The following piece is adapted from the authors’ new book, Extraordinary Threat: The US Empire, the Media and 20 Years of Coup Attempts in Venezuela, published by Monthly Review Press.

Justin Podur
Finding a path from here to an education system that meets social needs while respecting the freedom of its members remains to be done. Illich challenges us to make sure our ideas pass the test of freedom
Source: FAIR Chávez was actually going to try to follow through on his promises to change the system and assert his country’s…
After mass graves full of Indigenous children have been found, how can Canada justify ongoing land theft?
Is Colombia’s Military Displacing Peasants to Protect the Environment or Sell Off Natural Resources?
Corporations, not wildlife, stand to benefit from the emptied lands
The default counterinsurgency mode is a consequence of being ruled by an elite that sees the whole population as the enemy
Joe Emersberger interviewed Justin Podur regarding his new book about a conflict few understand thanks to, among other things, “Africanist” scholars.
Criminological data has told us for decades that police are irrelevant for public safety
Here Are Some Alternatives That Are Proven to Work
Classical economics helped kill millions in the British Empire’s famines—following economic orthodoxy today could be just as deadly