A little after 2 am Venezuela time on January 3, 2026, in violation of Article 2 of the United Nations Charter, the United States began an attack on several sites in the country, including Caracas, the capital. Residents awoke to loud noises and flashes, as well as...
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We greet the New Year with optimism: The First Newsletter (2026)
As we enter the new year amid wars and deepening economic and environmental crises, we must turn frustration into a politics of possibility. Our New Development Theory sets out a path forward.
Corporate interests are driving Colorado River to near-collapse
Restructuring the agriculture system to grow crops and raise livestock that thrive in a drier climate is the first logical step to reducing water consumption.
Nonprofits purge websites of diversity language in futile attempt to appease MAGA inquisitors
Ellis Simani found that over a thousand nonprofits had removed or minimized language tied to race, inequity and historically disadvantaged communities in their mission statements, with some also scrubbing DEI language from their websites, job titles and, in some...
Jason Garcia: Florida may enact a bounty hunter law to reduce abortions
Jason Garcia, a veteran investigative reporter in Florida, reports on the ongoing scandals in the Sunshine State.
2025 saw the most significant political shift toward Palestinian rights in U.S. history
In 2025, there was notable momentum in both the Democratic and Republican parties toward substantive change in U.S. policy on Palestine.
Zionist Brent Bozell confirmed as Trump’s Ambassador to South Africa
He's vowed to press Pretoria to "end" its genocide case against Israel.
Who Paid the Pipers of Western Marxism? Gabriel Rockhill in Conversation with John Bellamy Foster and Ali Kadri
On December 11, 2025, the Critical Theory Workshop hosted an online book launch and discussion in celebration of Gabriel Rockhill’s Who Paid the Pipers of Western Marxism?, published by Monthly Review Press. Rockhill was joined in conversation by Ali Kadri and Monthly...
The Alliance of Sahel States launches unified military force and strengthens regional security
A historic turning point in Sahelian sovereignty, as Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger bolstered their regional security through a unified military force and in the same week held its second AES summit.
A thesis confirmed: Epstein, Dershowitz and the Israel Lobby
The list for Jeffrey E. Epstein, figure of cosmic social and political influence in the United States, is long.
An outrageous assault on the Indian Constitution
The Indian Constitution which emerged from the anti-colonial struggle took the “nation”, consisting of its people, as its starting point; the government under the Constitution is supposed to serve this “nation”.
Fanon, Gaza and the anxieties of empire
This radical supplement to the editorial of ROAPE’s Fanon special issue raises awareness of how Fanon’s ideas, in the year of his centenary, continue to provoke fear and anxiety within the Western imperialist political establishment, especially as his work gains...











