Monthly Review – Volume 74, Number 9

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Volume 74, Number 9

Contents:

• “Notes from the Editors, February 2023” by The Editors
• REVIEW OF THE MONTH: “The New Irrationalism” by John Bellamy Foster
• “U.S. Economic Planning in the Second World War and the Planetary Crisis” by Martin Hart-Landsberg
• “Half-Earth Socialism and the Path Beyond Capital” by Brian M. Napoletano
• POETRY: “SCOTUS on a roll” by Marge Piercy
• POETRY: “They use their religion to kill” by Marge Piercy
• REVIEW: “Abortion—The Real Irish Lessons” by Tomás Mac Sheoin

About Monthly Review:

Monthly Review began publication in New York City in May 1949. The first issue featured the lead article “Why Socialism?” by Albert Einstein. From the beginning, Monthly Review spoke for a critical but spirited socialism, independent of any political organization. In an era of Cold War repression, the magazine published pioneering analyses of political economy, imperialism, and Third World struggles, drawing on the rich legacy of Marxist thought without being bound to any narrow view or party line. The McCarthy-led inquisition targeted MR‘s original editors, Paul Sweezy and Leo Huberman, who fought back successfully. Against these odds, the magazine’s readership and influence grew steadily, and in 1952, Monthly Review Press published its first title, I. F. Stone’s Hidden History of the Korean War.

In the subsequent 1960s upsurge against capitalism, imperialism, and inequality, MR played a global role. A generation of activists received no small part of their education as subscribers to the magazine and readers of Monthly Review Press books. In the decades since, with the rise of neoliberalism and successive capitalist crises, MR has kept its commitment both to radical critique and to the building of a just economy and society.