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.

In 1969, Harry published his first and very important book, The Age of Imperialism. This book sold over 100,000 copies and was translated into 15 different languages. – Kids Encyclopedia Facts Staff / Kiddle.

FEATURED - William S. Solomon - The Covid pandemic’s onset prompted speculation that the disease had been created in a lab in China, specifically as a weapon against the United States.

This historic decision follows months of organizing among drivers and marks the first ever union certification of app-based drivers in Canada. – Adam D.K. King.

“Under our watch, Gaza has become the graveyard of children [and] starving people,” UNRWA chief Philippe Lazzarini said in a post on X on Friday. @RadioHabanaCuba.

Paul Sweezy helped start and edit the well-known magazine Monthly Review. People remember him most for his ideas in economics. He was one of the top thinkers in Marxian economics in the second half of the 20th century. – Kiddle Staff / Kiddle.

The attacks on the past, as Fanon puts it, are also attacks on the history, culture, and very way of life of oppressed people. @strugglelalucha.

As record-breaking heat waves sweep the country, a new national poll reveals an overwhelming majority of Americans are linking the punishing temperatures to climate change–and voicing deep concern about the government’s ability to respond. – Stacy Brown.

Malik is a courageous organizer and leader of CCNY’s Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) chapter. @mondoweiss.

FEATURED - VIctor Grossman - Despite the hot sun, few Americans were wearing rose-colored glasses these days, but rather fear dark clouds ahead.

The U.S. has imposed sanctions on UN Human Rights Council Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese for using her position to oppose the most thoroughly documented genocide in history. @caitoz.

There are moments in world affairs so brazen, so jaw-droppingly cynical, that satire simply gives up and goes home. @countercurrents.

It is a deliberate distortion of the law to chill dissent, criminalize solidarity & suppress the truth about UK complicity in genocide. – Zarah Sultana .

The chicken feather’s task is the task of socialism: to do what is considered by many to be impossible. @tri_continental.

In an apparent attempt to control the damage from the AP investigation, UG Solutions has distributed a pair of videos comprising over seven minutes of footage to the press. @grayzoneproject.

The ADL has been a presence in U.S. schools for forty years, pushing curriculum, direct programming, and teacher training into K-12 schools and increasingly into universities—often over the objections of students, parents, and educators. @mondoweiss.

The surprise does not lie so much in the result itself, as all polls and analyses in the past week pointed to a win for the Communist Party candidate, backed by Humanist Action, the Christian Left, and independents. @orinocotribune.

While public curiosity about Epstein’s elite connections remains strong, the most potent political uses of the case have already been extracted. @mintpressnews.

A crowd full of westerners happily being led through a chant of “Death, death to the IDF” at the 2025 Glastonbury Festival was a historical landmark moment for the 21st century. @caitoz.

In a video recapping his primary victory in Queens, Zohran Mamdani did something almost radical for today’s political landscape: he cut through usual Beltway euphemisms and mapped out the varied, living elements of the coalition that won. – Will Beaman .

FEATURED - Money on the Left - The phrase “institutions matter” is a common refrain among economists, including many who have proposed progressive alternatives to free market fundamentalism.