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
SUPPLEMENT: Three waves of protest
04 Feb 2021
Feelings of injustice, a lack of rights and a sense of betrayal have become universal and act as psychological and subjective drivers of protest, writes Ardeshir Mehrdad. But how can protest be forged into a movement than can topple the regime?
SUPPLEMENT: Limits of guerrillaism
04 Feb 2021
Mohamad Reza Shalgouni was a founder-member of the Organisation of Revolutionary Workers of Iran (Rahe Kargar). He spoke to Yassamine Mather about his strategic reassessment as a prisoner of the shah and experience of the revolutionary years of 1978-79
SUPPLEMENT: Preparing for revolution
04 Feb 2021
Yassamine Mather says that the Siahkal incident 50 years ago marked a break with the passivity of ‘official communism’, but the guerrillaist left was hopelessly outmanoeuvred when it came to the reality of revolution in Iran
Poor man’s pivot
04 Feb 2021
The government’s decision to join an Asia-Pacific free trade area is not likely to provide much shelter from economic headwinds, argues Paul Demarty
The meaning of January 6
04 Feb 2021
A riot, a coup attempt or something in between? Daniel Lazare responds to three recently published articles in the Weekly Worker
Old regime is cracking apart
28 Jan 2021
Not a Tudor but a Whig republic. Bradley Mayer sees change coming sooner than many expect
Republicans at odds
28 Jan 2021
Following the events of January 6, Jim Creegan looks at the state of play within the Grand Old Party
Hispaniola shibboleth
21 Jan 2021
Gaby Rubin reviews 'The farming of bones' by Edwidge Danticat
Goodbye Donald Trump
21 Jan 2021
The January 6 failed coup is a symptom of decay. Even with a near $2 trillion rescue package the Biden administration is unlikely to revive the American dream, says Jack Conrad
One episode in long-term process
21 Jan 2021
Vladimir Putin cannot be blamed for America’s worst president ever. Daniel Lazare assesses the four turbulent years
Open and honest debate
14 Jan 2021
The CPGB’s first online winter school proved to be a real success. James Harvey reports
A conservative revolution
14 Jan 2021
National sovereignty crystalised Gaelicism and late Victorian mores. Marc Mulholland argues, in his second article, that there was no transformation of popular consciousness
End of internet anarchy
14 Jan 2021
Fallout from the Capitol invasion shows that pacification of social media is well underway, says Paul Demarty
Trump’s ‘march on Rome’
14 Jan 2021
The current US republic is heading towards an eventual downfall, contends Daniel Lazare
From copy to overtake
07 Jan 2021
China has taken a technological lead in quantum computing. Yassamine Mather says this could well impact on the military balance of power