The Illusions of Empire
June 1, 2004
Bashir Abu-Manneh teaches English at Barnard College. This article is an abridged version of his introduction to a symposium he edited on Michael Hardt’s and Antonio Negri’s Empire (Harvard University… READ MORE
Article Subjects and Geography: Imperialism
Notes from the Editors, May 2004
May 1, 2004
Although private corporations under capitalism have always been heavily involved in promoting war, the direct role played by the private sector in the prosecution of war has traditionally been quite… READ MORE
Rice Imperialism: The Agribusiness Threat to Third World Rice Production
February 1, 2004
Matthew Clement is a graduate student in sociology at the University of Houston. He is a volunteer with the nonprofit, Urban Harvest, and is a founder of the student-run economic/… READ MORE
U.S. Imperial Strategy in the Middle East
February 1, 2004
Gilbert Achcar lived in Lebanon before moving to France where he teaches politics and international relations at the University of Paris-VIII. He is the author of The Clash of Barbarisms:… READ MORE
Notes from the Editors, January 2004
January 1, 2004
Historical materialists are not prophets; they do not predict the future course of history. They are concerned rather with the present as history. This fundamental principle of Marxist thought is… READ MORE
Notes from the Editors, December 2003
December 1, 2003
» Notes from the Editors On October 27, 2003, the New York Times ran a guest column on its Op-Ed page by David L. Kirp entitled “How Much for That Professor?”… READ MORE
U.S. Hegemony: Continuing Decline, Enduring Danger
December 1, 2003
Richard B. Du Boff is Professor Emeritus of Economics, Bryn Mawr College. “Global hegemony” might be defined as a situation in which one nation-state plays a predominant role in organizing,… READ MORE
Kipling, the ‘White Man’s Burden,’ and U.S. Imperialism
November 1, 2003
We are living in a period in which the rhetoric of empire knows few bounds. In a special report on “America and Empire” in August, the London-based Economist magazine asked… READ MORE
Africa: Imperialism Goes Naked
November 1, 2003
Sarah Bracking lectures in politics and development at the Institute of Development Policy and Management, University of Manchester. She is a member of the Review of African Political Economy editorial… READ MORE
Latin America and Underdevelopment
October 1, 2003
This is a slightly abridged version of a speech delivered by Leo Huberman to the Methodist Student Christian Citizenship Seminar on Latin America,on February 4,1964. It is being published here… READ MORE