January 1, 2001
Sergej Flere is professor of sociology at the University of Maribor, Slovenia. He specializes in sociology of religion and ethnicity and has written widely on sociological questions, including an essay… READ MORE
December 1, 2000
Praise for Karl Marx—albeit of a somewhat mocking kind—comes from the strangest places nowadays. In their new book Future Perfect: The Challenge and Hidden Promise of Globalization, John Micklethwait and… READ MORE
November 1, 2000
Dissatisfaction with what has happened to the study of economics is producing a rapidly growing revolt among economics students in France, Britain, the United States, and elsewhere. Within a matter… READ MORE
November 1, 2000
Michael Löwy is a frequent contributor to Monthly Review and the author of On Changing the World (Humanities Press). � For ten years, the Brazilian Workers Party (PT) has run… READ MORE
October 1, 2000
In an article on the role of third parties in U.S. presidential elections in the August 21, 2000, issue of In These Times, founding editor and publisher James Weinstein observed:… READ MORE
September 1, 2000
In the United States, the creation of wealth is often presented as a process that benefits everyone within the society. A common shibboleth, made famous during the Kennedy administration, is… READ MORE
September 1, 2000
Readers will note that this article is nearly twice the length of the normal MR piece, but because of the importance of the subject we are publishing it in its… READ MORE
July 1, 2000
We would like to thank Ellen Meiksins Wood and Michael Yates for their help at different stages in the development of this special issue. Ellen proposed the idea of having… READ MORE
June 1, 2000
On keeping the MR flag flying: Between us there are 177 years of life. The issue of continuity has plagued us for some time and we have from time to… READ MORE
May 1, 2000
In this issue, we reprint Albert Einstein’s article “Why Socialism?,” from vol. 1, no. 1 of MR (May 1949). Normally this would require no comment on our part, as it… READ MORE