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  • IMF

    Why the IMF keeps returning

    Originally published: Countercurrents on July 20, 2026 by Utkarsh Mishra (more by Countercurrents)  | (Posted Sep 07, 2026)

    In 2022, Sri Lanka defaulted on its sovereign debt for the first time in its post-independence history.

  • Gail Omvedt

    From anti-caste struggle to women’s liberation: The transformative contribution of Gail Omvedt

    Originally published: Countercurrents on August 25, 2026 by Vikas Parashram Meshram (more by Countercurrents)  | (Posted Aug 28, 2026)

    Caste reality has still not ended, injustice against women has still not ended, and the problems of farmers and agricultural laborers remain unresolved—in such circumstances, the ideological foundation Dr. Gail laid out, and the path of action she demonstrated, continue to guide scholars and activists of the new generation.

  • Statues of Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels in Bishkek, Kirghizstan. Source: Wikicommon / cropped from original / shared under license CC BY-SA 4.0

    Revisiting ‘The Holy Family’: Marx, Engels and the Foundations of Historical Materialism

    Originally published: Countercurrents on July 7, 2026 by Pon Chandran (more by Countercurrents)  | (Posted Jul 08, 2026)

    Marx and Engels demonstrated that ideas arise from material social relations rather than existing independently of them. Gramsci showed how those ideas, once institutionalised within culture, help reproduce the very material relations from which they emerged.

  • Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA)

    India’s anti-terror law and the punishment of the unconvicted

    Originally published: Countercurrents on May 19, 2026 by Utkarsh Mishra (more by Countercurrents)  | (Posted May 21, 2026)

    The statistics released by the government paint a troubling picture.

  • The Fourth World Congress on Marxism, themed “Marxism and Human Civilization,” was held at Peking University on October 11, 2025. The event gathered more than 400 domestic scholars and over 50 international experts from more than 20 countries. Many Chinese dignitaries and government officials also attended the event. They shared their insights on how Marxism is shaping the world and its renewed meaning for human civilization.

    The fourth World Congress on Marxism, themed “Marxism and Human Civilization”, held in Peking University

    Originally published: Countercurrents on May 13, 2026 by Ramakrishnan (more by Countercurrents)  | (Posted May 14, 2026)

    The building of socialism, for a ‘community with a shared future for mankind’ is China’s solution to global crises, and is a major innovation of Marxism in the 21st century, Chinese scholars believe.

  • Nicobar

    Great Nicobar – A fiasco in the making

    Originally published: Countercurrents on May 3, 2026 by Dr Ranjan Solomon (more by Countercurrents)  | (Posted May 07, 2026)

    There are development projects that promise transformation—and there are those that stand as warnings.

  • Climate Crisis

    The climate crisis is about to usher in a world we haven’t seen before

    Originally published: Countercurrents on April 15, 2026 by Bill McKibben (more by Countercurrents)  | (Posted Apr 16, 2026)

    We have one tool to keep carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere: the substitution of clean energy for fossil fuel.

  • US Sanctions on Venezuela Continue

    U.S. sanctions on Venezuela continue: Corporate beneficiaries and a targeted society

    Originally published: Countercurrents on March 24, 2026 (more by Countercurrents)  |

    In the wake of Washington’s January 3 military attack and then problematic détente with Caracas, corporate media suggest a meaningful shift in Venezuela policy, implying relief for a country long subjected to economic coercion.

  • A driver refuels a motorcycle as other drivers wait in a long line at a petrol station in Havana, Cuba, Friday, January 30 2026

    Cuba will survive: A diary

    Originally published: Countercurrents on March 15, 2026 (more by Countercurrents)  |

    For Paki Wieland (1944-2026), who fought the cruelty of U.S. imperialism all her adult life.

  • “Ensuring American Space Superiority.”

    America’s new space superiority order is a threat to global human security

    Originally published: Countercurrents on January 15, 2026 by Ghassan Shahrour (more by Countercurrents)  | (Posted Jan 17, 2026)

    On December 18, 2025, the White House issued an executive order titled “Ensuring American Space Superiority.”

