Monthly Review Press: 144 books
Only People Make Their Own History
Writings on Capitalism, Imperialism, and Revolution
Language: English
Release Date: March 25, 2019
A collection of Samir Amin’s ten most influential essays of the 21st century
Radical political economist Samir Amin left behind a cherished oeuvre of Marxist writings. Amin’s intellectual range—from economics to culture—was admirable, and his lessons remain essential. Monthly Review...
by Lelio La Porta, Eric Hobsbawm, Joseph Buttigieg
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2010
“What the future fortunes of [Gramsci’s] writings will be, we cannot know. However, his permanence is already sufficiently sure, and justifies the historical study of his international reception. The present collection of studies is an indispensable foundation for this.” —Eric Hobsbawm, from...
by John Bellamy Foster
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2002
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2002
In recent years John Bellamy Foster has emerged as a leading theorist of the Marxist perspective on ecology. His seminal book Marx's Ecology (Monthly Review Press, 2000) discusses the place of ecological issues within the intellectual history of Marxism and on the philosophical foundations of a Marxist...
by John Bellamy Foster
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2014
In 1966, Paul Baran and Paul Sweezy published Monopoly Capital,
a monumental work of economic theory and social criticism
that sought to reveal the basic nature of the capitalism of their
time. Their theory, and its continuing elaboration by Sweezy, Harry
Magdoff, and others in Monthly Review magazine,...
The Age of Monopoly Capital
Selected Correspondence of Paul M. Sweezy and Paul A. Baran, 1949-1964
Language: English
Release Date: July 24, 2017
The rich correspondence that preceded the publication of Monopoly Capital
Paul A. Baran and Paul M. Sweezy were two of the leading Marxist economists of the twentieth century. Their seminal work, Monopoly Capital: An Essay on the American Economic and Social Order, published in 1966, two years...
The Art of Democracy
A Concise History of Popular Culture in the United States
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2002
"Cullen's strength comes from his understanding of how the different strands of American society intertwine in imaginative, unpredictable ways ... The shape and vitality of pop culture's next era will depend, at least in part, on commentators like Cullen."—Washington Post Book World "A...
by Grace Lee Boggs
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2019
This book provides a concise and instructive review of the revolutions of the twentieth century, with separate chapters on the Russian, Chinese, Guinea-Bissau, and Vietnamese revolutions, in which the authors seek to extract the principle lessons from each of these struggles and the special course...
by Michael D. Yates
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2009
In this new edition of Why Unions Matter, Michael D. Yates shows why unions still matter. Unions mean better pay, benefits, and working conditions for their members; they force employers to treat employees with dignity and respect; and at their best, they provide a way for workers to make society...
Silent Revolution
The Rise And Crisis Of Market Economics In Latin America- 2nd Edition
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2003
"Superb. Combining unassailable analysis with a thorough grasp of economic and political trends, Duncan Green convincingly argues that the region is headed for even greater tragedy unless people move toward more equitable and ecologically sustainable models of economic development."—Walden Bello,...
The Problem of the Media
U.S. Communication Politics in the Twenty-First Century
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2004
The symptoms of the crisis of the U.S. media are well-known—a decline in hard news, the growth of info-tainment and advertorials, staff cuts and concentration of ownership, increasing conformity of viewpoint and suppression of genuine debate. McChesney's new book, The Problem of the Media, gets...
The Vulnerable Planet
A Short Economic History of the Environment
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 1999
From reviews of the first edition (1994): "Extraordinarily well written . . . "--Contemporary Sociology "A readable chronicle aimed at a general audience . . . Graceful and accessible . . . "--Dollars and Sense "Has the potential to be a political bombshell in radical circles around...
Crooked Deals and Broken Treaties
How American Indians were Displaced by White Settlers in the Cuyahoga Valley
Language: English
Release Date: November 22, 2015
Long before the smokestacks and factories of industrial Akron rose from Ohio’s Cuyahoga Valley, the region was a place of tense confrontation. Beginning in the early 19th-century, white settlers began pushing in from the east, lured by the promise of cheap (or free) land. They inevitably came into...
The Endless Crisis
How Monopoly-Finance Capital Produces Stagnation and Upheaval from the USA to China
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2012
The days of boom and bubble are over, and the time has come to understand the long-term economic reality. Although the Great Recession officially ended in June 2009, hopes for a new phase of rapid economic expansion were quickly dashed. Instead, growth has been slow, unemployment has remained high,...
Miseducating for the Global Economy
How Corporate Power Damages Education and Subverts Students’ Futures
Language: English
Release Date: June 26, 2018
All across the United States, corporations, politicians, economists, educators – and now, most remarkably, Ivanka Trump – cry out for new “education for the twenty-first century economy.” Meanwhile, millions of Americans face increasing difficulty finding well paying, secure jobs. But the...