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  • A man looks for goods to retrieve in a dumping area near plastic trash-filled floodwaters following heavy rains, in Durres, Albania on January 13, 2026. (Photo by Adnan Beci/AFP via Getty Images)

    Lancet study warns plastics could cost humanity 83 million years of healthy life

    Originally published: Common Dreams on January 27, 2026 by Jessica Corbett (more by Common Dreams)  | (Posted Jan 29, 2026)

    “Systemic change is needed ‘from the cradle to the grave’ of plastic production, use, and disposal,” said the lead author, calling for “ambitious action from governments and industry transparency.”

  • Demonstrators hold protest signs during a march from the Atlanta Civic Center to the Georgia State Capitol on October 18, 2025 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Julia Beverly/Getty Images)

    Trump delivered 22% boost to billionaire wealth in 2025, but catastrophe for working class

    Originally published: Common Dreams on January 20, 2026 (more by Common Dreams)  |

    “After a year in office, Trump and the GOP majority betrayed their promises to working people, instead serving billionaire elites and wealthy corporations,” said the executive director of Americans for Tax Fairness.

  • US President Donald Trump holds a framed Nobel Peace Prize medal given to him by Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado—the actual 2025 winner—at the White House in Washington, DC on January 15, 2026. (Photo by the White House)

    Trump isn’t the first to be gifted a Nobel Prize he didn’t win—Joseph Goebbels got one too

    Originally published: Common Dreams on January 16, 2026 by Brett Wilkins (more by Common Dreams)  | (Posted Jan 19, 2026)

    In 1943, the Norwegian writer Knut Hamsun gave his Nobel Prize for Literature to the infamous Nazi criminal.

  • U.S. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) hold a press conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on January 8, 2026. (Photo by Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images)

    Schumer, Jeffries refuse to join Democrats’ growing calls to slash ICE spending

    Originally published: Common Dreams (more by Common Dreams)  |

    “I just don’t understand how we provide votes for a bill that funds the extent of the depravity,” said Sen. Chris Murphy.

  • Renee Nicole Good tells ICE thug, “I’m not mad at you” seconds before he kills her Screenshot from Jonathan Ross’s phone

    ICE: “Fucking Bitch”

    Originally published: Common Dreams on January 10, 2026 by Abby Zimet (more by Common Dreams)  | (Posted Jan 12, 2026)

    It was shocking how quickly the psychopaths in power launched their vicious lies about Renée Good—“violent rioter,” “domestic terrorist,” “self-defense”—shot in the face for trying to drive away from ICE.

  • A person who did not want to provide his name protests in front of the American Consulate about what he said is ‘the threat of the possibility of the annexation of Greenland by America’ on March 14, 2025 in Nuuk, Greenland. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

    ‘Greenland belongs to its people’: European leaders begin waking up to dangers of Trump imperialism

    Originally published: Common Dreams on January 6, 2026 by Brad Reed (more by Common Dreams)  | (Posted Jan 07, 2026)

    “Our country is not something that can be annexed or taken over simply because someone wishes to do so,” said Greenland Premier Orla Joelsen.

  • President Donald Trump, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick (L) and U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) (C) speak to the media aboard Air Force One en route to Washington, DC on January 04, 2026. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

    ‘What an Authoritarian Oligarchy looks like’: Trump says oil execs tipped off about Venezuela attack

    Originally published: Common Dreams on January 5, 2026 by Jon Queally (more by Common Dreams)  | (Posted Jan 06, 2026)

    “I can’t begin to tell you how insane this is,” said one critic. “He did not inform Congress but he’s saying he informed the oil companies.”

  • Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel waves a Venezuelan national flag in Havana on January 3, 2026. (Photo by Adalberto Roque/AFP via Getty Images)

    After Venezuela assault, Trump and Rubio warn Cuba, Mexico, and Colombia could be next

    Originally published: Common Dreams on January 3, 2026 (more by Common Dreams)  |

    “The ‘Trump corollary’ to the Monroe Doctrine—applied in recent hours with violent force over the skies of Caracas—is the single greatest threat to peace and prosperity that the Americas confront today,” said Progressive International.

  • A general view of a cross on the roof of the St Hilary Church Polo in Maiduguri on December 27, 2025. (Photo by Audu Marte/AFP via Getty Images/Common Dreams)

    Nigerian village bombed by Trump has ‘no known history’ of anti-Christian terrorism, locals say

    Originally published: Common Dreams on December 27, 2025 by Stephen Prager (more by Common Dreams)  | (Posted Dec 30, 2025)

    “Portraying Nigeria’s security challenges as a targeted campaign against a single religious group is a gross misrepresentation of reality,” said Nigeria’s information minister.

  • Texas Sen. Pete Flores, (R-24) looks at the proposed redistricting map as the Texas Senate prepares to take a vote on the redistricting bill passed by the Texas House of Representatives, Aug. 22, 2025. (Sara Diggins/The Austin American-Statesman via Getty Images)

    Trump rebuked by Federal ruling against Unlawful Racial Gerrymandering in Texas

    Originally published: Common Dreams on November 18, 2025 by Stephan Prager (more by Common Dreams)  | (Posted Nov 20, 2025)

    “The Trump-Abbott maps are clearly illegal, and I’m glad these judges have blocked them,” said Rep. Greg Casar.

