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
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’
Parvus: for German victory
11 Sep 2014
New translations shed light on the thinking of socialists who ended up supporting 'their' side in WWI. Mike Macnair introduces a second Parvus article
Ukraine: No siding with nationalists
11 Sep 2014
Eddie Ford argues that working class political independence cannot be built by backing the pawns of imperialism
The price of nationalism
04 Sep 2014
Mike Macnair reviews the cynical geopolitical manoeuvres of the rival power blocs
The origins, politics and economics of the Islamic State
04 Sep 2014
As imperialism once again changes its allies, the left needs to stick to its principles, says Yassamine Mather
Dynamic towards full-scale confrontation
14 Aug 2014
Kiev’s besieging of cities in eastern Ukraine has ominous parallels, says Eddie Ford
Parvus’s ‘Fourth of August’
14 Aug 2014
Sections of the left also adopted a German-defencist position during 1914-18
Gaza demo: Don't let it go to waste
14 Aug 2014
The latest march in solidarity with the Palestinians was both big and open to ideas; but the old hands of the anti-war movement had little perspective to offer. Peter Manson reports