Monthly Review Blog

The phrase “juntos somos más fuertes,” meaning “together we are stronger,” encapsulates the message of the Peoples Power Assembly’s car caravan held on July 12. 

Big tech companies continue to spend massive amounts of money building ever more powerful generative AI (artificial intelligence) systems and ever-larger data centers to run them, all the while losing billions of dollars with no likely pathway to profitability. 

Big tech companies continue to spend massive amounts of money building ever more powerful generative AI (artificial intelligence) systems and ever-larger data centers to run them, all the while losing billions of dollars with no likely pathway to profitability. 

The Detroit Opera has cancelled its season-opening production of The Girl of the Golden West (La fanciulla del West) by Giacomo Puccini.

War is like Janus: it has more than one face.

Julian Assange joined at least 90,000 and as many as 300,000 people who marched across Australia’s most famous bridge on Sunday to protest Israel’s genocide in Gaza.

This interview was conducted for the journal 马克思主义与现实 (Marxism and Reality), where it was published earlier this year. Marxism Wang Jing: Why did you grow up to be a Marxist? Could you briefly introduce your personal experience and academic career? Vijay Prashad: I...

A new report from the Prison Policy Initiative reveals how President Donald Trump’s administration is driving mass deportation by secretly using local jails—even in places with sanctuary policies—to detain immigrants.

Hasty rulings on cases in the Supreme Court’s growing ‘shadow docket’ have fundamentally altered United States governance.

A new report from the Prison Policy Initiative reveals how President Donald Trump’s administration is driving mass deportation by secretly using local jails—even in places with sanctuary policies—to detain immigrants.

Hasty rulings on cases in the Supreme Court’s growing ‘shadow docket’ have fundamentally altered United States governance.

This post provides context to today’s news (July 31st 2025) of Donald Trump’s ‘25% tariff plus penalty’ announcement on India. For a background of Indian ruling class’ response to trade pressure from the Trump administration, see What Explain’s India’s Response to...