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  • The Gangnido Map (Honil Kangni Yoktae Kukto Chi To), a historic 1402 Korean world map (shown here in the c. 1470 Ryūkoku copy), depicting a Sino-centric worldview with a massively enlarged China and Korea, alongside early East Asian renderings of Africa, Europe, and the Middle East on its western periphery. Visible in this reproduction, the sprawling parchment layout starkly centres on the massive, highly detailed landmasses of East Asia, dwarfing the surrounding regions. Courtesy of Ryūkoku University Library, Kyoto.

    Who owns the world map?

    Originally published: Savage Minds on September 13, 2026 (more by Savage Minds)

    Cartography, Colonial Power, and the Strategic Politics of Geography.

  • Former US presidents Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, Barack Obama, Donald Trump and Joe Biden (not pictured) in attendance as the state funeral for their predecessor Jimmy Carter on 9 January 2025. Photo credit: Chip Somodevilla

    The empire of cannibals

    Originally published: Savage Minds on April 9, 2026 by Vuk Bačanović (more by Savage Minds) (Posted Apr 11, 2026)

    Trump Is Not the Problem—the System That Produced Him Is.

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

  • Honor the Vietnamese, Not Those Who Killed Them
    Michael D. Yates A Vietnamese stamp depicting two Vietnamese resistance fighters shooting down a US Army helicopter.

    Only the courage of those who opposed the war, including the soldiers who did so at great risk, should be respected.

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