At least 38 people, including five paramedics, were killed by the U.S. bombing of the Ras Isa port in Hodeidah.
Monthly Review Blog
Waiting for a new Bandung spirit: The Sixteenth Newsletter (2025)
After many decades of stasis, we see the growth of a ‘new mood’ in the Global South. Though only a hint of a new possibility, it holds tremendous democratic potential, with sovereignty at its centre.
Trump orders purge of Black History from Smithsonian, targets African American Museum
The executive order is chillingly titled “Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History.” It declares that the Smithsonian, once a symbol of “American excellence,” has become tainted by narratives that portray “American and Western values as inherently harmful and...
Trump’s inverted view of America’s tariff history
Donald Trump’s tariff policy has thrown markets into turmoil among his allies and enemies alike.
How the Trump administration is using civil rights complaints over ‘antisemitism’ to end DEI and quash dissent on Palestine
The Trump administration's recent investigation of 60 schools for "antisemitic discrimination" appeared to target campus protests. But, a closer look shows it was driven by pro-Israel groups' use of civil rights law to push a broad right-wing agenda.
Communist-led Kerala soon to become India’s first state free of extreme poverty
A targeted program has been undertaken to develop sustainable livelihoods for thousands of families suffering under extreme poverty.
Harvard’s rejection of Trump’s authoritarian demands and the fight to defend academic freedom and democratic rights
On Monday, Harvard University president Alan Garber announced the university would not comply with the Trump administration’s demands to crush political opposition, hand over control of critical departments to government oversight and generally establish a reign of...
No, Marco Rubio, Cuban doctors are not victims of ‘forced labor’
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio wants to end Cuba’s international medical brigades, which have provided essential healthcare to millions of people across the globe.
Israel is about to empty Gaza
The Israeli government, backed by the Trump administration, is laying the groundwork for the full expulsion of Palestinians from Gaza, a move that has the potential to ignite a regional conflagration.
NATO was founded to crush communist, socialist, and anti-colonial movements worldwide
NATO was never a good idea gone wrong. It was founded to crush communist, socialist, and anti-colonial movements in Europe and around the world.
Political policing in Canada
The attack on the Indigo 11 is part of a systematic effort to disrupt and contain the growing Palestine solidarity movement.
Iraq – Rising temperatures increasing poverty and unemployment
The contradiction in the geographical distribution of Iraq's population precisely reflects the contradiction in the distribution of wealth in capitalist society.