High in the Andes
January 1, 2010
James McEnteer ([email protected]) is the author of Shooting the Truth: the Rise of American Political Documentaries (Praeger). His book about the LAPD, Acting Like It Matters, needs a caring publisher…. READ MORE
Article Subjects and Geography: Inequality
The Assassination of Fred Hampton by the FBI and Chicago Police, Forty Years Later
December 1, 2009
Civil rights lawyer Jeffrey Haas, a founder, in 1969, of Chicago’s People’s Law Office, has written one of the top books of the year: The Assassination of Fred Hampton: How… READ MORE
The Resistable Rise and Predictable Fall of the U.S. Supermax
November 1, 2009
Stephen F. Eisenman is professor of art history at Northwestern University and the editor and principle author of Nineteenth Century Art (New York: Thames & Hudson). Throughout 2008–09, Eisenman worked… READ MORE
Unions Must Move Left, They Have No Alternative
September 1, 2009
Bill Fletcher, Jr. and Fernando Gapasin, Solidarity Divided (Berkeley: University of California Press, 2008), 324 pages, $17.95, paper. David Bacon (dbacon.igc.org) is a California writer and documentary photographer. He was… READ MORE
The Penal State in an Age of Crisis
June 1, 2009
Hannah Holleman is a graduate student in sociology at the University of Oregon and a frequent contributor to Monthly Review. Robert W. McChesney is the Gutgsell Endowed Professor in the… READ MORE
Don’t Pity the Poor Immigrants, Fight Alongside Them
June 1, 2009
David Bacon, Illegal People: How Globalization Creates Migration and Criminalizes Immigrants (Boston: Beacon Press, 2008), 261 pages, $25.95, hardcover. Michael D. Yates is associate editor of Monthly Review. His many… READ MORE
Notes from the Editors, April 2009
April 1, 2009
It is now universally recognized that the U.S. economy is experiencing a deep downturn unlike anything seen since the 1930s. Hence, the question continually arises: How close is this to… READ MORE
What Race Has to Do With It
March 1, 2009
Bill Ayers is Distinguished Professor of Education and Senior University Scholar at the University of Illinois at Chicago and recently author of Fugitive Days (Beacon, 2008). Bernardine Dohrn is director… READ MORE
A Radical Vision for Today’s Labor Movement: The Importance of Internationalism and Civil Rights
February 1, 2009
David Bacon is a west coast writer and photographer, and former factory worker and union organizer. His most recent book is Illegal People: How Globalization Creates Migration and Criminalizes Immigrants… READ MORE
A Nation Built on the Hierarchy of Race A Practical Guide to Beating White Supremacy
October 1, 2008
Fernando E. Gapasin is a former professor of industrial relations and Chicano/a studies. He was the primary researcher for the development of the AFL-CIO’s Union Cities program. He has forty… READ MORE