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
Great American breakdown
12 Jan 2023
As far-right control of the US Congress promises slash-and-burn austerity, Daniel Lazare calls for rejection of the existing constitution and a constituent assembly to establish a real democracy
Crime of victimless crime
15 Dec 2022
The harsh treatment meted out to Brittney Griner gives us a glimpse of the human cost of the so-called war on drugs. Daniel Lazare looks at five decades of horror
Principled partyist strategy
08 Dec 2022
Four out of five House ‘socialists’ scabbed. Parker McQueeney of the Marxist Unity Group brings to light the deep divisions within the DSA revealed by the recent railworkers disputes
A wave that really happened
24 Nov 2022
Donald Trump has announced his candidacy and the Republican right is getting ready to investigate the president’s son. Daniel Lazare expects the results to be interesting
Widespread and larger
24 Nov 2022
Splits are widening at the top, the protests are continuing to grow, but there are still illusions in US-sponsored regime change. Yassamine Mather comments
Tottering towards 2024
17 Nov 2022
Despite the economy ranking as the number one issue for US voters, the expected red wave failed to materialise. Michael Roberts examines the facts and figures
An ageing republic
17 Nov 2022
The Trumpists did badly but Joe Biden is highly vulnerable. Daniel Lazare looks at what passes for democracy in America
Trump’s bubble bursts
10 Nov 2022
The Republicans’ red wave turned into a ripple. With results still coming in, Daniel Lazare gives his assessment of the US midterms and their likely effects
Ukraine and the ‘left’
03 Nov 2022
When on earth will the DSA and ‘the Squad’ come up with a principled position? Daniel Lazare reports on the dismal failings of the US ‘pwogs’
War intensifies at home
27 Oct 2022
Having defied midterm gravity for months, the Democrats are back to self-destruction. Daniel Lazare reports on the latest legal move against Donald Trump
Cold war set to heat up
27 Oct 2022
Michael Roberts expects a turn to self-reliance, urges less reliance on the capitalist sector and calls for democratic planning
More on the way
20 Oct 2022
The military top brass were actively blocking presidential orders. Meanwhile, Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer were cowering from the neo-fascist mob unleashed by the president. Daniel Lazare sees a constitutional order in an advanced state of decay
Journalism? What journalism?
13 Oct 2022
Daniel Lazare looks behind the anti-Russia lies and spin and finds a corporate media that has no interest nor concern for the truth
Beware of concerned neocons
06 Oct 2022
Workers, teachers, students, school students, need solidarity from below, argues Yassamine Mather
Atlanticist post-fascist
06 Oct 2022
Giorgia Meloni will continue to align with the US-Anglosphere. However, argues Maciej Zurowski, the umbilical cord joining her with fascism remains