A group of residents on the island of Syros organized the protest and said it was ‘unacceptable’ that Israeli tourists be welcomed as Palestinians suffer from starvation and war in Gaza.
Monthly Review Blog
‘Finally, relief is on its way’: NY to end prison phone fees
Once a crushing cost for families desperate to stay in touch with loved ones behind bars, phone calls will now be covered by the state.
I live in Gaza. Famine is not coming—it’s already here
Gaza has known hunger before. It knows it too well. But how many famines must a people endure before the world remembers they are human?
Revisiting Paul Baran’s ‘The Political Economy of Growth’ for today
For Baran, the key to liberating the former colonies from the stranglehold of rapacious monopolies is not a reordering of international relations, not a campaign for a level international playing field, not alternative market institutions, nor a coalition of...
Black Americans hit hard as medical debt rule tossed
A Trump-appointed federal judge has blocked a key rule that would have removed medical debt from the credit reports of roughly 15 million Americans, dealing a harsh blow to struggling families already burdened by the high cost of health care, particularly Black...
‘The current commercial system will always fail democracy’
CounterSpin interview with Victor Pickard on Paramount settlement.
Palestine and the Commons: Or, Marx and the Musha’a
In 1958 the assistant headmaster did the Bible reading at the morning assembly of the Karachi Grammar School (Pakistan), founded in 1848 by the Church of England. The reading from Acts 17:23 concerned St. Paul’s declaration upon seeing the Athenian monument to an...
Black Agenda Report at the Belt and Road Journalism Forum in China
The 2025 Belt and Road Journalists Forum in China was an opportunity for Black Agenda Report to join an international group of journalists working to promote meaningful dialogue on world issues.
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel facts for kids
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (born August 27, 1770—died November 14, 1831) was an important German philosopher. He is known as one of the main thinkers in German idealism and a key person in modern Western philosophy.
Not knowing the ‘enemy’
I am always amazed how little western governments are aware of their own (lack of) capabilities as well as of the nature and capabilities of their 'enemies'.
The Shadow Gospel & Why Religion Went Obsolete – Book Review(s)
Karl Marx’s description of religion as the ‘opiumof the people,’ in his 1844 A Contribution to the Critique of Hegel’s Philosophy of Right, constitutes one of his most famously misinterpreted statements.
Israel’s genocide is big business–and the face of the future
U.S. corporations and military planners welcome the ‘legal maneuver space’ Israel has opened up for them to profit from warfare that slaughters and starves civilians.