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
No illusions in Histadrut
12 Sep 2024
There is no possibility of a united Jewish-Arab working class politics at this historic juncture. Meanwhile, Netanyahu is using every and any excuse to keep the war in Gaza going, writes Yassamine Mather
Campaign continues to build
12 Sep 2024
Restrictions on protests, attempts to intimidate activists and suspension of export licences testify to the fact that the establishment is under massive pressure from below, says Carla Roberts
Revenge on the internet
05 Sep 2024
Encryption can be broken with a $5 wrench. The legal actions against Telegram and X show the fragility of free expression in the face of state power, argues Paul Demarty
Don’t bank on ayatollahs
05 Sep 2024
There are those, including on the ‘left’, who credit the Islamic Republic with being a bulwark of ‘anti‑imperialism’ and potentially the nemesis of Israel and US hegemony, writes Yassamine Mather
Ancient myths as today’s weapons
05 Sep 2024
Prime ministers from David Ben Gurion to Benjamin Netanyahu have quoted biblical stories of a promised land, conquest and imperial glory. Jack Conrad shows that, while this owes little or nothing to actual history, it does serve as standard Zionist ideological cover for colonisation, ethnic cleansing and genocide
A total, not a partial, ban
05 Sep 2024
Medics testify in an open letter to Sir Keir Starmer that the IDF is deliberately targeting children, hospitals and healthworkers. They call for ending economic, diplomatic and military support, reports James Linney
By bomb, bullet, hunger and disease
05 Sep 2024
Israel is trying to drive the Palestinian population to misery, despair and surrender with the overriding aim of ethnic cleansing and, failing that, genocide, writes Ian Spencer
Gambling on all-out war?
05 Sep 2024
In the current situation it is virtually impossible to predict how far Israel would be prepared to go in spreading the war, but its strategic aims are clear, argues Moshé Machover
Not two equals
29 Aug 2024
Despite the reactionary nature of the Iranian dictatorship, there can be no drawing of an equivalence with Israel. Netanyahu’s government is doing its utmost to turn the West Bank into another Gaza and drag the whole region into war, says Yassamine Mather
Fascism threatens ‘democracy’
29 Aug 2024
If Israel is not yet a fascist state, it is teetering on the brink, says Steve Freeman of the Republican Labour Education Forum. The comrade restates his case for a federal republic
Notes on the war
22 Aug 2024
Ukraine’s surprise attack on the Kursk oblast is a daring move, a military gamble, says Jack Conrad. It certainly exposes the one-dimensional thinking of Russia’s high command
Trying to provoke a wider conflict
01 Aug 2024
Assassinating a Hezbollah, then a Hamas leader, is yet another dangerous escalation. Meanwhile, notes Yassamine Mather, general Sir Roly Walker talks about an ‘axis of upheaval’ and being three years from war
Law of the land
25 Jul 2024
Benjamin Netanyahu took to X to denounce the ICJ’s advisory opinion on the illegality of Israel still holding Palestinian territory captured in 1967. Biblical myth supposedly trumps international law. But, as Mike Macnair says, the opinion has some considerable legal significance. That is why the mass media in Britain has been so quiet
Flip-flopping programmatically
25 Jul 2024
Marcus Strom reviews David Lockwood The politics of the Malayan Communist Party from 1930 to 1948 NUS Press, 2024, pp248, £31
No driver at the wheel
18 Jul 2024
The incumbent is not all there; the challenger nearly dies in an assassination attempt. All the more reason to ditch the entire US presidential system, argues Paul Demarty