Monthly Review Blog

The U.S. assault on Venezuela did not begin on 3 January 2026–but the bombing of the country and the kidnapping of President Nicolás Maduro Moros and Cilia Flores once again lay bare Washington’s contempt for sovereignty and international law.

On Monday, Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro made his first public statements before a New York court following his abduction by U.S. military special forces in an attack carried out on Venezuelan territory two days prior. President Maduro declared himself a...

Some Oregon birdwatchers say this spring was strangely quiet–and the data backs that up.

Will the U.S. and Russia abandon all nuclear restraints?

Trump’s removal of President Nicolás Maduro could tilt international court proceedings and provide a windfall to corporate plaintiffs.

CounterSpin interview with Mitch Jones on AI vs. environment.

In 2025, tens of thousands of pro-Palestine activists joined Die Linke, hoping to change the party’s direction. What chance do they have of winning?

The 47th Summit of the Association of Southeast Asia Nations (ASEAN), held in Malaysia in October 2025, was a pivotal moment in the ongoing attempts by the United States to redefine the socioeconomic trajectory of Southeast Asia. While much analysis of the Summit has...

Bankers from London to New York have made a killing off the drug trade for hundreds of years. From the Opium Wars of the British Empire to the U.S. wars in Vietnam and Afghanistan and interventions across Latin America—the drug trade has been a core element to Western...

On Jan. 3, 2026, the Trump administration carried out one of the most brazen acts of imperialist aggression seen in Latin America in decades. U.S. forces invaded Venezuela and seized its elected president, Nicolás Maduro, along with Cilia Flores.

In early November 2024, something historic happened in Spain.

Defending it is our urgent task in the year to come, speech itself our instrument.