Imperialism & War > United States
Nato paralysis and US decline
17 Jun 2011
No candidate to replace the USA exists or looks likely to arise, writes James Turley
Marxist or liberal foreign policy?
19 Feb 2026
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has made a splash at the Munich security conference with a ‘left’ defence of US power, writes Paul Demarty. Can the Democratic Socialists of America hold its elects to account?
The dog and the tail
19 Feb 2026
Many, including on the left, believe that America’s support for Israel damages its national interests, that the explanation for the irrational behaviour lies with the sinister influence of the pro-Israel lobby, even wealthy Jews. Moshé Machover disagrees. American support for Israel is not irrational: it serves its national interests
Notes on the war
19 Feb 2026
Four years since the launch of the ‘special military operation’, Russia is predictably bogged down in a war of attrition. Exactly what the US wanted, says Jack Conrad. But now we have Trump, the trifecta and the shredding of the post-World War II order
Et tu, Bezos?
12 Feb 2026
The Amazon oligarch’s attacks on his own Washington Post amounts to a betrayal of the vocation of journalism. More of the same should be expected, reckons Paul Demarty
Reject all dead ends
15 Jan 2026
We support the mass protests against the dictatorial regime, writes Yassamine Mather. However, we must also intransigently oppose Trump’s threat of US intervention and any kind of return of the monarchy
Twilight of the Beeb
20 Nov 2025
The current crisis of the BBC is the outcome of long-term transformation of the wider British establishment, and its total subordination to the USA, argues Paul Demarty
Deal, doubts and power dynamics
16 Oct 2025
Infamous words come to mind: the Gaza deal is full of ‘known unknowns’ and even more ‘unknown unknowns’. Yassamine Mather looks behind the photo-ops, handshakes and bonhomie at Sharm El-Sheikh
McCarthyite secrets and lies
02 Oct 2025
Gaby Rubin reviews Julia Bracher (director), The Rosenbergs: atomic spies, PBS America
Death of a sycophant
18 Sep 2025
Charlie Kirk’s assassination is another glimpse into a particularly American pathology. Paul Demarty expects nothing good to come of it
Carnival of the oppressed
26 Jun 2025
Midsummer day’s 350,000-strong Palestine demonstration in London was a defiant, disciplined protest against genocide, war and an increasingly repressive British state, writes Ian Spencer
Devouring the prey and drinking the blood of the slain
19 Jun 2025
Netanyahu is bent on death, destruction and gore. Donald Trump gave the green light - that much is obvious. Now he has approved attack plans and is demanding ‘unconditional surrender’. Jack Conrad presents the communist alternative to capitalist barbarism and war
Fifty years on
15 May 2025
Left organisations, writers and academics alike have been drawing the wrong lessons. They think Vietnam can be repeated in Palestine … anywhere. Direct action by isolated small groups and broad fronts have become their common coin, argues Mike Macnair
Cruel and unusual punishment
08 May 2025
Trump’s use of prisons in El Salvador as a means of terrorising migrants is a flagrant attack on constitutional rights and the rule of law, writes Ian Spencer
Trump’s first 100 days
08 May 2025
Liberals have been profoundly shocked. Maybe it is a pose; after all, almost everything was announced during the presidential election campaign, says Yassamine Mather
Weathering the tariff storm
01 May 2025
Beijing is making great play of the opportunities for its capitalists, as the country attempts to shift away from reliance on the US market. Meanwhile, writes Yassamine Mather, the working class faces absolute exploitation with overtime and excessive hours