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
Zionism needs anti-Semitism
23 Nov 2023
John Hagee’s turn as a key speaker caused much liberal consternation - he is, after all, a notorious anti‑Semite. Daniel Lazare comments on the aftermath of the huge pro-Israel demonstration in Washington DC
Success brings challenges
16 Nov 2023
There is a need to struggle against peaceful co-existence between factions, insists Anne McShane - an observer at last weekend’s Marxist Unity Group congress
Aim for deZionisation
16 Nov 2023
Israel is a work colony based on an ideology of blood and soil. Mike Macnair gets to grips with the logic and history of ethnic cleansing and expansionism
Towards a vanguard party
09 Nov 2023
Left forces made some real advances and the right is now on the back foot. Joseph Perez of the Marxist Unity Group reflects on the 2023 national convention
The forgotten war
09 Nov 2023
Ukraine demonstrates how the sun is beginning to set on the US empire, argues Daniel Lazare. And now there is Gaza and the danger of a general conflagration in the Middle East
Rhetoric and double talk
26 Oct 2023
How will the Islamic Republic react to Gaza? Yassamine Mather explains why the masses are for the moment largely passive and how that could easily change
Oppression breeds resistance
12 Oct 2023
A revolt of the hopeless by the hopeless for the hopeless. Moshé Machover explores the background to the predictable Hamas attack on Israel and the likely consequences
The last emperor
05 Oct 2023
Rupert Murdoch is due to step down as chair of Fox and News Corp. In his place will come his lacklustre son, Lachlan. Paul Demarty finds much of interest in Michael Wolff’s latest blockbuster about the real-life version of the TV drama ‘Succession’
Opening up yet another front
28 Sep 2023
Saudi Arabia and the US are looking to repair their strained relationship with a strategic deal which could easily lead to a nuclear arms race in the Middle East, says Daniel Lazare
Investigations drag on and on
21 Sep 2023
We all know who did it … and it was not Russia. Daniel Lazare looks at how the right is gaining traction from telling an evident truth
Beyond our repair
14 Sep 2023
Chattel slavery’s damage is done, argues Paul Demarty, so communists should fight for a better future, not redress for past injuries
Notes on the war
07 Sep 2023
Despite Zelensky’s much vaunted offensive making ‘noticeable progress’, Jack Conrad argues that, especially with the mud season fast approaching, we should not expect any big changes on the battlefield
Celebrating a mass murderer
10 Aug 2023
Christopher Nolan (screenplay/director) Oppenheimer Universal Pictures, general release
Their fantasy, our nightmare
20 Jul 2023
Ukraine’s offensive is getting nowhere and when a compromise is eventually reached Zelensky will be in deep trouble, argues Daniel Lazare
Skin colour or social class?
13 Jul 2023
Liberal anti-racism inevitably engenders racism. Affirmative action is collapsing under the weight of its own internal contradictions, argues Daniel Lazare