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
No support for either side
28 Jul 2022
War crimes investigations and trials are not just a continuation of the Russia-Ukraine conflict by other, legal, means. There is, Yassamine Mather shows, a grisly connection with the Middle East
Coup and collapse
28 Jul 2022
Daniel Lazare looks at the damning made-for-TV congressional hearings on Trump’s coup attempt - and their ultimate futility
Very much in control
28 Jul 2022
The US may be in decline, writes Moshé Machover, but the left is doing little or nothing in the way of strategic thinking
Biden’s Middle East stumble
21 Jul 2022
The president’s tour was an embarrassment for the US establishment from start to finish, writes Daniel Lazare
Let’s talk about divorce
14 Jul 2022
Does Biden’s lame response to the Supreme Court mark the end of the line for the DSA’s strategic reliance on the Democrats? Daniel Lazare argues for a break
Yet another failure
07 Jul 2022
Ibrahim Raisi’s government faces major challenges - not least the Doha talks over a possible nuclear deal. Yassamine Mather reports on the latest negotiations and the growing swell of internal economic protests
Game of fortunes
07 Jul 2022
Erdoğan is trying to divert attention from his shambolic handling of the economy by picking all manner of foreign fights. Esen Uslu reports
Flippy and ghost work
07 Jul 2022
Automation sees low-skilled workers replaced, but there are many unintended consequences. Only the replacement of the profit motive would allow automation to deliver real human benefits, argues Michael Roberts
Democracy in America?
30 Jun 2022
The latest attack on abortion rights shows the danger of worshipping the constitution, writes Daniel Lazare
The party question is key
30 Jun 2022
After the Supreme Court ruling, the left is debating strategy and tactics. But the key must be establishing a party and the best place to begin is breaking the DSA from the liberal wing of the bourgeoisie, argues Matthew Strupp of the Marxist Unity Group
On a collision course
23 Jun 2022
Daniel Lazare reviews 'The avoidable war: the dangers of a catastrophic conflict between the US and Xi Jinping’s China' by Kevin Rudd (PublicAffairs Books, 2022, pp432, £17)
A no deal or a deal
23 Jun 2022
Yassamine Mather looks at the cyber attacks, assassinations and airstrikes and the danger of an all-out war if the nuclear negotiations finally fail
Experience and expectations
23 Jun 2022
Especially in light of the challenges of Nato’s proxy war, there needs to be a push for the unity of the Marxist left in a party project. James Harvey reports
Revisiting January 6
16 Jun 2022
Hearings into the failed coup bid are all very well and good, says Daniel Lazare. But there is more to the breakdown of the political system than Donald Trump
Deaths, deals and demonstrations
09 Jun 2022
There are growing mass protests, but very little, if anything, in the way of conscious organisation. Under these contradictory circumstances the left must avoid the temptation of giving up on basic anti-capitalist and anti-imperialist principles, insists Yassamine Mather