In the public eye: C.G. Beck’s “The Labor of Architecture”
June 4, 2026
The latest, in The Architect's Newspaper: 'There is a specter haunting the field of architecture, and that specter is called “Fuck the bosses”—or class consciousness....'Monthly Review Press
WATCH: Socialist Register 2026
May 28, 2026
This was the first live launch of the Socialist Register in New York City, with our brand new editor, Arun Kundnani, alongside the (relatively new) coeditor of the Socialist Register, Steve Maher, joined by three contributors to this year’s volume: Ibrahim Shikaki, Costas Lapavitsas, and Paul Heideman. Together they considered these and other questions:
Forthcoming: The Rainbow Challenge (Excerpt)
May 2, 2026
From the Preface to the new edition of The Rainbow Challenge: Jesse Jackson’s first presidential primary race in 1984 should have been a wakeup call for the Democratic Party. Without... READ MORE
In the public eye: “Silencing Fighting Bob: The Attack on Antiwar Progressives During the First World War”
April 14, 2026
The latest: "Chester weaves a nuanced story of heroic activism and governmental abuses that extended all the way to the office of the President. He recognizes the complexities of the circumstance and does not look away from the compromises by La Follette and others as they faced overwhelming pressure to get in line with the war effort. The editor of The Forward would eventually announce that the paper was “absolutely loyal” after the United States entered the war. As 1917 gave way to 1918, the Senator from Wisconsin took a lower profile, stopped giving fiery speeches and, finally, softened some of his criticism of Wilson...."The Digital Mask of Class Power (Forthcoming: “Digitalization in India”)
March 31, 2026
The latest: "What has happened in the 15 years when digitalisation was expected to clean up systems, make governments more efficient, make services more inclusive, reduce poverty, and reduce dependence on the state and reduce inequality? Okay, that last was perhaps never said to have been on the agenda, but it should have been. The articles brought together by the Research Unit in Political Economy (RUPE) analyse, through field surveys and policy documents, the experience of those whom the system has so far failed to serve…."In the public eye: Contributors to “A Land With A People”
March 30, 2026
The latest from Mohammed Mhawish: "We have to ask ourselves: Do we know Hind? Of course we’ve heard her voice, or maybe have seen the building someone renamed after her at Columbia in her honor — which matters, and which she would have deserved, and which is still not the same as knowing her. But do we know her laughter, the way she moved through a room, what she was afraid of, what she loved, the world she was building inside herself at six years old? We learn none of it from the film. We learn it, if we learn it at all, from the interviews her mother gave on the side, on other people’s platforms. The film that claims her voice does not make space for her life."On “Lettuce Wars”: Remembering the struggle of farmworkers
March 10, 2026
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
New! “A Radical Anthropologist: The Trials and Triumphs of Kathleen Gough”
March 3, 2026
Who said, "Anthropology is a child of imperialism"?LISTEN/WATCH: Chris Gilbert’s Commune or Nothing!
January 17, 2026
Now available as an audio book: Listen to the full book by searching for Kudoslive on YouTube… In the public eye: Cosmonaut: Cosmonaut covered the history of the Venezuelan communal... READ MORE
January 29-31 Conference: Unequal Exchange in the Twenty-First Century
January 16, 2026
This January, scholars and activists from around the world will come together for the inaugural convening of UE21, Unequal Exchange in the Twenty-First Century, hosted by the Arghiri Emmanuel Association, and Anti-Imperialist Network.