Theses on Advertising
July 1, 2013
Originally published in Science & Society 28, no. 1 (Winter 1964: 20–30). � Confronted with a progressive deterioration and an increasing “Americanization” of mass media in Britain, the British Labor… READ MORE
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The Quality of Monopoly Capitalist Society: Culture and Communications
July 1, 2013
This is a hitherto unpublished chapter of Paul A. Baran and Paul M. Sweezy, Monopoly Capital (New York: Monthly Review Press, 1966). The text as published here has been edited… READ MORE
St. Brecht and the Theatrical Stock Exchange
July 1, 2013
This is an abridged version of an article by the same title published in Review1, launched in 1965 as Monthly Review’s literary supplement. Eleanor Hakim was the managing editor of… READ MORE
Communications in Capitalist Society
July 1, 2013
I � In no field do the claims of democratic diversity and free political competition which are made on behalf of the “open societies” of advanced capitalism appear to be… READ MORE
The Existing Alternatives in Communications
July 1, 2013
I. Communications Systemsi � It matters greatly where you start, in thinking about communications. You may start, for instance, in a mood of excitement and even congratulation that at the… READ MORE
Introduction to the Second Edition of The Theory of Monopoly Capitalism
July 1, 2013
The present-day world can only be described to present-day people if it is described as capable of transformation. —Bertolt Brecht1 The Theory of Monopoly Capitalism: An Elaboration of Marxian Political… READ MORE
Notes from the Editors, June 2013
June 1, 2013
The U.S. working class was slow to respond to the hard times it faced during and after the Great Recession. Finally, however, in February 2011, workers in Wisconsin began the… READ MORE
The Rebirth of the Chicago Teachers Union and Possibilities for a Counter-Hegemonic Education Movement
June 1, 2013
Eric (Rico) Gutstein is a professor in Curriculum and Instruction at the University of Illinois-Chicago and is active in the movement against education privatization. He is the author of Reading… READ MORE
Creating a New Model of a Social Union: CORE and the Chicago Teachers Union
June 1, 2013
Robert Bartlett is a high school teacher and was active in the Chicago Teachers Solidarity Campaign preceding and during the strike. � The success of the Chicago Teachers Union (CTU)… READ MORE
Beating the Neoliberal Blame Game: Teacher and Parent Solidarity and the 2012 Chicago Teachers’ Strike
June 1, 2013
Rhoda Rae Gutierrez is a parent of two Chicago Public School students and a parent-activist with Parents 4 Teachers. She is also currently a graduate student in Educational Policy Studies-Social… READ MORE