Monthly Review Blog

Against Trump’s threat to raise tariffs against imports from China, the Chinese government announced a temporary moratorium on the export of certain rare earth elements to the U.S.

U.S.-led sanctions have functioned as 'silent killers' in countries such as Iraq, Syria, and Venezuela.

Rosa Luxemburg (born Rozalia Luksenburg; 5 March 1871 – 15 January 1919) was an important thinker and activist. She was a socialist and Marxist philosopher from Poland. She also worked hard for peace and against war.

Samir Amin is known for his ideas about how the world economy works. He also introduced the term Eurocentrism in 1988. Many people see him as a leader in Dependency Theory.

Though still weighed down by debt and austerity, developing countries are beginning to chart alternative paths as a new mood takes hold in the Global South.

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, who heads the LDP, has intensified his rhetoric on issues appealing to conservatives, the core LDP base.

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.

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.

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?

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...

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...

CounterSpin interview with Victor Pickard on Paramount settlement.