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
Erdoğan’s power play
06 Apr 2023
Esen Uslu investigates the vote for Finland’s membership and then stonewalling over Sweden’s
From order to chaos
23 Mar 2023
Why has so much of the left collapsed into social-imperialism? Why the continued illusions in US intervention? Mike Macnair talked to Hands off the People of Iran in a meeting hosted by Yassamine Mather
Counting stolen elections
23 Mar 2023
At last we have definitive confirmation that the Republicans were urging Iran not to release US hostages until Ronald Reagan was elected. Daniel Lazare comments
Shifting interests and alignments
16 Mar 2023
The Saudi-Iran deal brokered by China is bad news for the US, but especially Israel, says Yassamine Mather
American death trip
16 Mar 2023
The war on drugs has been a horrendous failure. So, asks Daniel Lazare, why do governments remain hooked on repression?
Now it’s Ukrainians
09 Mar 2023
The Nord Stream story continues to grow ever more complex and strange. Daniel Lazare attempts to cut through the confusion
Xi and John and Yoko
02 Mar 2023
China’s 12-point plan has not been welcomed in Washington, Brussels or Moscow. But, asks Paul Demarty, should communists join the pacifist camp?
Ohio’s perfect storm
02 Mar 2023
Daniel Lazare warns that, with Trump skilfully championing poor whites, with weak trade unions and a ‘left’ intent on tailing Biden, the danger of a rightwing dictatorship grows
Bellicose balloonacy
23 Feb 2023
Ludicrous allegations against China reveal a political system that is losing touch with rational thought, says Daniel Lazare
Notes on the war
23 Feb 2023
One year on, the talk is of a wider conflict, even a World War III. Jack Conrad looks at the geo-politics, the military situation and the inadequacies of the existing left
Lawless mafia capo
16 Feb 2023
It was always obvious who was responsible for the Nord Stream 1 and 2 explosions. But why did the US do it? Daniel Lazare says it is about asserting control over energy
Resisting the incoming tide
09 Feb 2023
Daniel Lazare pours scorn on the House of Representatives’ utterly incoherent, but revealing, resolution condemning the ‘horrors of socialism’
German Ostpolitik collapses
26 Jan 2023
What lies behind the furore over sending Leopard 2 tanks to the Ukraine battlefield? Something deeper is going on, writes Daniel Lazare
Not equality to compete
19 Jan 2023
Communists should demand special measures to protect women from capitalist exploitation, not ‘genuine equality’ in the workplace. Daniel Lazare investigates the Pump Act
Talking peace, preparing for war
12 Jan 2023
Syria is not only still wrecked, but still divided. Esen Uslu reports on the tripartite negotiations and their significance