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
Guns are not the problem
09 Jun 2022
Abolishing the second amendment would require a civil war and leave the state with a monopoly when it comes to the right to bear arms. Mike Macnair sees no reason why we should trust the capitalist courts, army and police
Guns, class and social decay
09 Jun 2022
After the Uvalde school massacre the question of gun control has once again topped the political agenda. But, argues Daniel Lazare, do not expect anything much to change
Running out of luck
26 May 2022
The new Labor government is committed, like its predecessor, to the US alliance and disengaging with China. Meanwhile, real wages fall, inflation increases and climate change brings floods, fires and droughts. Michael Roberts looks at a country facing troubled times
Designed to shorten lives
26 May 2022
Cars, drugs and now the Uvalde school massacre, Daniel Lazare looks at the American way of death
All about press freedom
26 May 2022
The case of Julian Assange represents the most dangerous and concerted attack on journalism and freedom of the press in over a century, says Tony Greenstein
Notes on the war
26 May 2022
Both the social-imperialists and the pro-Kremlin left fail to put the working class at the centre of their perspectives and look instead to either Nato or the Putin regime as an agent of social progress. Jack Conrad calls for rebellion against those who betray the elementary principles of socialism
Stampeded by Russia’s attack
26 May 2022
Public and parliamentary opinion have undergone a panicked swing away from non-alignment. Jan Nyström reports on the attempt to forge a principled opposition to Nato membership
Luxury amidst poverty
19 May 2022
Soaring prices and shortages of basic foodstuffs have triggered anti-government protests and riots, reports Yassamine Mather
About-turn at the top
19 May 2022
While Democrats stampede to back the war, writes Daniel Lazare, it is the Republican right which is now anti-war
A bazaar mentality
19 May 2022
Why is Erdoğan blocking Finland and Sweden from Nato membership? It is all about carpets and donkey dung, writes Esen Uslu
Single-issue failure
19 May 2022
Clearing out Azovstal is a rare piece of good news for the Russian government, writes Paul Demarty, in what is a grim strategic picture
Back to direct rule
19 May 2022
Though Boris Johnson has every interest in promoting one clash with Brussels after another, now there is the war in Ukraine and the coming struggle with China. Kevin Bean puts arguments over the Northern Ireland protocol into their wider strategic context
Right strikes at abortion right
12 May 2022
Sexual barbarism is about to return with a vengeance, but, Daniel Lazare insists, it would be profoundly mistaken to rely on the constitution to defend the gains made in a past generation
Two impossibilities
12 May 2022
Neither a one-state nor a two-state solution is feasible, argues Moshé Machover. Instead we ought to think outside the Israel-Palestine box and argue for a working class solution
Open letter to ‘Red Line TV’
12 May 2022
Jack Conrad scorns the ‘alive and kicking’ claim, questions Labour Briefing’s ‘great tradition’ and urges rebellion against LRC’s social-imperialism