Monthly Review Blog

Facing mounting pressure from Europe, Iran moved to reinforce its nuclear position with backing from Russia and China, just days before talks resumed in Istanbul.

The U.S. “Venceremos” brigade, in its 53rd edition made up of members of the LGBTQ+ community, accompanied the presentation of the book that brings together materials (in English) from various authors on the approval and explanation of the Family Code in Cuba,...

Brazil’s collaboration with China has been flourishing. President Lula traveled to Beijing in May for his third bilateral meeting with China’s president, Xi Jinping, since returning to the presidency in 2023, declaring that “our relationship with China will be...

In January 2024 Taiwan's current President Lai Ching-te won the election against two other candidates. (Taiwan has no run off elections.)

The Canadian branch of B'nai B'rith has accused author, activist, and political candidate Yves Engler of genocide denial.

India needs to shed the comfort of diplomacy and not concede the space it has fought so hard to occupy, in response to Trump’s message to U.S. tech giants “to stop hiring in India”.

For the first time in decades, a regional power was militarily assaulted during active negotiations; not for escalating tensions, but rather, in spite of de-escalating them.

France’s nuclear weapons stockpile has remained stable over the past decade and contains approximately 290 warheads for delivery by ballistic missile submarines and aircraft.

A foreign national spoke out against a country he accused of killing his family. After fleeing that country to escape persecution, the U.S. government arrested him and tried to deport him.

As climate collapse accelerates, its unequal impacts reveal the class divisions at its core.

Today, three and a half decades since the parody trial that sent him to the firing squad, Ceausescu seems to take an extraordinary revenge from the counterrevolutionaries who overthrew his power.

As western pundits, politicians and celebrities suddenly pivot to denouncing Israel’s genocidal atrocities after two years of silence, it’s hard to believe that just a few weeks ago we were being told that saying “death to the IDF” is a hate crime.