Albert Einstein's classic essay, "Why Socialism?," originally published in the first issue of Monthly Review (May 1949). It was subsequently published in May 1998 to commemorate the first issue of MR‘s fiftieth year. monthlyreview.org/2009/05/01…

President of the Bharatiya Janata Party, Nitin Nabin, has characterized the agitation by Left student and youth groups and the Cockroach Janata Party, against the Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, as being driven by “foreign forces”. @pd_weekly mronline.org/2026/10/22/the-…

In 1972, Harlem-born documentarian William Greaves filmed a historic gathering of many still-living talents who had experienced the Harlem Renaissance, which had transpired about 50 years earlier. @peoplesworld mronline.org/2026/10/22/once…

Doctors and healthcare workers gathered in parallel to the World Medical Association (WMA) General Assembly in Rotterdam on October 8-10, demanding the suspension of the Israeli Medical Association (IMA). @btnewsroom mronline.org/2026/10/22/doct…

The Western ruling classes have developed a remarkable ability to distinguish between a “revolution” and a “violent riot”. @delphi2015 mronline.org/2026/10/22/when…

FEATURED - Nicholas Denning and John Bellamy Foster - What we find in The Dialectics of Ecology is Foster’s concern for today and for the bleak precarity of tomorrow. mronline.org/2026/10/23/nich…

The French revolt led by students is escalating. @counterfire mronline.org/2026/10/19/fren…

Álvaro de Regil Castilla interviews John Bellamy Foster. In the interview, de Regil Castilla and Foster discuss the existential risk to humanity presented by the ongoing planetary crisis wrought by capitalism. monthlyreview.org/articles/m…

Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), often called “forever chemicals,” are among the water pollutants that can put our health and the environment at risk. – John Rumpler, Ezra Rich and Nilou Yaar / Environment America Research & Policy Center mronline.org/2026/10/21/pfas…

The protest on Faria Lima Avenue called for an end to what demonstrators described as the suppression of progressive political content. @telesurenglish mronline.org/2026/10/21/braz…

This week Robert Hall of Stanford University and Michael Woodford of Colombia won the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel. – Dr Dan Gay mronline.org/2026/10/21/econ…

The movement is growing across Europe as students and workers call time on years of austerity and inequality, and it has echoes of the great upsurge of the late 1960s which shook western capitalism. @counterfire mronline.org/2026/10/21/euro…

The popular response to Canada’s support for genocide is the most significant and sustained internationally focussed social movement in this country’s history. – Yves Engler mronline.org/2026/10/21/desp…

In Bangladesh and Senegal, U.S.-funded rappers led political movements toppling governments. Washington-backed musicians were the face of a failed counter-revolution in Cuba, and likely be called upon again by the Trump administration. @mintpressnews mronline.org/2026/10/20/rapp…

FEATURED - Geraldina Colotti - Every Oct. 15, people commemorate the assassination of Thomas Sankara. mronline.org/2026/10/20/burk…

A lot of news has circulated across various global media platforms following reports that militias affiliated with Erik Prince suffered significant field losses in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. @blkagendareport mronline.org/2026/10/20/the-…

It’s like a traffic accident: a fatal junction, a death. @tribunemagazine mronline.org/2026/10/20/the-…

The same Trump regime that kidnapped President Maduro and First Combatant Flores on Jan. 3 has killed at least 238 people on the high seas for allegedly being drug traffickers. @strugglelalucha mronline.org/2026/10/19/shac…

Hundreds of young people gathered Saturday morning at Brussels Central Station to the rhythm of anti-fascist slogans and other slogans rejecting the police, who have deployed a strong presence in the surroundings, local media reported. @telesurenglish mronline.org/2026/10/19/belg…

Since the January 3, 2026, military strikes and kidnapping of President Nicolás Maduro, the Trump administration has imposed semi-colonial rule over Venezuela, forcing dramatic shifts in the country’s domestic and foreign policies. @fairmediawatch mronline.org/2026/10/19/west…

The Metropolitan Police said it was assessing the post, without announcing a formal investigation. @palestinechron mronline.org/2026/10/19/god-…