Monthly Review Blog

Militarism is an essential feature of contemporary capitalism, and targeting this malign partnership in economies of war, genocide and dispossession, has to be the immediate priority.

A Strategic Blunder Disguised as Strength.

The U.S. has tried to use economic and military pressure to maintain a dominant position in Asia, but the rise of China and the region’s agenda have made it increasingly difficult.

Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel celebrated the overwhelming support of the international community at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), where 165 member states rejected the U.S. blockade against Cuba.

All sorts of threats are being invoked to justify this step up in militarisation, especially a Russian threat.

The genocide in Gaza, the threat to Venezuela, and the targeting of Iran are not isolated crises. They are coordinated fronts in a single war effort attempting to enforce imperial dominance.

Both Catherine Connolly and Michael D are unabashedly left-wing, absorbed by the struggle for people to live with dignity in Ireland itself and gripped by severe global challenges, particularly those posed by U.S. imperialism.

German-born Karl Marx might well be the most prominent philosopher and economist to have elaborated on a capitalism that created a class system. Yet, Germany is moving from the denial of class towards a “rediscovery” of class.

In response, the Venezuelan government has mobilized the Bolivarian Militia, enlisting 3 million more members to raise the number of this branch of the military to 8 million. Venezuela has also reinforced its borders and launched massive military drills to confront...

Opposition to data centres has been rapidly spreading internationally due to their fast-growing resource demands. DCs have been proliferating, driven by the popularity of artificial intelligence.

A State Department cable, leaked to Reuters and dated October 2, reveals the strategy: to link the resolution on the blockade to the war in Ukraine and present Cuba as a threat to regional peace.

Over 6 million citizens are ready to defend the Bolivarian Revolution against any threat.