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  •    Inside Americas Academic Gulags   MR Online

    Inside America’s Academic Gulags (w/ Rashid Khalidi) | The Chris Hedges Report

    Originally published: Chris Hedges Report on October 8, 2025 (more by Chris Hedges Report)

    It is now impossible, says historian Rashid Khalidi, to teach about Israel, Palestine and the ongoing genocide in elite American education institutions.

  •    Stomp of Approval   by Mr Fish   MR Online

    Surrendering to Authoritarianism

    Originally published: Chris Hedges Report on March 24, 2025 (more by Chris Hedges Report)

    Liberal institutions, including universities, traditionally surrender without a fight to the dictates of autocrats. Ours are no exception.

  •    Kangaroo Courtship   by Mr Fish   MR Online

    Julian Assange’s grand inquisitor

    Originally published: Chris Hedges Report on February 24, 2024 (more by Chris Hedges Report)

    The prosecution lawyers in the High Court seeking to ensure Julian’s extradition to the U.S. rely almost exclusively on the judicial opinions of Gordon Kromberg, a highly controversial U.S. attorney.

  •    The Executioners Song   by Mr Fish   MR Online

    The horror, the horror

    Originally published: Chris Hedges Report on November 11, 2023 (more by Chris Hedges Report)

    Israel’s genocidal attacks, which are killing hundreds of Palestinians a day, including some 160 children, have expanded to shelling the remaining hospitals in Gaza.

Monthly Review Essays

  • Nikolai Gogol’s Department of Government Efficiency
    Andy Merrifield    A 1926 Soviet illustration of a production of Gogols play The Government Inspector showing audience members in the foreground and actors on stage in the background   MR Online

    Almost two centuries after its opening night, Gogol’s five-act satirical play The Government Inspector continues to create a stir with every performance, seemingly no matter where. Maybe because corruption and self-serving double-talk aren’t just familiar features of 19th-century Russia, but have become ingrained facets of all systems of government and officialdom, making them recognizable to […]

Lost & Found

  • Strike at the Helm: The First Ministerial Meeting of the New Cycle of the Bolivarian Revolution
    Hugo Chávez    Mural of Chávez in Caracas Univision   MR Online

    On October 7th, 2012, after hearing of his victory as the nation‘s candidate with 56 percent of the vote, President Hugo Chávez Frias announced from a balcony in his hometown that a new cycle was beginning the very next day, October 8th.

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