September 1, 1999
We’ve received three letters from readers complaining about our articles on Kosovo. While this isn’t a groundswell of opinion, we assume that there are other readers out there who share… READ MORE
July 1, 1999
In his article on the U.S. economy in this issue, Doug Henwood quotes from a piece by Thomas Friedman in the New York Times Magazine on March 28, and points… READ MORE
July 1, 1999
John S. Saul is a member of the editorial working group of Southern Africa Report and Colin Leys is co-editor of the Socialist Register; both live in Toronto. The authors… READ MORE
July 1, 1999
Prabhat Patnaik teaches at Jawaharlal Nehru University in India. Two propositions dominated the Marxist perspective in most Asian countries during the period immediately following the Second World War. First, capitalism… READ MORE
June 1, 1999
We celebrated our fiftieth anniversary with a dinner on May 7. It was a really marvellous occasion, and we were delighted to see so many of you there. The space… READ MORE
May 1, 1999
This issue marks our fiftieth anniversary. We’re sure our readers don’t need to be told about the odds against a socialist magazine surviving through this particular half century. We began… READ MORE
April 1, 1999
What a fuss people made about the recent Olympics scandal. You would think the existence of bribery and corruption in the sporting world came as a great revelation, and that… READ MORE
April 1, 1999
Andrew Nash teaches Political Studies at the University of the Western Cape, South Africa. � The Tribal Model of Democracy � In his speech from the dock, at his 1962… READ MORE
April 1, 1999
Patrick Bond teaches at the University of the Witwatersrand Graduate School of Public and Development Management in Johannesburg and is the author of Uneven Zimbabwe: A Study of Finance, Development… READ MORE
March 1, 1999
If the United States has ever had a “welfare state,” Social Security must surely be the heart of it. In the world’s most predatory capitalism, this is the closest thing… READ MORE