Montly Review

• May 28: LIVE + IN PERSON, Socialist Register 2026

  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.

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• May 26: Symposium on Foster’s “Breaking the Bonds of Fate”

  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

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• In the public eye: Ian Angus’ “Metabolic Rifts” (+Excerpt)

  WATCH: Ecosocialism Forum hosts Ian Angus Ian Angus introduced his new book Metabolic Rifts: Capitalism’s Assault on the Earth’s System, in an event cosponsored with, and hosted by, Jess Spear... READ MORE

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• In the public eye: Steve Cushion’s “Slavery in the British Empire and its Legacy in the Modern World”

  The latest: "This examination of the 400-year history of European colonisation through the prism of ‘the political economy of enslavement’, is an act of completion. It integrates historical accounts that are relatively well known with detailed connections to a wider history and legacy of racial slavery. For decades, the history of the repeal of overt slavery by the British state was not so much taught as misrepresented, arguably until the twenty first century. Today, attempts to tell this history as it was and make connections to the modern world are increasingly being presented by the influential and US inflected Right in the UK as treasonable narratives introduced to pollute the purity of British history. Therefore, with accusations of ‘woke history’ to contend with, it is important that this full multidimensional exposure of slavery and its ongoing consequences should become
  the educative standard."

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• Forthcoming: The Rainbow Challenge (Excerpt)

  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

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