Monthly Review Blog

Most of the Impressionist artists were from comfortable, if not wealthy, families. This relative privilege coloured their attitudes to contemporary events.

As sociologists, we know that Marx’s ideas are not only still relevant today but that they resonate with the views that many of us hold. For this reason, I thought it might be useful to once again offer some examples of how Marx’s social commentary is much more...

While Justices Thomas and Alito dissented in Obergefell in 2015, the broad public support that both parties once embraced has now waned among Republicans.

Surveys put the leftist candidate ahead of Cuomo, Sliwa and Adams.

Roger D. Harris and Joe Emersberger trace how U.S. imperialist strategy, from fake drug charges to naval deployments, sets the stage for an attack on Venezuela’s leadership.

Jay Murphy reviews “Ghassan Kanafani: Selected Political Writings,” a collection of newly translated essays by the influential Palestinian philosopher, author, and activist.

You may find this to be both surprising and troubling given what is usually taught about Marx in most high school social studies classes.

"No society can survive when one man becomes a trillionaire while the working class struggles to survive," the democratic socialist senator said.

Donald Trump’s tariffs however serve a broader objective: they are like a military intervention, or a coup d’etat or a terrorist attack, to make nations bend to his will. Indian garment exporters for instance are being hit by 50 per cent tariffs not for the protection...

From racialized redistricting to MAGA backlash, the collapse of U.S. democracy isn’t just about gerrymandering—it’s baked into our electoral system. Proportional ranked choice voting may be the only way out.

On Sept. 2, President Trump released grainy footage of a speedboat erupting into flames on the high seas. Eleven alleged Venezuelan “narco-terrorists” had been vaporized, he announced triumphantly. No trial, no evidence, no due process — just a fireball and a press...

On the evening of September 4, Chicanos from East Los Angeles mobilized to disrupt a local town hall hosted by racist, right-wing Los Angeles District Attorney Nathan Hochman at a Chicano restaurant called East Los Tacos.