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
US ramps up the pressure
28 Jun 2018
Principled left says no to regime change from above. Yassamine Mather gives them critical support
Not a Sunni-Shia conflict
21 Jun 2018
The nightmare that is Yemen has not only been brought about by regional rivalries. US and British arms sales and diplomatic support are vital, writes Yassamine Mather
Result may hinge on Kurds
21 Jun 2018
How will Erdoğan respond, asks Esen Uslu, if he cannot get a majority?
Bad allies, bad timing
14 Jun 2018
Sometimes countries are just plain unlucky. Yassamine Mather looks at Iran and its fraught international relations
No such thing as socialist Zionism
14 Jun 2018
The historic contradictions of the Zionist left are being played out in the death throes of Meretz, writes Tony Greenstein
Space policy directive 2
31 May 2018
Donald Trump has signed a presidential directive designed to boost US space commerce and fend off any challenge from China. Jack Conrad says the left would be well advised not to welcome the latest promises of getting back to the moon and going on to Mars
Allies fall out
24 May 2018
US threats are alarming EU leaders, who fear more instability in the Middle East, writes Yassamine Mather
End of a love affair?
24 May 2018
The relationship between US Jews and Israel is becoming more and more strained, argues Moshé Machover. This is an edited version of his talk to the May 22 London Communist Forum
Seventy years of colonial terror
17 May 2018
The state of Israel is based on war, colonial expansion and dispossession, writes Yassamine Mather
Good enough for the east
10 May 2018
Why has Erdoğan called snap elections? Esen Uslu looks at his regime’s latest ‘democratic’ machinations
Zionist chutzpah
10 May 2018
On the 70th anniversary of the nakba, Moshé Machover notes a remarkable piece of hypocrisy
Playing Tehran’s game
10 May 2018
Those who believe Trump’s withdrawal from the nuclear deal will damage the Islamic Republic are badly mistaken, writes Yassamine Mather
Trump, the peacemaker?
03 May 2018
Eddie Ford is sceptical about the recent love-fest between the Korean leaders
Zionism is the real problem
03 May 2018
Marc Wadsworth’s expulsion should be viewed in the context of the international situation, says Carla Roberts of Labour Party Marxists
Anger from below
26 Apr 2018
Iranians are expecting the worst from both Trump and their own regime, writes Yassamine Mather