Monthly Review Blog

Progress is never linear, consistent, smooth or at a fixed rate.

The Cuban National Assembly passed a new Code of Childhood, Adolescence and Youth in July.

The number of Palestinians wounded in the Gaza Strip has tripled daily since aid distribution centres run by the so-called “Gaza Humanitarian Foundation,” supported by Israel and the United States, began operations, Medical charity Doctors Without Borders (MSF) said...

The Biden administration had expanded the definition of “public assistance household,” shielding recipients from the harshest penalties.

The federal government of Canada thought the Air Canada flight attendants’ strike was over on the afternoon of Aug. 17, when it ordered 10,000 striking flight attendants and cabin crew members back to work. 

Hamilton Nolan is one of an emerging group of journalists who have taken over the “labor beat” in U.S. journalism. 

Public support for Kiev “fighting until victory” has plummeted to a record low “across all segments” of the population, “regardless of region or demographic group.” In a “nearly complete reversal from public opinion in 2022,” 69% of citizens “favor a negotiated end to...

Documentary recounts New Zealanders’ violent follies against Māori freedom fighters.

Itamar Ben-Gvir’s staged attempt at humiliating Marwan Barghouti exposed the impotence of the Palestinian political order—but it also laid bare the insecurities and anxieties that fuel Israel’s need to publicly subjugate Palestinians.

Layoffs are scary. They are also rampant. Over the last 25 years, somewhere in the range of 1.5 to 2 million people lost their jobs in a typical month as a result of being laid off or fired.

Tariffs raise the prices of imported goods in the domestic market relative to money wages, which is what makes possible, at least in part, the replacement of such imports by domestically-produced goods. Tariffs do not of course lead to all imports being eliminated,...