December 1, 2004
David U. Himmelstein and Steffie Woolhandler practice and teach medicine in Cambridge, Massachusetts. They cofounded Physicians for a National Health Program. � � Even in the United States, some aspects… READ MORE
December 1, 2004
Richard D. Vogel is an independent socialist writer. He has recently completed a book, Stolen Birthright: The U.S. Conquest of the Mexican People. Following a short hiatus in the 1970s,… READ MORE
December 1, 2004
� rising up from nothing�in the dark fields of ourselves.�—Linda Hogan � � A child disappears�in the rubble, light � from the desert moon�a glittering scrap � of cloth from… READ MORE
December 1, 2004
Ellen Leopold is author of A Darker Ribbon: Breast Cancer, Women, and Their Doctors in the Twentieth Century (Beacon Press, 1999). She was an economic policy advisor at the Greater… READ MORE
December 1, 2004
Mark Hudson is a doctoral candidate at the University of Oregon in Eugene, specializing in the political economy of the environment. � � Michael Perelman, The Perverse Economy: The Impact… READ MORE
November 1, 2004
Samir Amin is director of the Third World Forum in Dakar, Senegal. His recent books include Obsolescent Capitalism: Contemporary Politics and Global Disorder (Zed Books, 2004) and The Liberal Virus:… READ MORE
November 1, 2004
Janine Fitzgerald teaches sociology at Fort Lewis College in Durango, Colorado. In 1996 President Clinton signed the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act (PRWORA), to end “welfare as we… READ MORE
November 1, 2004
Tonight as cargoes of my young�fellow countrymen and women are being hauled�into positions aimed at death, positions�they who did not will it suddenly�have to assume�I am thinking of Ed Azevedo�half-awake… READ MORE
October 1, 2004
A note on the text: A version of this biographical essay was originally made available on MR’s website a few days after Paul died and was widely referred to by… READ MORE
October 1, 2004
Michael A. Lebowitz is professor emeritus of economics at Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada and the author of Beyond Capital: Marx’s Political Economy of the Working Class (Palgrave,… READ MORE