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Nato paralysis and US decline
17 Jun 2011
No candidate to replace the USA exists or looks likely to arise, writes James Turley
Desperately clinging on
01 Jul 2021
The Putin-Biden summit illustrates one thing above all: US hypocrisy. Daniel Lazare looks at election interference and the debacle in Afghanistan
Paralysis of ruling elite
17 Jun 2021
The linkage between a frozen constitution, democratic decline and sexual rigidity is subtle yet powerful, argues Daniel Lazare
Fascism needs definition
17 Jun 2021
Marxism strives for clarity and telling the truth. Jack Conrad replies to Hasan Keser and Daniel Lazare
Texas and the F-word
10 Jun 2021
Can fascism be established in the absence of a working class threat? Daniel Lazare believes it is possible
Promises, losers and threats
10 Jun 2021
The G7 summit is going to see a reassertion of American hegemony. But, asks Eddie Ford, will this really mean a return of the social democratic consensus?
Where is America going?
03 Jun 2021
Has there been a social democratic turn following Joe Biden’s victory? Now, after all, his administration promises not only to tax the rich, but help the poor. Then there is China, the EU and the so-called third world. This is an edited version of the talk Hillel Ticktin gave to the May 27 Online Communist Forum
Flying saucers over Washington
03 Jun 2021
UFOs are back in the news again. Paul Demarty explores the cold war background and its exotic leftwing offshoots and variants
Strategic rivalries remain
27 May 2021
Daniel Lazare says ending tensions with Russia will take more than discarding opposition to Nord Stream 2
Assault on democracy
20 May 2021
Trump’s cult of the personality is taking on Bonapartist traits. Rather than a fellow member, he plainly sees himself as a monarch, lording over the GOP while in temporary exile. Daniel Lazare reports
Drugs war bad
29 Apr 2021
With ever increasing numbers of desperate Latin American people fleeing for their lives, Daniel Lazare looks at those on the left who refuse to address the central problem
Labour’s latest Waterloo
15 Apr 2021
The defeat of the campaign for union recognition at Amazon is not as straightforward as might be thought, argues Daniel Lazare
Playing into imperialist hands
08 Apr 2021
Foppe de Haan seems to have been taken in by the campaign to demonise China, argues Daniel Lazare
Not in the room
08 Apr 2021
With the US still not directly involved in the negotiations, Yassamine Mather considers prospects for a revived nuclear deal
No let up in cold war
01 Apr 2021
What is Joe Biden up to? Daniel Lazare looks at the wild allegations against Xi Jinping and China
Time is running out
11 Mar 2021
Yassamine Mather weighs up the state of play regarding attempts to revive the nuclear deal