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  •  | 187 schools including 55 pre schools damaged in Israeli attacks towards Gaza   Middle East Monitor | MR Online

    Scholasticide at the American Historical Association

    Originally published: Tempest on February 26, 2025 by Daniel Johnson (more by Tempest)  | (Posted Apr 02, 2025)

    Following an overwhelming membership vote in favor of a resolution opposing scholasticide in Gaza the Council of the American Historical Association, in a blatantly undemocratic act, vetoed the decision. The Council’s cowardly actions are complicit in a pattern on institutional silence (and worse) within the U.S. academy in the face of the U.S. backed genocide by Israel. Daniel Johnson reports on the events and plans to challenge this decision

  •  | Brexit debate   Michel Barnier EU Brexit negotiator | MR Online

    The post-election challenge in France

    Originally published: Tempest on October 11, 2024 (more by Tempest)  |

    An interview with John Mullen of La France Insoumise.

  •  | Image Credit Image by bratispixl modified by Tempest | MR Online

    “Do not forsake me, comrade”

    Originally published: Tempest on December 31, 2022 by Hank Kennedy (more by Tempest)  | (Posted Jan 12, 2023)

    The continuing relevance of High Noon.

  •  | June 24 2022 demonstration at the US Supreme Court the day of the Dobbs decision Photo by Ted Eytan | MR Online

    Unleashing the fight for reproductive justice

    Originally published: Tempest on August 9, 2022 by Ashley Smith (more by Tempest)  | (Posted Aug 11, 2022)

    In an outrageous act of judicial activism that disregarded both judicial precedent and popular opinion, the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade and ended the constitutional protection of abortion as a national right.

  •  | A 2017 protest against US aid for Israel in Washington DC Photo by Ted Eytan | MR Online

    The rise of Ilhan Omar: Lessons from a self-portrait

    Originally published: Tempest on March 2, 2022 by Shamus Cooke (more by Tempest)  | (Posted Mar 22, 2022)

    Shamus Cooke assesses the record of Representative Ilhan Omar and what her autobiography reveals about her political trajectory.

  •  | A protest against Dutertes drug war in 2019 Photo by Ryomaandres | MR Online

    Taking on the Philippine axis of evil

    Originally published: Tempest on February 8, 2022 by Ashley Smith (more by Tempest)  | (Posted Feb 21, 2022)

    I was initially pushed to try to run for president. I really did not want to, because I felt somebody younger and more vigorous should. I am 76! – Walden Bello

  •  | Pro choice protesters rallied in December as the Supreme Court began to hear oral arguments in Dobbs v Jackson Womens Health Organization the case that could potentially overturn Roe v Wade Credit Miki Jourdan Flickr | MR Online

    The best offense is more clinic defense

    Originally published: Tempest on February 3, 2022 by Anonymous (more by Tempest)  | (Posted Feb 15, 2022)

    An abortion provider discusses the tactic of clinic defense, and why it’s necessary to defend abortion rights.

  •  | A Philadelphia rally from March 2021 in solidarity with the drive to unionize Amazon in Bessmer Alabama Credit Joe Piette Flickr | MR Online

    Nothing natural about this disaster

    Originally published: Tempest on Decembe 31, 2021 by Thomas Hummel (more by Tempest)  | (Posted Jan 10, 2022)

    Profit over people kills workers in the Midwest.

  •  | EC Comics logo circa 1944 | MR Online

    When comic books threatened the U.S.A. (and the world)

    Originally published: Tempest on December 27, 2021 by Hank Kennedy (more by Tempest)  | (Posted Jan 10, 2022)

    Hank Kennedy reminds us of a period of all-sided culture war against comic books, pointing at its lessons and aftermath today.

  •  | Chicago Teachers on strike for fully funded schools and racial justice | MR Online

    How not to unite a class: a response to DSA’s Class Unity caucus

    Originally published: Tempest on July 16, 2021 by Felipe Bascuñán (more by Tempest)  | (Posted Jul 21, 2021)

    Felipe Bascuñán responds to a debate on the Left about the relationship between oppression and class and why getting the answer right is essential to forging a united class struggle.

Monthly Review Essays

  • US Imperialism in Crisis: Opportunities and Challenges to a Global Community with a Shared Future
    Sam-Kee Cheng  | A late 1940s Soviet poster showing a US military service member lounging on top of a German factory smoking a cigar The text beneath reads DER DOLLARIMPERIALISMUS dollar imperialism | MR Online

    1. Introduction The predominance of US economic, political and military power in the world was established at the end of the Second World War.1 With just 6.3 percent of global population, the United States held about 50 percent of the world wealth in 1948. As the only power which had used nuclear weapons on civilian […]

Lost & Found

  • Journalism, democracy, … and class struggle
    Robert W. McChesney  | Bob McChesney on Saving Journalism | MR Online

    Our job is to make media reform part of our broader struggle for democracy, social justice, and, dare we say it, socialism.

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