  • Killing Democracy

    Book Review: ‘Killing Democracy’ by Finian Cunningham

    Originally published: Countercurrents on January 13, 2026 by John Rachel (more by Countercurrents)  | (Posted Jan 14, 2026)

    “Killing Democracy” should at bare minimum be a university textbook, distributed to every institution of higher learning in America.

  • Epstein Protest

    A thesis confirmed: Epstein, Dershowitz and the Israel Lobby

    Originally published: Countercurrents on December 29, 2025 by Dr Binoy Kampmark (more by Countercurrents)  | (Posted Dec 31, 2025)

    The list for Jeffrey E. Epstein, figure of cosmic social and political influence in the United States, is long.

  • The Trolling And The Pity

    The Trolling And The Pity: Genocide denial in the time of troll swarms

    Originally published: Countercurrents on December 5, 2025 by Kenn Orphan and Phil Rockstroh (more by Countercurrents)  | (Posted Dec 09, 2025)

    Israel is coming apart at the seams, both on a cultural and political basis.

  • Ship

    China once again shows what Socialist International Free Trade looks like in Africa

    Originally published: Countercurrents on November 18, 2025 by Bhabani Shankar Nayak (more by Countercurrents)  | (Posted Nov 20, 2025)

    China’s zero-tariff policy for African countries is also part of its socialist internationalist commitment to strengthening economic ties and promoting industrial investment that supports local production in Africa.

  • Mamdani

    Zohran Mamdani: A new face of progressive politics with relevance for Indians

    Originally published: Countercurrents on November 5, 2025 by Mohd Ziyaullah Khan (more by Countercurrents)  | (Posted Nov 07, 2025)

    It is a historic victory for Zohran Mamdani as he won the New York City mayoral race, defeating the former governor Andrew Cuomo and Republican Curtis Sliwa.

  • «Ραγισμένη Δημοκρατία»: 12.5 εκατομμμύρια Γερμανοί πολίτες κάτω από το όριο της φτώχειας

    Class Relations in Germany in 2025

    Originally published: Countercurrents on October 26, 2025 by Thomas Klikauer (more by Countercurrents)  | (Posted Oct 30, 2025)

    German-born Karl Marx might well be the most prominent philosopher and economist to have elaborated on a capitalism that created a class system. Yet, Germany is moving from the denial of class towards a “rediscovery” of class.

  • gaza

    The Lancet says ‘Healthocide’ is happening in Gaza

    Originally published: Countercurrents on October 8, 2025 by Countercurrents Collective (more by Countercurrents)  | (Posted Oct 09, 2025)

    The Lancet paper concludes with a stark warning: future generations will judge whether the global medical community stood up to defend life or chose to look away.

  • China

    China is greening the Global South but Net Zero needs $7 trillion/yr

    Originally published: Countercurrents on September 29, 2025 by Robert Hunziker (more by Countercurrents)  | (Posted Sep 30, 2025)

    China is establishing a world leadership role via green energy as the consummate bargaining tool.

  • The Hammer

    Review essay of Hamilton Nolan’s ‘The Hammer: Power, Inequality, and the Struggle for the Soul of [U.S.] Labor’ by Kim Scipes

    Originally published: Countercurrents on August 18, 2025 by Kim Scipes (more by Countercurrents)  | (Posted Aug 19, 2025)

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

  • trump

    Trump’s tariffs against Latin America: Part of a global battle

    Originally published: Countercurrents on August 9, 2025 by Francisco Dominguez and Roger D. Harris (more by Countercurrents)  | (Posted Aug 12, 2025)

    Trump’s tariffs intend to keep it that way, while Latin America’s orientation towards Asia, China and the BRICS is correctly pushing in the opposite direction: to a fairer, multipolar world. 

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Monthly Review Essays

  • Parallel Universes
    Andy Merrifield

    Anybody who’s ever leafed through Finnegans Wake will quickly recognize that we’re not dealing here with a standard novel, just as anybody leafing through Marx’s Capital will know we’re not dealing with standard economics.

Lost & Found

  • The Rise and Fall of the United Farm Workers
    Michael D. Yates Cesar Chavez (center) marches with United Farm Workers members in Redondo Beach, California, July 9, 1975.

    Chavez could not abide the idea, much less the reality, that the farm workers themselves could and should run the union.

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