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
Will there be a deal?
26 Feb 2015
As negotiations continue, Yassamine Mather examines the intricacies of Middle East relations
Hypocrisy abounds
29 Jan 2015
Yassamine Mather can hardly believe the sickening tributes being paid to the Saudi tyrant
CIA roots of Islamist fundamentalism
15 Jan 2015
Did outrage caused by the provocations of an irreverent magazine provoke the Paris attacks? Yassamine Mather looks beyond this simplistic myth
Disastrous legacy
08 Jan 2015
Why do some on the left call for the west to step up its intervention against IS? Yassamine Mather looks at the results of past efforts
Reabsorbing solidarity
18 Dec 2014
The 1914 Christmas truce has been thoroughly sanitised by the establishment, argues Paul Demarty
The masses bear the brunt
27 Nov 2014
Yassamine Mather assesses the latest extension of negotiations between Iran and the 5+1 powers
A war that nobody wants to mention
30 Oct 2014
No-one in Turkey wants to celebrate what happened in 1914-18, writes Esen Uslu. But when it comes to the glory days of the Ottoman empire things are different
Those who side with imperialism
23 Oct 2014
Patrick Smith exposes spurious justifications and disastrous results
Models and humanitarian myths
16 Oct 2014
Die Linke is plumbing ever greater opportunist depths, writes Ben Lewis
WWI: How did it all happen?
09 Oct 2014
Douglas Newton The darkest days: the truth behind Britain’s rush to war, 1914 Verso, 2014, pp386, £20
The IS conundrum
09 Oct 2014
The siege of Kobanê raises more questions than it answers, writes Yassamine Mather
Tied to the national state
02 Oct 2014
Support for Germany’s 1914-18 war effort did not just come from the right. As shown by Konrad Haenisch’s letter, there was a pro-war left that banked on a German victory in order to bring about socialist revolution
Going soft on the intervention
02 Oct 2014
Fear and hatred of Islamic State has caused some members of the Fourth International to lose their bearings, writes Peter Manson
Kurds left in limbo
25 Sep 2014
The US has begun its bombing campaign in Syria
Zionism: Quest for legitimacy
18 Sep 2014
Israeli communist Moshé Machover examines the significance of Zionist claims that Israel is the ‘nation-state of the Jewish people’