Monthly Review

Join us 5/28 for the first-ever in-person launch of the Socialist Register in New York City, at The People’s Forum! This is your chance to come meet, in person, our new editor, Arun Kundnani, alongside the relatively new coeditor of the Socialist Register, Steve Maher (alongside Greg Albo), and three contributors to this year’s volume: Ibrahim Shikaki, Costas Lapavitsas, and Paul Heideman.

The latest: "The left has a long history of predicting the decline of US capitalism and empire. Some argue that Trump is a symptom of that decline — a strongman chosen by capital to set things right — and that the ill health of U.S. capitalism is paralleled by the decline of the dollar. Political economist Stephen Maher counters that U.S. capitalism is robust — to the detriment of most of us...."

From the Preface to the new edition: Jesse Jackson’s first presidential primary race in 1984 should have been a wakeup call for the Democratic Party. Without a large campaign chest,... READ MORE

Stay tuned for a symposium hosted by Daniel Tutt, on John Bellamy Foster’s Breaking the Bonds of Fate: Epicurus and Marx ,featuring philosophers Helena Sheehan, Katarina Kolozova, Thomas Nail and... READ MORE

The Indian edition of the Research Unit for Political Economy’s Digitalization in India, reviewed by Bappa Sinha for The Wire: “….For working-class and peasant movements confronting the daily realities of... READ MORE

"Roses for Gramsci," excerpted: '“The seeds have been very slow in pushing up small sprouts,” he tells Tatiana, again maybe referring to himself and to the life of a Marxist radical; “an entire series obstinately insists on living an underground life.” Each day, Gramsci says, he’s seized by the temptation to pull at them a little, making them grow a little faster.....'

On Saturday April 25, starting at 11:00am EST/4:00 pm GMT Ian Angus will introduce his new book, Metabolic Rifts: Capitalism’s Assault on the Earth’s System, drawing on a wealth of... READ MORE

In advance of the book's release in summer of 2026, John Bellamy Foster's introduction to "Requiem for French Theory" has already been translated into Spanish by the publication "La Haine".

Bruce Neuburger (author of the recent book, Postcards to Hitler), wrote to MRP recently to remind us about the incredible efforts of Chicano farmworkers to gain their rights, described in... READ MORE

In defiance of those who would like to, not only re-write history, but erase the future, please help us get this book out to as wide an audience as possible. Einstein's prescient article "Why Socialism?", first published by Monthly Review in its inaugural 1949 issue, has to say the least, been circulating for some time. Yet it has never been more relevant than today. Einstein's perspective links alienation and nuclear annihilation, capitalism to the devastating possibility of omnicide -- the destruction of all human life on earth. Читать дальше...