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
Jaw-jaw flipside of war-war
18 Apr 2025
US-Iran negotiations appear to have gone well. Leave aside Israel, there has been a positive response across the Middle East. Even the EU, China and Russia are happy. So, asks Yassamine Mather, what could possibly go wrong?
Breaking with playing dead
18 Apr 2025
How to respond to Trump’s whirlwind of tariffs, chaos and oppression? Democrats have their ‘Hands Off’ protests. Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez their ‘Fight Oligarchy’ tour. Matt Strupp and Ben Lenz of the Marxist Unity Group want independent socialist organisation
White coats, red blood
18 Apr 2025
Mass killing in Gaza is but a prelude to ethnic cleansing. And, aided and abetted by the US and UK, Israeli forces are committing war crimes against Palestinian medical personnel with complete impunity, writes Ian Spencer
Vanishing capitalists?
10 Apr 2025
Mike Macnair reviews A Hanton Vassal state: how America runs Britain Swift Press 2024, pp298, £12.99
Capitalism with Chinese characteristics
10 Apr 2025
The US-China trade war has seen both tit-for-tat tariffs and a strategic attempt to shift away from any reliance on the American market. Yassamine Mather gives her take on current dilemmas and the socio‑economic nature of the People’s Republic
Recession threats loom
10 Apr 2025
Where is the full-scale US-China trade war taking the world? Michael Roberts looks at the likely outcome when it comes to the headline inflation, output and productivity stats
Articulate attack dog
10 Apr 2025
Despite being from a troubled background, JD Vance found the help of some very rich friends. Mike Belbin looks at the ideas, compromises and ambitions of the US vice president
Escalation on the cards
03 Apr 2025
After the exchange of letters, maximum pressure sanctions and the almost comical revelations of ‘Signalgate’, Yassamine Mather warns that Trump might soon give the green light for a punishment war against Iran
A sea of red and white
03 Apr 2025
It was to be a test of strength. As it was, some 2.2 million turned out in Istanbul’s Maltepe Park. Esen Uslu reports on the latest and biggest anti-regime protest yet
We happy few
28 Mar 2025
The latest ‘world happiness rankings’ are out, with the usual suspects at the top and the bottom. Major change is unlikely so long as imperial power survives, suggests Paul Demarty
From welfare to warfare
28 Mar 2025
We are returning to ‘military Keynesianism’, but will the ‘war dividend’ result in the end of stagnation and an economic boom? Michael Roberts doubts it
Zionism opens gates of hell
28 Mar 2025
The Palestinian masses are threatened by genocide and ethnic cleansing, but Israeli settler-colonialism is riven with profound contradictions and can be beaten. Jack Conrad outlines the communist plan
Divine right of CEOs
20 Mar 2025
What explains the dominance of the ‘tech right’? Paul Demarty traces the ideological evolution of the Silicon Valley oligarchs from new-age woo to the hard right
Notes on America
20 Mar 2025
Donald Trump’s administration is contemplating a grand reordering of global finance and trade. Europe will suffer, but, argues Jack Conrad, China is the main target
A century of illusions
13 Mar 2025
Royalist fortunes hinge on Donald Trump, but also on promoting the personality cult of Reza Khan. Yassamine Mather looks at the rise and fall of a mountebank