Among other problematic issues, the so-called climate provisions of the Inflation Reduction Act allow for more oil drilling on federal lands. Greenwashing and Democratic party duplicity are nothing to celebrate for Black and Indigenous communities.
Monthly Review Blog
Will the Manchin Climate Bill reduce climate pollution?
The media coverage on the Inflation Reduction Act touts its 42% emissions reductions, but we dove into the math and it just doesn’t add up.
Blaming China and other developing countries for climate change ‘is simply racist’
‘Time to call a spade a spade ….’
Sweatships on troubled waters
Luxury cruises are an expression of capitalism’s worst instincts.
Assata Shakur, Black Liberation Struggles and the Cuban Revolution
Former political prisoners have found refuge in the Caribbean-Island socialist state.
My seventy years and the departed GDR
It’s a momentous day! Not for the world–for which it’s nothing special. But for me!
The People’s Steel Plant and the fight against privatisation in Visakhapatnam
The story of the Visakhapatnam Steel Plant is not only a story about its workers. Their resistance, aspirations, and victories are part of a wider canvas that is interwoven with struggles to defend the public sector, confrontations with neoliberalism, and the fight to...
How one spook-run London college department is training the worlds social media managers
Staffed by NATO military officers and former government ministers and notorious for training the West’s top spies, the Department of War Studies at King’s College London is also providing the workforce for many of the largest social media companies. This includes...
EU energy crisis deepens as drought hits electricity output
Sanctions against Russia and Europe's worst drought in 500 years are amplifying the energy crisis in countries such as Italy, France, and Germany.
What do the New York Times, Kiev Independent, Euromaidan Press, Twitter, Facebook, Reddit, and TikTok all have in common?
The social media outlets are an open door to organizations like NATO, military suppliers, and the Atlantic Council, with executives making decisions about what content is allowed to circulate widely on social media and what content is encouraged to support U.S....
How capitalism—not a few bad actors—destroyed the Internet
Twenty-five years of neoliberal political economy are to blame for today’s regime of surveillance advertising, and only public policy can undo it.
A next-level water crisis: Colorado River Basin faces Tier 2 restrictions
The unprecedented move arrives as southwestern states wrangle over how to cut water use.