Economic Miracle or Poverty in Greece
Letter from Greece: A Greek Immigrant Responds to the NYTimes
It’s a Capitalist World: No Country on Earth Respects Labor Rights
Conditions for working people continue to get worse. The right to strike, or to join a union, is denied by an increasing number of the world’s governments. The 2023 Global Rights Index report says that there is no country on Earth that fully protects workers’ rights.
How Agencies That Promote Nuclear Power are Quietly Managing its Disaster Narrative
Because of the cover-up strategy of the international nuclear lobby, the lessons of Chernobyl and Fukushima are not being applied at all, but rather, the actual health hazards are being covered up. Any so-called cleanup projects are being carried out for the sake of immediate interests only.
‘Silent Coup’: How Capitalism Defeated Decolonization
The crumbling of European empires after WWII didn’t usher in a new era of democracy — instead, we now live in a regime of international corporate rule.
Amilcar Cabral in the Age of ‘Identity Politics’
On the occasion of the republication of ‘Return to the Source’ by Monthly Review Press, a panel of long-serving Pan-Africanists reflect on the life of Amilcar Cabral and the relevance of his teachings to current liberation movements.
Oral History of Political Prisoners Shows Enduring Power of Revolutionary Hope
‘Rattling the Cages’, edited by abolitionist Josh Davidson and political prisoner Eric King, is an archive of defiance. It includes interviews with dozens of current and former political and anarchist prisoners. It explores why those interviewed were imprisoned and how they maintained their political convictions while incarcerated.
Socialism from Below
The broad perspective of socialism from below holds that capitalism, by its very nature, breeds opposition and resistance on a global scale; and as that happens, our highest aspiration is to be among the people when they do, and collaborating to best advance the struggle for revolutionary change.
Pinochet Killed Democracy, But Not Poetry in Chile
This year’s September 23 marks the 50th anniversary of the assassination of the Chilean poet Pablo Neruda, whom Gabriel Garcia Marquez called “the greatest poet of the 20th century — in any language.”
Poem: An Adivasi Writes Off the Village
A poet writes about his dilemma: should he continue with his suffocating existence on the margins of the city he has been forced to migrate to, or return to his village? A poem in Panchamahali Bhili, translated into English.
The South China Sea’s Resource Wars: It’s Not Only About Fossil Fuels
Despite its vast size — 1.3 million square miles — the South China Sea has become a microcosm of the geopolitical tensions between East and West, where territorial struggles over abundant natural resources may one day lead to environmental collapse.