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
A century of illusions
13 Mar 2025
Royalist fortunes hinge on Donald Trump, but also on promoting the personality cult of Reza Khan. Yassamine Mather looks at the rise and fall of a mountebank
Trump greenlights ethnic cleansing
13 Mar 2025
As Zionists triumphantly talk of Palestine being on the ‘threshold of the gates of hell’ and ‘absolute victory’, Jack Conrad presents the communist strategy for winning the Israeli-Jewish working class
Theatre of cruelty
06 Mar 2025
Zelensky’s humiliation in the Oval Office was a cynical setup. But for that we should be grateful, says Eddie Ford, as it lifted the curtain on what normally happens behind closed doors
Notes on the war
20 Feb 2025
Three years since the launch of the ‘special military operation’, the post-World War II order is being shredded by America. Trump is a revolutionary counterrevolutionary, says Jack Conrad
The American Sulla
13 Feb 2025
Concessions won during the New Deal and the civil rights era are under attack. The old world order is being shredded. Edith Fischer, a member of the Revolutionary Communist Organisation in Australia, looks at Trump 2.0 and his programme
Organise to stop genocide
13 Feb 2025
Take Trump’s plans seriously, says Yassamine Mather. Not the ‘riviera’ stuff, but the clearing out of Palestinians from Gaza. That explains why there has been a welcome across the Zionist spectrum
Terror of colonialism
06 Feb 2025
George Evans reviews Caroline Elkins Legacy of violence: a history of the British empire Vintage 2022, pp872, £16.99
Making sense of AI wars
06 Feb 2025
Has China caught up with the United States in artificial intelligence? That depends on what the race between the two countries is actually about, says Paul Demarty
Maintaining global hegemony
30 Jan 2025
China is America’s only serious rival, prompting the ‘Pivot to Asia’ and the growing threat of a hot war. Marcus Strom examines the role of Aukus, particularly in relation to the politics of Australia
Notes on the war
30 Jan 2025
With Donald Trump’s second term and talk of a negotiated settlement, Volodymyr Zelensky’s political career seems to be rapidly heading towards its failure. Jack Conrad warns that in the immediate term this will likely benefit the far right
Taking Trump seriously
30 Jan 2025
How easy will the new US president find it to carry out his agenda? Paul Demarty sees few real limits to Donald Trump’s power
Do the evolution
23 Jan 2025
Going from left to right is a well-trodden path. Paul Demarty traces the development of the ‘last Marxist’ from Spartacism to Trump cheerleader
After the ceasefire
23 Jan 2025
Our solution can only be feasible if it is regional and socialist. Nothing else works strategically. Moshé Machover looks at the prospects following the ceasefire deal and in light of the new Trump administration
War, politics, economics
23 Jan 2025
Starting with Carl von Clausewitz and a critical examination of what he actually said. Mike Macnair looks at pre-capitalist and capitalist times and the relationship between war and business
Questions of war and peace
23 Jan 2025
Once again it has become common to talk about genocide and the danger of nuclear war. How should we respond? Paul Cooper reports on last weekend’s Winter Communist University