Browse: Home / 2011, Volume 62, Issue 11 (April) / Monopoly and Competition in Twenty-First Century Capitalism Monday August 22nd, 2011 Dear Reader, We place these articles at no charge on our website to serve all the people who cannot afford Monthly Review, or who cannot get access to it where they live. Many of our most devoted readers are outside of the United States. If you read our articles online and you can afford a subscription to our print edition, we would very much appreciate it if you would consider purchasing one. Please visit the MR store for subscription options. Thank you very much. —Eds. John Bellamy Foster, Robert…

  Century of Progress 1933-34 The official poster for the fair. (designed by George B. Petty) A Century of Progress International Exposition was held to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the incorporation of the City of Chicago. Its theme, as given in A Century of Progress Chicago International Exposition of 1933 Statement of its Plan and Purposes and of the Relation of States and Foreign Governments to Them (Chicago, 1933). was to “attempt to demonstrate to an international audience the nature and significance of scientific discoveries, the methods of achieving them, and the changes which their application has wrought in industry and in living conditions.” This was done through exhibits…

9/24/2011 10:43:12 AM Amid this week’s volatile market activity and over economic uncertainty, are we seeing a replay of the 1930s. MarketWatch columnist Mark Hulbert explains.

http://www.history.com/news/2011/09/20/human-skulls-mounted-on-stakes-found-at-stone-age-burial-site/ Published: SEPTEMBER 20, 2011 – By History.com Staff Stone Age hunter-gatherers in southeast Sweden mounted the skulls of their dead on stakes and buried them in a lake, according to a team of archaeologists. The researchers unearthed remains and artifacts estimated to be 8,000 years old—including the skulls of 11 individuals—at a site thought to have served as a ceremonial gathering place. Human Skull at the Kanaljorden Site One of numerous remains and artifacts estimated to be 8,000 years old, a cranium is excavated from a former lake in Motala, Sweden. (Credit: Anna Arnberg) Two years ago, archaeologists found what they believed to be a Stone Age settlement near what was…

The President Dead He Expires At Half-Past Ten Last Night The End Comes Suddenly And Without Warning Gen. Arthur Takes the Oath As President Symptoms That Were Apparently Favorable Followed By Severe Pains In The Heart– Death Ensures In Fifteen Minutes–The President Unconscious–His Wife And Drs. Agnew And Hamilton Hastily Called–The Sudden End Causes Great Surprise, Excitement, And Grief–Official Notice Sent To Vice-President Arthur RELATED HEADLINES All the Doctors Surprised: The President’s Sudden Taking Off Totally Unexpected–What His Attendants Said Early in the Evening–Encouraging Symptoms Which Deceived Everybody The Last Day of Life: Fluctuations In The President’s Condition During the Day–Symptoms That Were Apparently Favorable and Others That Were Unfavorable…

Published: SEPTEMBER 9, 2011 – By History.com Staff Famous Expeditions That Fell Off the Map http://www.history.com/news/2011/09/09/famous-expeditions-that-fell-off-the-map/ The ships that carried John Franklin on his fateful Arctic expedition remain at large after this summer’s search, Canadian officials announced last week. Archaeologists hoped to finally shed light on the demise of Franklin and his crew, who died under mysterious circumstances while exploring the Northwest Passage in the mid-1800s. Find out more about their doomed mission and other famous expeditions that ended in disaster. Franklin Expedition In May 1845, British naval officer and explorer John Franklin led 129 men and two ships into the Canadian Arctic, hoping to chart the sea route known…

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/08/us/sept-11-reckoning/decade.html?_r=1&hp BEFORE The towers in spring 2001. In the decade since, most people absorbed 9/11 and moved on, but there are lingering wisps of its effects everywhere. (KATIE DAY WEISBERGER) Getting Here From There In the years since 2001, neither our worst fears nor our highest hopes have been realized. But what passes for normal has exacted a price. By N. R. KLEINFIELD Published: September 8, 2011   A decade now since the tall towers fell in New York and the Pentagon was gashed open and a diverted plane dropped into a field near Shanksville, Pa., people know where they were when they heard the unheard-of. They were a school bus driver grabbing…

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Two fossil skeletons of early humans appear to mark a halfway stage between primitive “ape-men” and our direct ancestors. A year of detailed study has revealed that the skeletons are a hodgepodge of anatomical features: some bones look almost human while others are chimpanzee-like. The two fossils, an adult female and a juvenile male, were discovered in the Malapa cave system near Johannesburg, South Africa, in 2008. Both about 1.2 metres tall, they are unusually complete and well-preserved and date from 1,977,000 years ago. Excavated by Lee Berger of the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, and colleagues, they were given the name Australopithecus sediba. Australopithecines were early hominids that lived between 4…