Imperialism & War > United States
Nato paralysis and US decline
17 Jun 2011
No candidate to replace the USA exists or looks likely to arise, writes James Turley
Free at last!
27 Jun 2024
He exposed US war crimes, dissed the global hegemon and faced life imprisonment. Sir Keir Starmer did nothing to help him. On the contrary, there was complicity with the Obama administration. Marcus Strom welcomes the release, but worries about the continued threat to free speech
Operation Imperial Overlord
13 Jun 2024
Rishi Sunak committed a ‘gaffe’ by leaving the D-Day celebrations before Joe Biden’s speech, it is claimed by an over-excited media. But, asks Mike Macnair, what was the military and strategic meaning of the Normandy landings?
Playing word games
30 May 2024
‘It’s only genocide when we say so’ - Daniel Lazare contrasts US grandstanding over Serbia and Xinjiang with its complicity in Israel’s war crimes in Gaza
Genocide by starvation
23 May 2024
Israel’s war cabinet is split over plans for Gaza: military occupation or an international civil administration? Meanwhile, Eddie Ford condemns the ICC for drawing a moral equivalence between Hamas and Israel
Unholy trinity continues to push
23 May 2024
Thanks to the US, Nato and the EU, the Ukraine fallout is spreading, writes Daniel Lazare - not least in Georgia and Slovakia
Netanyahu’s war wish
18 Apr 2024
A provocation like the attack on the Iranian consulate in Damascus has long been expected, says Moshé Machover. War with Iran would provide the cover needed for the mass expulsion of yet more Palestinians
Notes on the war
04 Apr 2024
At this particular juncture the west’s proxy finds itself on the back foot, says Jack Conrad. Doubtless that explains why Donald Tusk is warning Russia that a wider war in Europe is “a real threat”
Notes on the war
22 Feb 2024
After two years of battlefield carnage there is stalemate. Jack Conrad calls for the left to break from social-pacifism and centrism
Tucker in Putinland
15 Feb 2024
A two-hour long interview with Vladimir Putin told us little new about anything, but stands in intriguing contrast to the routine media spin, argues Paul Demarty
Risks and horrors of AUKUS
08 Feb 2024
Labor’s ‘left’ faction around Anthony Albanese and Penny Wong has openly and unashamedly embraced the alliance with US imperialism, now it is in government, says Martin Greenfield
Why is there a drug war?
08 Feb 2024
Mass incarceration and police brutality are no answer to either the gangs or drug-related health issues, argues Daniel Lazare
Stopping Trump juggernaut
18 Jan 2024
Sleepy Joe is driving voters into Republican arms. The more he tries to stop Trump, the stronger Trump gets, argues Daniel Lazare
CPGB Provisional Central Committee: Statement on Israel-Gaza war
04 Jan 2024
Notes on the war
14 Dec 2023
With the failure of Zelensky’s offensive there can be no doubt that there is a stalemate now. Perfect conditions for unofficial ceasefires and fraternisation, argues Jack Conrad
Far from pacified
07 Dec 2023
There can be no possibility of a military solution in Gaza. October 7 was a death trip, argues Daniel Lazare