Monthly Review Blog

Collective work and the new consultation processes are examples of how Chávez’s vision lives on in this politicized community.

A billboard in Montgomery, Alabama, has ignited a storm of backlash after displaying the words “It’s Time to Get the Clowns Out!” alongside images of people in racist blackface, all framed in the branding of Donald Trump’s “Make America Great Again” slogan.

The communist movement in Palestine and Israel is as old as the twentieth century upheavals that reshaped the Middle East.

Minister Padrino urged the White House to “carefully consider its actions,” warning that its “miscalculations” could lead to a global conflict.

The debate over transgender identity and ideology would make a great lesson in covering controversial social issues, an important part of the job of journalism instructors. Such teaching wouldn’t be advocacy, except perhaps advocacy for the clear thinking necessary...

This dead-end has to be located in a historical context.

Big tech, ever on the hunt for new markets for their generative AI systems, are pushing hard to get them into U.S. public schools as well as colleges and universities. Their interest goes beyond short term profits—it is also about “grooming” a new generation to...

MAGA Republicans have shut down the government once again after lawmakers failed to strike a deal to keep the lights on, leaving hundreds of thousands of workers without pay and millions of Americans facing the possibility of losing affordable health care.

7 October 2025 will mark the second anniversary of Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza. At least 66,000 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza during this time–30 out of every 1,000 people.

UNRWA and the ICRC warn of catastrophic conditions in Gaza, where over 100 Palestinians are killed daily alongside famine deaths, as Israel’s assault pushes the death toll past 66,000.

Administration hardliners Stephen Miller and Marco Rubio are said to be pressing for military actions inside Venezuela, citing unproven counternarcotics claims.