Notes from the Editors, April 2004
April 1, 2004
This is the fourth in a continuing series of special issues on the economy to which we have devoted the magazine each April since 2001. In the first of these,… READ MORE
Article Subjects and Geography: Political Economy
The Stagnation of Employment
April 1, 2004
Except in times of war, capitalist economies almost never reach full employment. The mere absence of jobs for those desiring paid employment, however, is not necessarily a problem for the… READ MORE
Disposable Workers: Today’s Reserve Army of Labor
April 1, 2004
Fred Magdoff is professor of plant and soil science at the University of Vermont in Burlington. He is author of numerous scientific articles; coauthor, with Harold van Es, of Building… READ MORE
New Economy R.I.P.
April 1, 2004
Sasha Lilley is a producer of the program “Against the Grain” on Pacifica Radio’s KPFA and research coordinator at CorpWatch. Doug Henwood, After the New Economy (New York: The New… READ MORE
The Escalating War Against Corporate Media
March 1, 2004
This article is a revised and abridged version of chapter 7 from Robert W. McChesney, The Problem of the Media: U.S. Communication Politics in the Twenty-First Century (Monthly Review Press,… READ MORE
The Right Not to Work: Power and Disability
March 1, 2004
Sunny Taylor was home-schooled for most of her education and is now studying for her BA in art and social theory. She began painting at an early age and has… READ MORE
NAFTA’s Knife: Class Warfare Across the U.S.-Mexico Border
March 1, 2004
Bill Fletcher, Jr. is president of TransAfrica Forum, a Washington, D.C.-based organizing and education center formed to raise awareness in the United States of issues facing the nations and peoples… READ MORE
A Precarious Existence: The Fate of Billions?
February 1, 2004
Fred Magdoff is professor of plant and soil science at the University of Vermont in Burlington. He is author of numerous scientific articles; coauthor, with Harold van Es, of Building… READ MORE
Poverty and Inequality in the Global Economy
February 1, 2004
Michael D. Yates is associate editor of Monthly Review. He was for many years professor of economics at the University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown. He is author of Longer Hours,… READ MORE
The U.S. Prison State
February 1, 2004
Marilyn Buck is a political prisoner serving an eighty-year sentence. She may be contacted at: Marilyn Buck, #00482-285, FCI Dublin Unit B, 5701 8th St. Camp Parks, Dublin, CA 94568…. READ MORE