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Chile: in memory of Carlos and Pinochet’s caravan of death
Every dawn, during my daily walk to the foothills of the Andes, I pass by the Tobalaba Aerodrome, a facility that caters to a wide variety of private aircraft. In a year marking the 50th anniversary of the coup against the democratically elected government of Salvador Allende, that airport arouses less affable feelings.
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Nearly half of Canadians aged 18 to 34 support socialism
Fewer (32%) said income taxes should be raised on all citizens except those with low income to finance socialism, and the fewest (20%) said a purchase tax on goods and services should be imposed to fund socialism.
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How degrowth can help reduce global conflict
Defined as an equitable and democratic reduction of energy and material throughput targeted at rich nations and the globally wealthy, degrowth has grown in popularity over the last few years with growing political support.
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The forest in the city: two years of forest defense in Atlanta, Georgia
The campaign to defend the forest in Atlanta, Georgia has become one of the most vibrant movements of the post-Trump era, interweaving environmentalism, abolitionism, and the fight against gentrification. Yet as police shift to employing lethal violence and indiscriminate terrorism charges, it has reached a critical juncture.
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The New Irrationalism: a conversation with John Bellamy Foster
Daniel Tutt of Study Groups on Psychoanalysis and Politics interviews John Bellamy Foster on his new article, “The New Irrationalism,” from the February 2023 (Volume 74, Number 9) issue of Monthly Review.
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Stop the Ukraine War—refuse to handle military cargo
The ILWU must call for an end to the war. Most importantly we must appeal for port actions to the International Dockworkers Council (IDC) and the International Transport Workers Federation (ITF) to refuse to handle military cargo by dockworkers around the world.
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Fifty Years After ‘The Limits to Growth’: Dennis Meadows interviewed by Juan Bordera
Dennis Meadows: Climate change, inflation, food shortages are symptoms of a bigger problem.
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Kathy Boudin: a great life and a great loss
Celebrating the life and mourning the loss of our co-founder and co-director Kathy Boudin.
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The military situation in the Ukraine
The problem is not so much to know who is right in this conflict, but to question the way our leaders make their decisions.
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Mariupol—Civilians denounce the crimes of the fighters of the neo-nazi Azov Regiment
The information war around the Russian military operation in Ukraine is becoming increasingly insane, with the continued publication of false information (including via the hacking of Russian media sites) that must be debunked.
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China and Latin America: Dilma speaks
Friends of Socialist China, located in London, is a platform dedicated to supporting the People’s Republic of China and promoting understanding of Chinese socialism.
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8 years on, the Ukrainian crisis is still the West’s fault
Political scientist John Mearsheimer stated that there was only one solution to the Ukrainian crisis: the West should “abandon their plan to westernize Ukraine and instead aim to make it a neutral buffer between NATO and Russia.”
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Ukraine as the ‘Geopolitical Pivot’: The U.S. Grand Strategy 1991-2022
As we write these notes at the beginning of March 2022, the eight-year limited civil war in Ukraine has turned into a full-scale war. This represents a turning point in the New Cold War and a great human tragedy. By threatening global nuclear holocaust, these events are also now endangering the entire world. To understand the origins of the New Cold War and the onset of the current Russian entry into the Ukrainian civil war, it is necessary to go back to decisions associated with the creation of the New World Order made in Washington when the previous Cold War ended in 1991.
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Spanish translations of pamphlets / manifestos published by Daraja Press and Monthly Review Press
We are delighted to announce the online Spanish translations of pamphlets/ manifestos published by Daraja Press and Monthly Review Essays. These pamphlets are parts of the series, Moving Beyond Capitalism – Now! and Thinking Freedom.
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Defying U.S. Caesar Act, China admits Syria into BRI
Syria’s entry into China’s Belt and Road Initiative is to support its economic integration into West Asia and fortify its post-conflict recovery.
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[BREAKING] Venezuelan Government envoy Alex Saab extradited to the United States
The Maduro administration blasted the contractor’s “kidnapping” and suspended dialogue with the US-backed opposition.
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The institutional murder of Fr. Stan Swamy
This is not a natural death, but the institutional murder of a gentle soul, committed by an inhuman state.
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Dick Lewontin, 1929-2021
If find it hard to recount Dick’s [Richard C. Lewontin] scientific accomplishments—not because I don’t know them, but because they’re already well known and you can read about them in many places. He made fundamental contributions in theoretical population genetics, in experimental population genetics (out of his lab came the first assays of genetic variation at individual loci using both electrophoresis and DNA sequencing), and even in ecology. He never wrote a trivial paper.
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Hundreds of more unmarked graves discovered in residential school in Canada
The Cowessess First Nation said that at least 600 unmarked graves have been discovered on the grounds of what used to be the Marieval Indian Residential School in Saskatchewan.
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The Communard Union, Chávez’s ideas in action: A conversation with Juan Lenzo
The Communard Union is a grassroots organization that has set communal society its strategic horizon. For two years the Union has been working throughout the country in a heroic effort to re-politicize and reactivate Venezuelan communes and related projects. In this interview, we talk to Juan “Juancho” Lenzo. He is a co-founder of Tatuy Televisión, […]