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
14th amendment threat
25 May 2023
The debt-ceiling crisis is the direct result of the antiquated constitution, argues Daniel Lazare, but ‘emergency measures’ would be a gift for Trump
Notes on the war
25 May 2023
Yevgeny Prigozhin maintains that every centimetre of Bakhmut has been taken, but Ukraine’s much heralded spring offensive is still to come. Jack Conrad looks at the military and political situation
Rupert’s American debacle
27 Apr 2023
The spectacular settlement with Dominion Election Systems is an index of both political dysfunction and the role of the rightwing media, argues Paul Demarty
Recipe for conflict
27 Apr 2023
Michael Roberts examines the continued role of the dollar, despite the hype about US decline and a multipolar world economy
Back to the old sod
20 Apr 2023
Carefully scripted and tightly choreographed, Biden’s Irish visit was really about November 2024. Kevin Bean looks at the electoral politics of ‘Oirishness’
Reinforcing state control
20 Apr 2023
There is a close link between a hegemon’s diminishing role and that of the media, argues Daniel Lazare
Their army and ours
20 Apr 2023
Marxists prefer peace to war, but, as Jack Conrad explains, with us that must go hand-in-hand with making propaganda for the right to bear arms and the establishment of a popular militia
Erdoğan’s power play
06 Apr 2023
Esen Uslu investigates the vote for Finland’s membership and then stonewalling over Sweden’s
From order to chaos
23 Mar 2023
Why has so much of the left collapsed into social-imperialism? Why the continued illusions in US intervention? Mike Macnair talked to Hands off the People of Iran in a meeting hosted by Yassamine Mather
Counting stolen elections
23 Mar 2023
At last we have definitive confirmation that the Republicans were urging Iran not to release US hostages until Ronald Reagan was elected. Daniel Lazare comments
Shifting interests and alignments
16 Mar 2023
The Saudi-Iran deal brokered by China is bad news for the US, but especially Israel, says Yassamine Mather
American death trip
16 Mar 2023
The war on drugs has been a horrendous failure. So, asks Daniel Lazare, why do governments remain hooked on repression?
Now it’s Ukrainians
09 Mar 2023
The Nord Stream story continues to grow ever more complex and strange. Daniel Lazare attempts to cut through the confusion
Xi and John and Yoko
02 Mar 2023
China’s 12-point plan has not been welcomed in Washington, Brussels or Moscow. But, asks Paul Demarty, should communists join the pacifist camp?
Ohio’s perfect storm
02 Mar 2023
Daniel Lazare warns that, with Trump skilfully championing poor whites, with weak trade unions and a ‘left’ intent on tailing Biden, the danger of a rightwing dictatorship grows