritus of Aalborg… READ MORE
May 1, 2008
The subprime mortgage crisis that emerged late last summer in the United States led to a massive seizure in the world financial system that has had capital staggering ever since…. READ MORE
April 1, 2008
United States and the world economy are now experiencing a major economic setback that began in the financial sector with the bursting of the housing bubble, but which can ultimately… READ MORE
April 1, 2008
Ramaa Vasudevan teaches economics at Colorado State University. She is a member of the Union for Radical Political Economics and the Dollars and Sense Collective. The July–August 2007 crisis in… READ MORE
March 1, 2008
This month marks the fifth year of the U.S. war and occupation in Iraq, which commenced on March 19, 2003. Despite setbacks for the U.S. empire, including unexpected losses in… READ MORE
March 1, 2008
Jean Batou directs the Institute of Economic and Social History at the University of Lausanne in Switzerland and teaches international history there. He has published numerous books and articles on… READ MORE
March 1, 2008
Ricardo Alarcón is president of the National Assembly of People’s Power, Cuba’s legislative parliament. He was ambassador to the United Nations (1966–78 and 1990–91) and Cuba’s foreign minister (1992–93). From… READ MORE