Our rulers want us dumb, distracted, vapid and dissociated. And they definitely don’t want us feeling the horror, grief and rage we should all be experiencing in response to this nightmare of a civilization they have designed for us.
Monthly Review Blog
The interrogation of Richard Falk: When speaking truth becomes a “National Security Threat”
Richard Falk has spent the better part of a century inside the world’s most serious rooms: the United Nations, the International Court of Justice, the international legal tribunals where the language of war, occupation, and human rights is hammered into shape.
Emission reductions: Promises, promises, promises
COP30 meets ten years after the Paris Agreement, and Earth is warming faster than ever.
Uneven development without social relations—The trouble with Nievas and Piketty’s unequal exchange
Why do market-centric fixes for “unequal exchange” fall short? Sidelining social relations and production power turns colonialism into a pricing problem—and hides the mechanisms that keep uneven development in place.
White House insiders knew of 2020 Venezuela coup in advance, files show
Documents released by a federal court provide new and disturbing details of Trump associates’ attempt to orchestrate a coup against a government they clearly did not understand.
Chaos: The Trump Doctrine for Latin America
The U.S., under Trump, is unapologetically an empire operating without pretense.
New wave of protests against Palestine Action ban set to be ‘most widespread civil disobedience in modern British history’
More than 1,500 people have been arrested under terrorism legislation at protests against the proscription, many for merely holding signs saying: “I support Palestine Action. I oppose genocide.”
Migration from Venezuela
Did 7+ million really leave the country to flee socialism?
Let the Sudanese people walk toward peace: The Forty-Sixth Newsletter (2025)
Backed by foreign powers, the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and Rapid Support Forces (RSF) are locked in a bloody war with devastating consequences for the Sudanese people.
Keeping up with Ukraine’s Nazis
Washington D.C.’s proxy war against Russia in Ukraine continues to grind up lives.
Who was responsible for the defeat of fascism in World War II?
A conference in Shanghai brings together perspectives from across the Global South regarding the World War Against Fascism, challenging western narratives.
The petty Bourgeoisie in the thought of Amilcar Cabral and Walter Rodney
A deep exploration of Cabral’s and Rodney’s thoughts on the petty bourgeoisie and class struggles in Africa.











