Monthly Review Blog

The relevance of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s most famous work today on its centennial.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced on March 2 that “Israel has decided to stop letting goods and supplies into Gaza,” where the ongoing Israeli genocide, with the loyal backing of the United States, has officially killed more than 51,000 Palestinians...

On March 30, a lynch mob led by neo-Nazi paramilitaries flew the Israel flag as it demanded Haitian workers be expelled from the Dominican Republic. The episode reveals the disturbing connections between the Dominican right-wing and Israel.

It’s a historic anniversary that the U.S. ruling class and its allies around the world wish we would forget.

On a stormy August night in 1791, Dutty Boukman (1767–1791) and Cécile Fatiman (1771–1883) conducted a Vodou ceremony at Bois Caïman in northern Saint-Domingue, in the French-owned part of Hispaniola.

On April 17, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau sent termination notices to approximately 1,500 of its workers—these mass layoffs represent a nearly 90% cut to the agency.

Caused by a parasite which is spread by infected mosquitoes, malaria has killed billions during thousands of years of human history.

By creating a spreadsheet, Georgetown Law students sparked national headlines, along with PR headaches and staffing challenges inside the world's most powerful firms.

Francis’ Cuban saga began in March 2014, when he wrote personal letters to Barack Obama and Raúl Castro. He offered the Vatican as neutral ground for discreet dialogue, which took place sometimes in public and sometimes in absolute confidentiality. He did so without...

Since its initial organizational expression in 1900, the phrase Pan-Africanism has been expressed in many different forms.

Trumpism thrives on the arms race for our eyes and ears. Chris Hayes knows how to get out of it.

For the first time in 81 years, the U.S. denied Mexico’s request to supply water from the Colorado River to Tijuana.