MR, 17/11/08


POSTSCRIPT TO "THE FINANCIALIZATION OF CAPITAL AND THE CRISIS" John Bellamy Foster MONOPOLY-FINANCE CAPITAL AND THE CRISIS Interview of John Bellamy Foster for Norwegian Daily, Klassekampen CAN THE FINANCIAL CRISIS BE REVERSED? Interview of John Bellamy Foster for Página/12 THE THIRD SIDE ALSO EXISTS: Regarding the Likely American Attack on Iran Nasser Zarafshan POSTCARDS FROM IRAN Make Films Not War 17/11/08 Contact Us Submissions About MR Arab Labor: Now Playing on Link TV THE REAL GOAL OF ISRAEL'S BLOCKADE Jonathan Cook The international community's complicity in a policy of collective punishment of Gaza continues. TRACING THE DEVELOPMENT OF ISLAMIC CRIMINAL LAW Kent Schull Rudolph Peters has provided an excellent introduction to the development, doctrine, and practice of Islamic criminal law from the 16th century to the present. INDIA: Fighting Fascism Yoginder Sikand CATS, DOGS, AND CREATIONISM: On Intelligent Design and the Left Jean Bricmont AN OPEN LETTER TO PRESIDENT-ELECT BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA Ardeshir Ommani ELECTION OF BARACK OBAMA: The People's Victory? Or the Elite's? Dan La Botz "SPECIAL" NEW YORK TIMES BLANKETS CITIES WITH MESSAGE OF HOPE AND CHANGE Thousands of Volunteers behind Elaborate Operation OBAMA'S ECONOMIC ADVISORS Patrick Bond MYTH OF THE BLACK-GAY DIVIDE Sherry Wolf ENEMY ALIEN: The Fight to Free Palestinian Activist Farouk Abdel-Muhti Dir. Konrad Aderer YESTERDAY, TODAY, AND TOMORROW Aitzaz Ahsan PALOMA CAUSES DEVASTATION BUT . . . It Is Fortunate That We Have a Revolution María Julia Mayoral OBAMA PICKS BILL AYERS AS SECRETARY OF DEFENSE! Susie Day MARX AND THE CREDIT CRUNCH István Mészáros ISRAEL'S MAN OF THE YEAR ELUDED JUSTICE Mahmoud El-Yousseph SOMALIA, THE THIRD FRONT REVISITED Matthew Blood AFGHAN RESISTANCE IS 'TERRORIST' UNDER CANADIAN LAW, KHAWAJA TRIAL JUDGE RULES Richard Fidler OBAMA'S VICTORY: A Sociological Prayer Michael Dawson "LET US SHED TEARS OF GRATITUDE FOR THIS MOMENT OF GRACE. IT WILL BE BRIEF." Mike Ferner THE END OF THE LIBERTARIAN BUBBLE Jay Rothermel ICELANDERS ARE NOT TERRORISTS MAKING ENVIRONMENTALISM IN POSTSOCIALIST HUNGARY Katrina Schwartz NATIONALISM, GENDER, AND POLITICS IN EGYPT Hale Yilmaz DEMONSTRATIONS IN THE STREETS OF DAMASCUS Almotaz Bellah Hassan IS THE FINANCIAL CRISIS THE ACHILLES HEEL OF CAPITALIST GLOBALIZATION? Interview with Samir Amin SEIZED! The 2008 Land Grab for Food and Financial Security GRAIN EUROPEAN PARANOIA ABOUT NON-EUROPEAN SOVEREIGN WEALTH FUNDS Kavaljit Singh NAWAL EL SAADAWI -- IN DIALOGUE Sara Wajid THE POLITICS OF MALARIA ERADICATION IN THE HOLY LAND Nancy Gallagher NEW AFRICAN RESISTANCE TO GLOBAL FINANCE Patrick Bond PUERTO RICO'S TEACHERS SHOW THE WAY: SEIU Learns the Meaning of "No" Steve Early THE GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS: Will South Africa Be Unscathed? Shawn Hattingh TAKING POLITICS SERIOUSLY: Looking beyond the Election and beyond Elections Robert Jensen and Pat Youngblood THREE MONTHS IN THE WILDERNESS Joel Beinin IT'S OUR TURN NOW: Resistance As If It Really Mattered Mike Ferner RESPONSES FROM THE SOUTH TO THE GLOBAL ECONOMIC CRISIS Caracas, 11 October 2008 INTERMEDIARIES, INTERPRETERS, AND CLERKS Tamba Mbayo IN CRISIS, GERMANS REMEMBER DAS KAPITAL AND GDR Victor Grossman IRAQ: Massive Rally against SOFA CHOREOGRAPHING PERMANENT WAR Aasim Sajjad Akhtar HOW TO THINK ABOUT THE CRISIS