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
What passes for democracy
23 May 2019
Erdoğan is desperate to prevent the opposition from taking control in Istanbul, writes Esen Uslu
Stepping up the threats
23 May 2019
Trump is garnering support for his crusade against Iran, but there is widespread opposition too, reports Yassamine Mather
Reclaim the holocaust
16 May 2019
The holocaust memorial industry is doing nothing to either remember or warn against other genocides, writes Tony Greenstein
Threat of war is real
09 May 2019
With Iran partially withdrawing from the nuclear deal and the US imposing yet more sanctions, tensions are rising fast. This is an edited version of an opening given by Yassamine Mather on the political situation in the Middle East
Coup attempt fizzles out
09 May 2019
Eddie Ford reports on the failure of the opposition and its imperialist masters to split the armed forces
Silencing the right will be followed by silencing the left
25 Apr 2019
Yassamine Mather looks behind the social media bans imposed in the name of ‘democracy’
Israel and the ‘new anti-Semitism’
25 Apr 2019
Review: ‘The British left and Zionism - history of a divorce’ by Paul Kelemen, Manchester University Press, 2012, pp227, £16.99
No to extradition
18 Apr 2019
Julian Assange’s arrest shows he is lined up for the same fate as Chelsea Manning, argues Paul Demarty
True to principle
18 Apr 2019
When it comes to US imperialism, Islam and Iran, the left has been deeply divided. Yassamine Mather reports on a recent BBC debate
Populism, annexationism, messianism
18 Apr 2019
Moshé Machover looks at the growth and increasingly influential role of religious zealots
Decline and fall of the Zionist left
18 Apr 2019
While the Israeli Labor Party has slumped to a record low, Meretz was saved by Arab votes. Tony Greenstein reports
Expect the unexpected
04 Apr 2019
A combination of working class discontent and Kurdish initiative produced a setback for Erdoğan, writes Esen Uslu. But that is not the end of the matter
New threats in the offing
04 Apr 2019
Yassamine Mather warns that the US administration is more than willing to see the map of the entire region redrawn
Ever further to the right
28 Mar 2019
In the Knesset election campaign, writes Tony Greenstein, the main parties are arguing about who will be more successful in getting rid of the Palestinians
Squirming on the hook
28 Mar 2019
Howe Cheatem considers the trap ‘mainstream’ liberals have got themselves into through attempting to set up a prosecution of Donald Trump