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Defending the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau w/ Tyler CreightonDefending the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau w/ Tyler CreightonIn this episode, we speak with Tyler Creighton about the ongoing struggle to save the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) from defunding and closure at the hands of Russell Vought in the second Trump Administration. Creighton is a lawyer at the CFPB and a member of the National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU), Chapter 335.
Minnesota: Prices from the ShadowMinnesota: Prices from the ShadowWe’ve been keeping an eye on the Hercules Gymnasium…there’s this Lichtenfeld kid, already a champion wrestler, takes a particular interest in street fighting. Understands that there are no rule books, this isn’t sport, it’s Nazis who are out to kill us, and the less well-mannered we can be about it, the more effective. –Thomas Pynchon […]
Cooperation with China Is Pragmatism, Not “Cozying Up”Cooperation with China Is Pragmatism, Not “Cozying Up”In a recent editorial, the Washington Post characterized Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney’s diplomatic mission to Beijing as a “shortsighted” attempt to “troll” President Donald Trump. The critique suggests that Canada is blurring the line between pragmatism and naiveté, trading long-term security for a “show” of strategic partnership with a “dictator.” According to this view, […]
Critical Realism and Human–Nature Relations: An Interview with John Bellamy FosterCritical Realism and Human–Nature Relations: An Interview with John Bellamy FosterMonthly Review editor John Bellamy Foster was interviewed by Andreas Vavvos in conjunction with a forthcoming special issue of the Journal of Critical Realism, edited by Vavvos, Leigh Price, and Jan Zumoberhaus. A video of the conversation is below.
Notes From The Editors: February 2026 (Volume 77, Number 8)Notes From The Editors: February 2026 (Volume 77, Number 8)On October 21, 2025, four British newspapers headlined the same story, claiming that a Cambridge study had shown that Frederick Engels was grossly mistaken on the class divisions in Manchester in The Condition of the Working Class in England, published in 1845.
