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Monthly Review was founded in May 1949 with Paul Sweezy and Leo Huberman serving as co-editors. F. O. Matthiessen provided initial funding for the magazine while Albert Einstein contributed an essay to the first issue.
Paul Sweezy faced subpoenas from New Hampshire Attorney General Louis C. Wyman regarding his lecture notes and political beliefs during the McCarthy era. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in his favor in Sweezy v. New Hampshire establishing protections for academic freedom after he refused to answer questions.
Harry Magdoff replaced Leo Huberman on the editorial staff in May 1969 following Huberman's death from a heart attack in 1968. Magdoff brought strong anti-imperialist views shaped by revolutionary events in Cuba, China, and Vietnam to the publication.
John Bellamy Foster has led Monthly Review since May 2000 with Sarah Kramer as assistant editor and Brett Clark as associate editor. He assumed primary responsibilities alongside Robert McChesney in 2000 before taking sole leadership after McChesney left the role in 2004.
Monthly Review Press launched in 1951 after I. F. Stone could not find a publisher for The Hidden History of the Korean War which became the first title offered in 1952. Notable early titles included Paul Baran's The Political Economy of Growth from 1957 and Kwame Nkrumah's Consciencism: Philosophy and Ideology for Decolonization and Development in 1959.