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  •    Street Scene On 47th Street in South Side Chicago A Busy Area Where Many Small Black Businesses Are Located Photo John H White   MR Online

    The petty Bourgeoisie in the thought of Amilcar Cabral and Walter Rodney

    Originally published: Pambazuka on November 30, 2025 by Issa Shivji (more by Pambazuka)  | (Posted Nov 14, 2025)

    A deep exploration of Cabral’s and Rodney’s thoughts on the petty bourgeoisie and class struggles in Africa.

  •    Picture credit  France 24   MR Online

    An open letter to the Congressional Black Caucus on the U.S.’s attacks on Venezuela and Cuba

    Originally published: Pambazuka on March 29, 2019 by Joan P. Gibbs & Rosemari Mealy (more by Pambazuka)  | (Posted Apr 09, 2019)

    Greetings. We write to urge you to support the international and domestic efforts to thwart the Unites States’ unlawful attempts to change the existing governments in the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela and the Republic of Cuba.

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 […]

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  • 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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