books by Monthly Review Press     books:       Critique of Intelligent Design: Materialism versus Creationism from Antiquity to the Present4 reviews John Bellamy Foster, Brett Clark, ... Monthly Review Press, 2008 Very Intelligently Designed - Buy It Now! Finally, a much-needed essay by a bunch of godless guys. Thank God! It is very unlikely that Critique of Intelligent Design will attract folks who believe that Jesus wakes up every day in Heaven to ghostwrite the great book of nature down here on Earth. However, those of us who are at least a little skeptical about this notion will find Critique of Intelligent Design by John Bellamy Foster, ...             Discourse on Colonialism9 reviews Aimé Césaire, Joan Pinkham, ... Monthly Review Press, 2001 good perception I read Cesaire's 'discours sur le colonialisme' in one afternoon at a coffe place and it was captivating in how intellectually he wrote, with tinges of attitude in the words. A lot of the things he wrote about I already knew from studying a lot about Africa before and what ethnocentricism vs. ethno relativism means when applying yourself and perceptions of other cultures. This book is as ...             Why Unions Matter5 reviews Michael D. Yates Monthly Review Press, 1998 Another Important Michael Yates Book Over the past decade, economist Michael Yates has written a number of books for working people -- "Power on the Job," "The Labor Law Handbook," "Longer Hours, Fewer Jobs: Employment and Unemployment in the United States" and now "Why Unions Matter." Yates manages to write in a clear readable style and, at the same time, talk about complex matters. He is also one of the very few nonlawyers who ...             The Challenge and Burden of Historical Time: Socialism in the Twenty-First Century Istvan Meszaros, John Bellamy Foster Monthly Review Press, 2008 Today Meszaros's theoretical insights are becoming a material force, gripping the masses through various world-historical developments, including the Bolivarian Revolution of Venezuela s President Hugo Chavez. John Bellamy Foster, author of Marx s Ecology Istvan Meszaros illuminates the path ahead. He points to the central argument we must make in order . . . to take to the offensive throughout the world in moving toward socialism. Hugo ...             The Political Economy of Media: Enduring Issues, Emerging Dilemmas3 reviews Robert McChesney Monthly Review Press, 2008 A sharply worded critique of how journalism has decayed Robert W. McChesney (Professor in the Department of Communication, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign) presents The Political Economy of the Media: Enduring Issues, Emerging Dilemmas, a sharply worded critique of how journalism has decayed in today's modern, overly commercialized culture. On the bright side, an emerging media reform movement has arrived in response to the degraded ability of ...             The Problem of the Media: U.S. Communication Politics in the Twenty-First Century7 reviews Robert McChesney Monthly Review Press, 2004 Extraordinary Extremely well researched. McChesney has been a key figure in the "media debate" and he approaches the subject with knowledge and objectivity. His disciplined, almost scientific investigation is an example of non-partisan coverage of a crucial issue. If only a few politicians were as concerned with the public interest as McChesney, we would be in a better world. I am a Mexican citizen so I ...             Open Veins of Latin America: Five Centuries of the Pillage of a Continent40 reviews Eduardo Galeano Monthly Review Press, 1997 Beautifully Written, Visceral And Timeless. "Open Veins Of Latin America" has not lost its importance in almost 40 years of circulation, today more than ever, Eduardo Galeano's poetic journey through the history and suffering of Latin America is a vital work of scholarship and observation, it is a record of how the Americas were born and grew. From the Spanish Conquest to the Cuban Revolution and beyond, Galeano touches on nearly every key ...             Anarchism: From Theory to Practice10 reviews Daniel Guerin, Noam Chomsky, ... Monthly Review Press, 1970 Best slim volume intro out there I read this book in a day, and filled the margins with many, many notes, something I rarely do. Clearly, Gruien doesn't cover every aspect of Anarchism, but for a brief introduction to Proudhon, Bakhunin and Kropotkin, it is the best out there. And, our very own American Anarchist Noam Chomsky did the introduction, which is just as good as anything in the book (Hell, his intro is half the reason ...             The Politics of Immigration: Questions and Answers2 reviews Jane Guskin, David L. Wilson Monthly Review Press, 2007 Excellent myth-busting, informed, easy-to-read study of US immigration policies & issues If you have always wanted to find out the real scoop behind issues like the integration of undocumented immigrants into the US work force & their effect on the US economy (do they really "steal jobs"? are they "taking jobs Americans don't want"?), what actual legal rights immigrants do and don't have, whether out-of-status ("illegal") immigrants pay taxes (hint: they do), what effects "closed ...             Lenin and Philosophy and Other Essays1 review Louis Althusser Monthly Review Press, 2001 One of the best! This is an excellent text if you are interested in having your reality turned on its head. I have used this reference in almost every paper I have written since beginning my path down the winding road of critical theory. I recommend it to anyone who thinks about why we think the way we do, anyone interested in hegemony, and anyone who thinks something is wrong with our world but s/he feels s/he ...             