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
MAGA versus Harvard
24 Apr 2025
With America’s oldest university offering token resistance to the attacks of the Trump administration, Paul Demarty looks at academic freedom and the parlous state of higher education
Rise of DEV-GEN Z
24 Apr 2025
University students and high school students have taken the lead. Workers too have moved into action. Esen Uslu reports
Netanyahu is rebuffed
24 Apr 2025
Israel wants Iran attacked, degraded and broken. But the latest US-Iran talks make it clear who is in charge, argues Yassamine Mather
Death of an absolute monarch
24 Apr 2025
Pope Francis liked to parade his simple life, his identification with the poor and downtrodden. But, shows Jack Conrad, he turned a blind eye to mass killing and presided over a fabulously wealthy and thoroughly compromised institution
Lies, damned lies and viruses
24 Apr 2025
Trump is determined to use every propaganda weapon against China, so, argues Ian Spencer, it is time, once again, to blame it for the Covid-19 pandemic
Jaw-jaw flipside of war-war
18 Apr 2025
US-Iran negotiations appear to have gone well. Leave aside Israel, there has been a positive response across the Middle East. Even the EU, China and Russia are happy. So, asks Yassamine Mather, what could possibly go wrong?
Breaking with playing dead
18 Apr 2025
How to respond to Trump’s whirlwind of tariffs, chaos and oppression? Democrats have their ‘Hands Off’ protests. Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez their ‘Fight Oligarchy’ tour. Matt Strupp and Ben Lenz of the Marxist Unity Group want independent socialist organisation
White coats, red blood
18 Apr 2025
Mass killing in Gaza is but a prelude to ethnic cleansing. And, aided and abetted by the US and UK, Israeli forces are committing war crimes against Palestinian medical personnel with complete impunity, writes Ian Spencer
Vanishing capitalists?
10 Apr 2025
Mike Macnair reviews A Hanton Vassal state: how America runs Britain Swift Press 2024, pp298, £12.99
Capitalism with Chinese characteristics
10 Apr 2025
The US-China trade war has seen both tit-for-tat tariffs and a strategic attempt to shift away from any reliance on the American market. Yassamine Mather gives her take on current dilemmas and the socio‑economic nature of the People’s Republic
Recession threats loom
10 Apr 2025
Where is the full-scale US-China trade war taking the world? Michael Roberts looks at the likely outcome when it comes to the headline inflation, output and productivity stats
Articulate attack dog
10 Apr 2025
Despite being from a troubled background, JD Vance found the help of some very rich friends. Mike Belbin looks at the ideas, compromises and ambitions of the US vice president
Escalation on the cards
03 Apr 2025
After the exchange of letters, maximum pressure sanctions and the almost comical revelations of ‘Signalgate’, Yassamine Mather warns that Trump might soon give the green light for a punishment war against Iran
A sea of red and white
03 Apr 2025
It was to be a test of strength. As it was, some 2.2 million turned out in Istanbul’s Maltepe Park. Esen Uslu reports on the latest and biggest anti-regime protest yet
We happy few
28 Mar 2025
The latest ‘world happiness rankings’ are out, with the usual suspects at the top and the bottom. Major change is unlikely so long as imperial power survives, suggests Paul Demarty