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  • Claustropolis: 1984

    “Claustropolis: 1984” is excerpted from a forthcoming novel. In Bhopal, I could lie low. In Bhopal, there would be instructions for me. Because I had been told not to take the express, I traveled on a local, in an unreserved bogie. The whiskey was Director’s Special, a parting gift from Gupta’s people. I didn’t even…

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  • When Einstein called “fascists” those who rule Israel for the last 44 years…

    Originally published: CADTM (Committee for the Abolition of Illegitamet Debt)  on October 31, 2023 by Yorgos Mitralias (more by CADTM (Committee for the Abolition of Illegitamet Debt)) (Posted Mar 06, 2024) Fascism, Movements, Strategy, StrikesGlobalNewswireAlbert Einstein We republish the following text because it is now even more timely and even more useful than when it was first published in August 2021.…

  • Gabriel García Márquez’s Formative Reading List: 24 Books That Shaped One of Humanity’s Greatest Writers

    BY MARIA POPOVA The most reliable portal into another’s psyche is the mental library of that person’s favorite books — those foundational idea-bricks of which we build the home for our interior lives, the integral support beams of our personhood and values. And who doesn’t long for such a portal into humanity’s most robust yet…

  • A psychoanalytical analysis of Western elites

    How should we explain the near complete absence of feelings of guilt or shame on the part of Western politicians — especially over Gaza? Thomas Fazi Mar 11 Michael Brenner — Professor Emeritus of International Affairs at the University of Pittsburgh and a fellow of the Center for Transatlantic Relations at SAIS/Johns Hopkins — isn’t…

  • The March issue is out now!Preview this month’s articles, subscribe, and check out the latest offer.SUBSCRIBE TO MONTHLY REVIEW!REVIEW OF THE MONTHEngels for Our Times: Gender, Social Reproduction, and Revolution“It is surprising,” Marnie Holborow writes, “how often in Marxist accounts of women’s oppression Frederick Engels is overlooked.” In responding to this gap in analysis, Holborow…

  • Oscars Rewind: The Most Political Ceremony in Academy History

    By Bruce Fretts With politically charged movies like “Vice” and “BlacKkKlansman” expected to be contenders, the 2019 Academy Awards could prove provocative. But it’s unlikely any ceremony will ever inspire more heated division than the Oscars a little over 40 years ago, when the best supporting actress winner, Vanessa Redgrave, was burned in effigy outside the…

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