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
No champion of the oppressed
02 Feb 2006
Socialists should not celebrate Hamas's victory in the Palestinian elections. Women and secular forces will very likely be the first to suffer, says Katherine Quinn
More ballots, more bullets
02 Feb 2006
We are approaching the third anniversary of the big anti-war demonstrations before the invasion. Mike Macnair takes stock of the anti-war movement and the current situation in Iraq
History of Hamas
02 Feb 2006
An examination of Hamas's roots, both historical and political-theological, reveals beyond doubt that its anti-Zionism and anti-imperialism is programmatically counterrevolutionary, argues Eddie Ford. Or, to put it more starkly, in Hamas we encounter a reactionary ideology of the oppressed
Tragedy, hoaxes and Zionism
26 Jan 2006
Norman Finkelstein Beyond chutzpah: on the misuse of anti-semitism and the abuse of history Verso 2005, £16.99, pp332
Troops out now! The main enemy is imperialism!
08 Dec 2005
Paul Greenaway outlines the principled communist stance on the Iraq war and occupation
Creation of Armageddon
04 Aug 2005
It has been 60 years since anti-communism devastated Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Eddie Ford remembers
Which way forward?
17 Mar 2005
Imperialism versus internationalism
12 Aug 2004
In this concluding article, Mike Macnair argues that our most powerful enemy is the imperialist state. That is why communists are revolutionary defeatists
Imperialism lives on
05 Aug 2004
In the second of a short series of articles, Mike Macnair examines the role of the state in the global order and looks at alternatives to the 'imperialism of free trade' theory
AWL, Iraq and 'new imperialism'
29 Jul 2004
Mike Macnair argues that the failure of the AWL to call for an immediate withdrawal of troops from Iraq is a symptom of their flawed analysis of imperialism
What have Arabs ever done for us?
15 Jan 2004
The t.v racist Kilroy-Silk has created a wave of reactionism
Try Bush, Blair, and Saddam Hussein
18 Dec 2003
The capture of Saddam Hussein last weekend is being hailed in London and Washington as vindication of Bush and Blair's war. Yet amidst the triumphalism of the US and British governments, there is a note of caution, writes Ian Donovan
Bush, Blair - hands off Iraq!
11 Dec 2003
A campaign of solidarity with the democratic, progressive and secular forces fighting against the occupation is long overdue, argues Ian Mahoney
HQ wrecked
11 Dec 2003
Statement of the Iraqi Federation of Trade Unions (IFTU) protesting against the attack by the US occupation forces
Impressions of a protest
27 Nov 2003
Thursday November 20 saw some 200,000 demonstrators answer the call of the Stop the War Coalition to show Bush and Blair what they thought of their imperialist war and occupation of Iraq.