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
We need a game plan
16 Aug 2019
Protest politics always reach their limits and eventually fizzle out, argues Paul Demarty.
Poised to invade Rojava
08 Aug 2019
Esen Uslu examines Erdoğan’s plans for establishing protectorates in Kurdish areas in Syria and Iraq.
Island illusions
08 Aug 2019
The political crisis in Hong Kong needs to be seen in the context of global politics, argues Paul Demarty.
Profits on the fall
02 Aug 2019
The US officially admits its figures for the last three years were wrong. Michael Roberts comments on the revisions.
From golden age to age of austerity
02 Aug 2019
Trump’s trade war with China and Brexit poses major challenges to globalised capital, argues Yassamine Mather. This article is based on a recent talk given to Cambridge University Persian Society.
Another day, another tirade
25 Jul 2019
Democrat establishment joins Trump in attacking the ‘squad’ as a ‘bunch of communists’, reports Peter Moody
Tanker wars and propaganda
25 Jul 2019
The war of words between America and Iran is becoming more and more dangerous, warns Yassamine Mather
Fifty years on
25 Jul 2019
A new space race has begun. Rival powers aim to get to the moon and then perhaps go all the way to Mars. Jack Conrad says this is all about national prestige, not adding to humanity’s body of scientific knowledge
A vizier or a jester?
18 Jul 2019
As Erdoğan plays the US off against Russia, Esen Uslu asks if his optimism is misplaced
Turkey’s arms industry is on a war footing - High-risk foreign adventures
12 Jul 2019
Erdoğan has been engaging in lavish military spending despite the poor state of the economy, reports Esen Uslu
Corbyn, Tehran and fake news
12 Jul 2019
Yassmine Mather shows that the mainstream media have little or no regard for the truth
G20 and trade war
04 Jul 2019
Osaka saw a truce between the US and China. But the trade war will break out again. This is a struggle for global supremacy and, reckons Michael Roberts, the odds are that China will win
Flop of the century
04 Jul 2019
Donald Trump’s attempts to manufacture ‘good news’ in the Middle East have so far been a dismal failure, writes Yassamine Mather
Major blow to Erdoğan
27 Jun 2019
The repeat election for mayor of Istanbul was not just a case of déjà vu, writes Esen Uslu
Threats must be taken seriously
20 Jun 2019
Yassamine Mather looks at the US-Iran conflict against the background of Donald Trump’s contradictory pronouncements