  • People attend the People’s Pantry Food drive to replenish food banks ahead of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) lapse at the USDA Headquarters, on the National Mall, Washington, DC, on October 30, 2025. (Photo by Oliver Contreras/AFP)

    Despite court rulings, Trump refuses to pay out food stamp benefits to tens of millions

    Originally published: Common Dreams on November 1, 2025 by Stephen Prager (more by Common Dreams)  | (Posted Nov 03, 2025)

    “The administration has chosen to hold food for more than forty million vulnerable people hostage to try to force Democrats to capitulate without negotiations,” says one Georgetown law professor.

  • Relatives of Palestinians, who lost their lives following the Israeli attacks on different parts of the region, mourn as the bodies are taken from al-Shifa Hospital for funeral process in Gaza City, Gaza on September 15, 2025. (Photo by Khames Alrefi/Anadolu via Getty Images)

    Why does U.S. media continue to undercount the Gaza death toll?

    Originally published: Common Dreams on October 11, 2025 (more by Common Dreams)  |

    It makes a difference in driving the greater intensity of political, diplomatic, and civic pressures to have a count of 600,000 rather than 67,000 or 200,000 children rather than 20,000 children murdered.

  • Team Tartan Rescue’s CHIMP robot uses a hand-held power tool during the cutting task of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency Robotics Challenge at the Fairplex in Pomona, California June 6, 2015. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

    As Big Tech Oligarchs wage war on workers, Sanders warns AI could kill nearly 100 million U.S. jobs

    Originally published: Common Dreams on October 6, 2025 by Jessica Corbett (more by Common Dreams)  | (Posted Oct 09, 2025)

    “We must stand up to the greed of Big Tech and make sure the future of artificial intelligence is a future that works for all of us—not just the people on top.”

  • Federal agents, including members of the Department of Homeland Security, the Border Patrol, and police, clash with protesters outside a downtown US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility on October 4, 2025, in Portland, Oregon. The facility has become a focal point of nightly protests against the Trump administration and his announcement that he will be sending National Guard troops into Portland. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

    Trump Troops ‘Deliberately Attacking Peaceful Protesters’ in US Cities, Senator Says

    Originally published: Common Dreams on October 6, 2025 by Stephen Frager (more by Common Dreams)  | (Posted Oct 08, 2025)

    “The goal is to generate riots to justify the expansion of authoritarian measures and to strengthen the case for the troop deployments,” said Oregon Sen. Jeff Merkley.

  • People carrying banners march to protest over the death of George Floyd, an unarmed black man who died after being pinned down by a white police officer, on May 31, 2020 in Portland, Oregon. (Photo by John Rudoff/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

    ‘An Egregious Abuse of Power’: Trump Orders Troops to Portland, Ore; OKs ‘Full Force’

    Originally published: Common Dreams on September 27, 2025 by Olivia Rosane (more by Common Dreams)  | (Posted Sep 30, 2025)

    “This unilateral action represents an abuse of executive authority, seeks to incite violence, and undermines the constitutional balance of power between the federal government and states,” Oregon lawmakers wrote.

  • Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez announced that his country will send a warship to protect the Global Sumud Flotilla in New York City on September 24, 2025. (Photo: screenshot/Pedro Sánchez/X)

    Spain Joins Italy in Sending Ship to Protect Gaza-Bound Sumud Flotilla

    Originally published: Common Dreams on September 24, 2025 by Jessica Corbett (more by Common Dreams)  | (Posted Sep 26, 2025)

    The UN special rapporteur for the occupied Palestinian territories implored other countries “to mobilize their fleet to grant the flotilla safe sailing to Gaza, and deploy a real humanitarian convoy to break the blockade.”

  • US Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) speaks to a crowd of 36,000 at a Fighting Oligarchy rally at Gloria Molina Grand Park in downtown Los Angeles on April 12, 2025. (Photo by Genaro Molina/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)

    ‘Insane economics,’ Bernie Sanders says of Musk’s trillionaire potential

    Originally published: Common Dreams on September 8, 2025 by Brett Wilkins (more by Common Dreams)  | (Posted Sep 10, 2025)

    “No society can survive when one man becomes a trillionaire while the working class struggles to survive,” the democratic socialist senator said.

  • U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to the press on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, DC, on July 11, 2025. (Photo by Mehmet Eser/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images)

    ‘Devastating’ new jobs report shows Labor Market ‘cracking’ under Trump

    Originally published: Common Dreams on September 5, 2025 by Brad Reed (more by Common Dreams)  | (Posted Sep 06, 2025)

    “The theory of Trumponomics is failing,” said one economist.

  • U.S. labor leader Christian Smalls sails on the Gaza Freedom Flotilla ship Handala on July 15, 2025. (Photo: Tan Safi/ Freedom Flotilla Coalition)

    Where’s the outrage over labor leader Chris Smalls’ violent arrest by the IDF?

    Originally published: Common Dreams on July 30, 2025 by Mike Elk (more by Common Dreams)  | (Posted Aug 02, 2025)

    Despite Smalls having been profiled by every major media outlet in the U.S. when he successfully led the union drive at Amazon, not a single major media outlet has covered his violent detention by the IDF.

  • Demonstrators hold up signs opposing President Donald Trump and his attack on birthright citizenship outside the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., on June 27, 2025. (Photo: Alex Wroblewski/AFP via Getty Images)

    By limiting nationwide injunctions, Supreme Court declares ‘open season on all our rights’

    Originally published: Common Dreams on June 27, 2025 by Jessica Corbett (more by Common Dreams)  | (Posted Jun 30, 2025)

    In a ruling that stems from the president’s birthright citizenship order, the “conservative supermajority just took away lower courts’ single most powerful tool for reining in the Trump administration’s lawless excesses.”

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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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