Imperialism & War
Grounds for optimism
03 Feb 2011
Israeli socialist Moshé Machover talks to Mark Fischer about the implications of the uprising in Egypt for the whole region
Beware of concerned neocons
06 Oct 2022
Workers, teachers, students, school students, need solidarity from below, argues Yassamine Mather
Atlanticist post-fascist
06 Oct 2022
Giorgia Meloni will continue to align with the US-Anglosphere. However, argues Maciej Zurowski, the umbilical cord joining her with fascism remains
Another common sense is possible
06 Oct 2022
Ukraine, Nord Stream, the nuclear war danger, US China strategy, Tory unravelling and a record Labour opinion lead. Gaby Rubin reports
Weighing the evidence
06 Oct 2022
After eliminating the improbable, Daniel Lazare points a finger of blame at the probable culprit
Cornered, bellicose and dangerous
06 Oct 2022
The lady was for turning after all, writes Eddie Ford, and the Tories are now in a state of open civil war, facing a crushing electoral defeat. So will Liz Truss play the Ukraine war card?
Protests challenge the regime
29 Sep 2022
Across the whole country, in every city, in every town, there is revolt. But does ‘post-nationalism’, rather than class politics, provide the solution? Yassamine Mather investigates
The Blob closes in
29 Sep 2022
Trump is a con artist with a transactional approach to the law. However, argues Daniel Lazare, Democrat attempts to prosecute him are political warfare by other means
The killing of Mahsa
22 Sep 2022
Yassamine Mather says the imposition of the ‘full hijab’ by the Gasht-e Ershad morality police is a class issue. Richer Iranian women, the well-connected, have little to fear
Walking a tightrope
22 Sep 2022
Erdoğan’s sell-by date in the international arena has long passed, says Esen Uslu. But be warned - that is exactly why he will be looking to stoke up conflicts
America’s ‘great game’
22 Sep 2022
With Russia facing humiliation in Ukraine, Daniel Lazare provides his own assessment of US ambitions in the global ‘Heartland’
Not time to party … yet
15 Sep 2022
Emil Jacobs of Communist Platform suggests that more preparation time is needed before there can be worthwhile unity. Certainly uniting around the call for arming Ukraine would be disastrous
Measure for measure
15 Sep 2022
Michael Roberts looks at the appalling life expectancy and human development figures in the 21st century
Grand strategy and Ukraine
15 Sep 2022
Pre-emptive wars, sanctions and other measures are being used by the US to prevent even the possibility of a real ‘peer rival’ emerging, argues Mike Macnair. This article is based on his talk given to Communist University in August 2022
Collection of Euclidean axioms
08 Sep 2022
Daniel Lazare welcomes Joe Biden’s Philadelphia speech on the danger posed by Maga Republicans, but the idea that democracy can be won by upholding an antiquated, undemocratic constitution is risible
Imperialist Russia?
08 Sep 2022
The Morning Star and Communist Review are locked into a debate on whether or not the Russian Federation should be characterised as an imperialist power. Mike Macnair investigates the protagonists and their arguments