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  • | The Storting or parliament building in Oslo Norway Magnus Fröderbergnordenorg CC BY 25 Wikimedia Commons | MR Online

    Taking ‘peace’ out of the Nobel Peace Prize

    Originally published: ScheerPost on December 10, 2022 by Fredrik S. Heffermehl (more by ScheerPost) (Posted Dec 12, 2022)

    Despite the occasional polite nod to Alfred Nobel, the committee — which will name this year’s award on Saturday — has never made known his vision of peace through global demilitarization, writes Fredrik S. Heffermehl.

  • | Killer Robot | MR Online

    Cops are asking to kill people with robots. What could go wrong?

    Originally published: ScheerPost on December 1, 2022 by Jerry Iannelli / The Appeal (more by ScheerPost) (Posted Dec 03, 2022)

    The U.S. military has been killing people with robots for decades now, and the nation’s local police now seem eager to get in on the action.

  • | Former Congressman Dennis Kucinich speaking at the 2013 International Students for Liberty Conference in Washington DC Gage Skidmore from Surprise AZ United States of America CC BY SA 20 httpscreativecommonsorglicensesby sa20 via Wikimedia Commons | MR Online

    Is Dennis Kucinich the last Democrat for peace?

    Originally published: ScheerPost on October 28, 2022 by Scheer Intelligence (more by ScheerPost) (Posted Oct 30, 2022)

    Former Congressman and Cleveland mayor Dennis Kucinich joins Scheer Intelligence to discuss the Dems’ infamously rescinded peace letter and the future with China.

  • | Ceremony of opening of gasoline Nord Stream Among others Angela Merkel and Dmitry Medvedev 2011 Kremlinru CC BY 30 httpscreativecommonsorglicensesby30 via Wikimedia Commons | MR Online

    Europe’s self destruction

    Originally published: ScheerPost on October 22, 2022 (more by ScheerPost)

    Despite the economically disastrous impact the Nord Stream pipeline sabotage will have on Europe, Western media still holds its tongue about it.

  • | Ceremony marking the start of construction of the Nord Stream gas pipelines underwater section 2010 Kremlinru CC BY 30 httpscreativecommonsorglicensesby30 via Wikimedia Commons | MR Online

    Sins of silence

    Originally published: ScheerPost on October 8, 2022 (more by ScheerPost)

    The media’s treatment of the Nord Stream pipeline sabotage is reminiscent of a time in the 60s when disaster could have been avoided with responsible reporting.

  • | NATO Summit 2021 Влада на Република Северна Македонија CC BY SA 40 httpscreativecommonsorglicensesby sa40 via Wikimedia Commons | MR Online

    The late Stephen F. Cohen provides clarity on NATO expansion and Russia, more than 10 years ago

    Originally published: ScheerPost on October 5, 2022 by ScheerPost (more by ScheerPost) (Posted Oct 07, 2022)

    NATO’s broken promise to Russia provides context to the current state of affairs.

  • | The Bankruptcy of the Liberal Ass by Mr Fish | MR Online

    The return of fascism

    Originally published: ScheerPost on September 26, 2022 (more by ScheerPost)

    As in the 1930s, a bankrupt liberalism, grotesque social inequality and declining living standards are empowering fascist movements in Europe and the U.S.

  • | Anatomy of Our Murderers Mr Fish Original to ScheerPost | MR Online

    In the terrain of Word War III

    Originally published: ScheerPost on September 25, 2022 (more by ScheerPost)

    The Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) advanced decisively into Russian-held territory in northeastern Ukraine two weeks ago, exposing the weakness, incompetence, and cowardice of Russian soldiers and officers. The tide of this war has turned. The Russian army is on the way to defeat, and President Vladimir Putin could go down with it.

  • | Banned books week 2014 The COM Library Flickr | MR Online

    From book burning to racist babies

    Originally published: ScheerPost on September 21, 2022 by Jim Mamer (more by ScheerPost) (Posted Sep 24, 2022)

    On the 40th Anniversary of Banned Books Week, Jim Mamer examines the way in which more school districts are banning books that are narrowly focused on LGBTQIA+ issues, sexual identity issues, and the roots of racial tension.

  • | Michael Fleshman CC BY SA 20 | MR Online

    Corporate media is trying to convince people student debt forgiveness is bad

    Originally published: ScheerPost on September 18, 2022 by Luca Goldmansour (more by ScheerPost) (Posted Sep 20, 2022)

    By trying to convince voters that debt relief will cost them, and that a more egalitarian society is impossible, corporate media are defending America’s ruling class from an educated working class.

  • | Press | MR Online

    Patrick Lawrence: So far as I can make out

    Originally published: ScheerPost on August 11, 2022 (more by ScheerPost)

    Patrick Lawrence explores how the truth about Ukraine has turned into a recipe for anger and contempt from the Western media.

  • | Original illustration for ScheerPost by Mr Fish | MR Online

    Chris Hedges: The Empire is not done with Julian Assange

    Originally published: ScheerPost on January 4, 2020 by Chris Hedges (more by ScheerPost) (Posted Jan 06, 2021)

    As is clear from the memoir of one of his attorneys, Michael Ratner, the ends have always justified the means for those demanding his global persecution.

Monthly Review Essays

  • Gendered Violence as an Inextricable Thread of Capitalism
    Maja Solar | Graffiti in Mexico City 2011 It reads No Mas Feminicidios No more murder of women | MR Online

    The gendered forms of violence in capitalist-patriarchal societies are, obviously, related to what is habitually recognized as violence against women.

Lost & Found

  • End of Cold War Illusions
    Harry Magdoff | F 16N Fighting Falcon | MR Online

    In this reprint of the February 1994 “Notes from the Editors,” former MR editors Harry Magdoff and Paul M. Sweezy ask: “The United States could not have won a more decisive victory in the Cold War. Why, then, does it continue to act as though the Cold War is still on?”

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