Notes from the Editors, June 2006
June 1, 2006
In April 2000 Robert W. (Bob) McChesney and John Bellamy Foster joined Harry Magdoff and Paul Sweezy as coeditors of MR. In December 2002, while still coeditor of MR, Bob,… READ MORE
Article Subjects and Geography: Geography
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Notes from the Editors, May 2006
May 1, 2006
When MRzine was launched on Bastille Day, July 14, 2005, Eduardo Galeano greeted it with the words: “Monthly Review in conquest of the air? Wasn’t it a private kingdom of… READ MORE
Notes from the Editors, April 2006
April 1, 2006
As we write this in late February, threats of a U.S. military intervention in Iran are intensifying in response to Washington’s claims that Iran is attempting to develop nuclear weapons… READ MORE
Notes from the Editors, February 2006
February 1, 2006
The victory of Evo Morales, presidential candidate of the Movement Toward Socialism (MAS), in Bolivia’s December elections was a world-historical event of the first order. Its extent was unexpected, certainly… READ MORE
Struggle Is a School: The Rise of a Shack Dwellers’ Movement in Durban, South Africa
February 1, 2006
Richard Pithouse is a research fellow at the Centre for Civil Society, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa. � � � Broken Promises � On November 9, 1993, the African… READ MORE
Notes from the Editors, January 2006
January 1, 2006
The United States is currently engaged in what the media—with no trace of irony—is calling “the national debate on torture.” With the White House adamantly rejecting Senator John McCain’s amendment… READ MORE
What Will We Do?: The Destruction of Occupational Identities in the ‘Knowledge-Based Economy’
January 1, 2006
Ursula Huws is professor of international labor studies at the Working Lives Research Institute at London Metropolitan University and is director of the research consultancy Analytica. She is the author… READ MORE