More Unequal: Aspects of Class in the United States1 review Michael D. Yates Monthly Review Press, 2007 These down-to-earth writings are sure to resonate with anyone concerned about the dynamics of wealth and class in America Edited by Michael D. Yates (associate editor of "Monthly Review"), More Unequal: Aspects of Class in the United States is an anthology of essays by educated authors concerning issues of class, income, home ownership, access to health care, and power stratification in current American society and its recent history. Individual essays discuss race and class in New Orleans both before and after ...             Build It Now: Socialism for the Twenty-First Century3 reviews Michael A. Lebowitz Monthly Review Press, 2006 A welcome and much needed contribution to the national dialogue "Build it Now: Socialism For the Twenty-First Century" by Michael A. Lebowitz (Professor Emeritus of Economics, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, Canada) offers readers an informed and compelling analysis of socialism adapted to the socio-economic and international political changes that are a part of the 21st century. Articulate, persuasive, and exhibiting a realistic optimism, Professor ...             Unity and Struggle: Speeches and Writings2 reviews Amilcar Cabral Monthly Review Press, 1979 Review of Amilcar Cabral's Seminal Work on Liberation This book is currently out-of-print, it details the thoughts of Amilcar Cabral a central leader of the revolution in Guinea-Bissau. I was personally introduced to this book by a comrade who spent a number of years in the Long Kesh prisons in Belfast. The Republican prisoners studied this book and he still reads a little most mornings to give him daily inspiration.             Violence Today: Actually Existing Barbarism? (Socialist Register) Leo Panitch, Colin Leys Monthly Review Press, 2008 Amidst the carnage of the First World War, Rosa Luxemburg posed a stark choice for humanity: socialism or barbarism. Violence Today asks if current patterns mark a decent into the barbarism that Luxemburg feared and if a just society, one capable of transcending the endemic violence of the neoliberal order, is possible in the new century. This powerful and provocative new collection explores the roots of violence ? military, terrorist, ...             The Poverty of Theory and Other Essays1 review E. P. Thompson Monthly Review Press, 1980 Invigorating socialist criticism "The Poverty of Theory" is a collection of essays by E.P. Thompson, the famous British socialist historian. It contains four essays, of which the first one, for which the collection is named, spans about half the book. This essay, "The Poverty of Theory: Or an Orrery of Errors", is a 200-ish page demolishing of Althusser and the Althusserian tendency within socialist theory. With excellent ...             Marx's Ecology: Materialism and Nature5 reviews John Bellamy Foster Monthly Review Press, 2000 Marx as ecologist In "Marx's Ecology," John Bellamy Foster defies conventional green thinking by raising the banner of materialism rather than spirituality in the fight to save the planet and humanity from ecological ruin. In addition to restoring materialism to its proper place, Foster also shows that ecological questions were central not only to Marx, but other Marxists such as Bebel and Bukharin. By ...             The World We Wish to See: Revolutionary Objectives in the Twenty-First Century Samir Amin, James Membrez Monthly Review Press, 2008 The World We Wish to See presents a sweeping view of twentieth-century political history and a stirring appeal to take political organization seriously. Amin offers provocative analysis of contemporary resistance to neoliberalism, while boldly calling for a new global movement, an internationalism of peoples, to challenge the current order and fashion a better world. Throughout the last century, great revolutions, the communist and socialist ...             Humanitarian Imperialism: Using Human Rights to Sell War3 reviews Jean Bricmont Monthly Review Press, 2007 superlative book The adoption of the humanitarian war rationale has had a particularly damaging effect on what remains of the Left in Western countries; one of the basic tenets for Leftists should have been to oppose imperial wars, and it has been disconcerting to witness the adoption of the human rights lingo to either co-cheerlead wars, accept portions of the rationale for war or simply to demonstrate ...             Understanding the Venezuelan Revolution: Hugo Chavez Talks to Marta Harnecker2 reviews Hugo Chavez, Marta Harnecker, ... Monthly Review Press, 2005 VIVA VENEZUELA!!!!! This is a great book to find the real truth behind the Venezuelan Revolution, unlike the rich media in the US that constantly bombards the American public with imperialistic views. While the Bush administration, a plutocracy, is willing to do just about anything in order to avoid a new electoral victory by Hugo Chávez on December 3, 2006, Venezuela continues to implement reforms aimed at ...             Hungry for Profit: The Agribusiness Threat to Farmers, Food, and the Environment Fred Magdoff, John Bellamy Foster, ... Monthly Review Press, 2000 Millions go hungry every year in both poor and rich nations, yet hundreds of thousands of peasants and farmers continue to be pushed off the land. Applied in increasing volumes, chemical pesticides and synthetic fertilizers deplete the soil, pollute our food and water, and leave crops more vulnerable to pest outbreaks. The new and expanding use of genetically engineered seeds threatens species diversity. 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