Notes from the Editors, December 2007
December 1, 2007
This year marks the 150th anniversary of the birth of Thorstein Veblen, the greatest critic of U.S. capitalism in the early twentieth century and one of the foremost social theorists… READ MORE
Article Subjects and Geography: Marxism
A Guaranteed Annual Income Will Not Work
December 1, 2007
Ken Collier is a retired professor of social work, social policy, and community studies, now living in Red Deer, Alberta, Canada. He began reading MR in 1959 and is a… READ MORE
Reply to Collier
December 1, 2007
See the reply by Ken Collier. Stephen J. Fortunato Jr. Replies Ken Collier raises concerns about increased rent, transportation costs, etc., that surely must be addressed theoretically and pragmatically in… READ MORE
With Thanks to Hans Koning
June 1, 2007
Elizabeth Martinez, who is an activist, university lecturer, and author of six books on social justice struggles in the Americas, was married to Hans Koning in the 1950s. They remained… READ MORE
New Wings for Socialism
April 1, 2007
Michael A. Lebowitz is the author of Beyond Capital: Marx’s Political Economy of the Working Class (Palgrave Macmillan, 2003); Build it Now: Socialism for the Twenty-First Century (Monthly Review Press,… READ MORE
Socialism and the Knowledge Economy: Cuban Biotechnology
December 1, 2006
Dr. Agustín Lage Dávila is director of the Center for Molecular Immunology in Havana, Cuba.�This essay was adapted from Dr. Agustín Lage Dávila, “La economía del conocimiento y el socialismo,”… READ MORE
Cuban Doctors in Pakistan: Why Cuba Still Inspires
November 1, 2006
Aasim Sajjad Akhtar (amajid [at] comsats.net.pk) is a political activist associated with the People’s Rights Movement (PRM), a confederation of working-class struggles. He also teaches colonial history and political economy… READ MORE
The Necessity of Planning: In Honor of Harry Magdoff
October 1, 2006
István Mészárosis author of Socialism or Barbarism: From the “American Century” to the Crossroads (Monthly Review Press, 2001) and Beyond Capital: Toward a Theory of Transition (Monthly Review Press, 1995)…. READ MORE
‘Let the Dialectic Continue!’
October 1, 2006
William K. Tabb (william.tabb [at] gmail.com) taught economics at Queens College for many years, and economics, political science, and sociology at the Graduate Center of the City University of New… READ MORE