May 1, 2024
The International Monetary Fund, part of the Bretton Woods Agreement that helped establish the current rules of the U.S.-dominated international capitalist system, claims to aim for a world of prosperity through so-called free trade. In Latin America, David Barkin and Juan Santarcángelo write, the IMF has contributed to the impoverishment of the working class and destruction of these countries’ ecological legacies. But what does the future hold for the IMF in Latin America?
April 1, 2024
In a December 2023 interview with the Wall Street Journal, Richard Haass, former special assistant to H. W. Bush, declared that the world has descended into a “new world disorder,” lamenting the long-lost dream of unending U.S. hegemony. This month’s “Notes from the Editors” reflects on not only Haass’s recent statements, but his longstanding advocacy of an “Imperial America” designed to ensure U.S. domination on the world stage.
April 1, 2024
A new poem by Marge Piercy.
March 1, 2024
From John Bellamy Foster: Paul Burkett’s death on January 7, 2024, at age 67, means that the world is suddenly bereft of the figure who played the leading role over… READ MORE
March 1, 2024
Christian Noakes is a worker and freelance writer. He received a Masters in Sociology from Georgia State University. Born out of oppressive conditions of the Black experience under white supremacy,… READ MORE
March 1, 2024
� Paul Burkett (1956–2024) was a professor of economics at Indiana State University, and the author of Marx and Nature (Haymarket, second edition 2014). He was also a jazz musician…. READ MORE
February 1, 2024
This article was originally written for A New Global Geometry?: The Socialist Register 2024 (Merlin Press, forthcoming). It has been lightly edited for Monthly Review. When I come to study… READ MORE
February 1, 2024
Benjamin Selwyn is a professor of international relations and international development at the University of Sussex. He is the author of The Struggle for Development (2017), The Global Development Crisis… READ MORE
February 1, 2024
A tender rain wanders down�on a day when fires burn�elsewhere, elsewhere—�for now. � Ashes float on smoky wind�over houses that no longer�exist, over crisp bodies�and their pets. � Fires rage,… READ MORE
January 1, 2024
buy this issue The genocide being inflicted by the Israeli state on the Palestinian people has now (as we write this in late November 2023) reached a particularly lethal stage,… READ MORE