Michael Perelman THE MAD ACTIVIST'S DECLARATION OF CODEPENDENCE Susie Day THE WALL STREET COUP AND THE BAILOUT SCAM Ismael Hossein-zadeh RENOUNCING ZIONISM, RECLAIMING HUMANITY Hisham Bustani VENEZUELA'S TRANSITION TO SOCIALISM Herbert Jauch SAME-SEX MARRIAGE: Part 1, "It's Amazing"; Part 2, "Oh, My God!"; Part 3, "What It Is All About" CoolGaydar THE RISE AND FALL OF THE ARAB MIDDLE CLASS IN THE MIDDLE EAST: Between Modernization, Nationalism, and Revolution Eyal Zisser NEOLIBERALISM AND HINDUTVA: Fascism, Free Markets and the Restructuring of Indian Capitalism Shankar Gopalakrishnan SAVING 7 BILLION ENVIRONMENTS Stan Cox VENEZUELA: Crucial Test for Bolivarian Revolution AméricaXXI I HOPE Eduardo Galeano DIKMEN VALLEY: A Story of Resistance from Turkey Leyla Almufti Karadag and Eren Buglalilar DEVELOPING COUNTRIES: Dangerous Times for the Internal Public Debt Éric Toussaint DESPERATE NEED FOR SERIOUS CHANGE IN TRANSATLANTIC FOREIGN POLICY Ali Fathollah-Nejad POLICIES TO "AVOID" ECONOMIC CRISES Rick Wolff TRAVESTY OF TOLERANCE ON DISPLAY: Museum Lays Waste to Ancient Muslim Cemetery Jonathan Cook THE UNFOLDING CRISIS AND THE RELEVANCE OF MARX István Mészáros HUMANITY'S HIGHEST NEED? The Politics of Art and Culture in Syria Jonathan Shannon BETTER LATE THAN NEVER: Modern Turkey Remembers Its Past Leyla Neyzi ON RACISM AND COEXISTENCE IN ACRE Reem Hazzan CAPITALISM AND CLIMATE CHANGE John Bellamy Foster "NEXT YEAR WE'LL GO BACK. . .": The History of Turkish "Guest Workers" in the Federal Republic of Germany Nina Berman EXECUTION OF 47 IN KAFR QASSEM COMMEMORATED Jonathan Cook MULTIPLICITY AT THE HEART OF ASIA: "Chinese Turkestan" in Broad Historical Perspective Morgan Liu CAPITAL. VOLUME ONE Panayiotis T. Manolakos SOLIDARITY FOREVER? Gerald Horne ASIA AND THE MELTDOWN OF AMERICAN FINANCE R. Taggart Murphy MISREPRESENTING THE FINANCIAL CRISIS: It Is Not Lack of Liquidity; It Is Insolvency and Lack of Trust Ismael Hossein-zadeh CAPITALISM CRASHES, POLITICS CHANGES Rick Wolff TO OUR ARAB AND MUSLIM FRIENDS, WE SAY: WE STAND WITH YOU Rebecca, Sydney, Cecilie, Yaman, and Penny, Jewish Voice for Peace WORLD'S LABOR FEDERATIONS REACT TO FINANCIAL CRISIS WITH PROPOSALS FROM RE-REGULATION TO SOCIALISM Dan La Botz BOLIVIA: Congress Approves Referendum on Constitution Benjamin Dangl THE ISRAELI REGIME BETWEEN THE SEA AND THE RIVER Ran Greenstein WHO IS COUNTING THE DEAD IN AFGHANISTAN? Another War Lost Arshin Adib-Moghaddam ISRAEL AND THE FINANCIAL CRISIS Daniel Rosenberg ON THE FINANCIAL CRISIS OF ICELAND Steingrímur J. Sigfússon RUSSIA DRAWS CLOSER TO VENEZUELA Interview with Forrest Hylton READING WHEN AND HOW WAS THE JEWISH PEOPLE INVENTED? Ran Greenstein THE PROBLEM IS CAPITALISM, NOT JUST THE BANKS Rick Kuhn ISRAEL'S "CITY OF COEXISTENCE" SHOWS ITS TRUE COLORS Jonathan Cook MARATHON FOR PEACE 2008 Max Elbaum INDIA'S COMBATIVE ANTI- DISPLACEMENT MOVEMENT David Pugh THE LIFE AND TIMES OF GENORA DOLLINGER Mary Ellen Miller THE DEPRESSION: A Long-Term View Immanuel Wallerstein IRAN: Comprehensive Sustainable Development as Potential Counter-Hegemonic Strategy Mehdi S. Shariati WALL STREET VS MAIN STREET: Finger Pointing vs System Change Rick Wolff HOW THE CRISIS SAVED THE GERMAN RAILROADS Victor Grossman Subscribe to MONTHLY REVIEW! MONTHLY REVIEW ONLINE ARCHIVE for Subscribers Buying at the MR STORE Supports MONTHLY REVIEW! 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