Imperialism & War > War and peace
Our duty to Iran's working class
15 Mar 2012
Speaking at a CPGB meeting in Manchester in support of Hands Off the People of Iran, Yassamine Mather makes the call for urgent and principled solidarity
Organise to stop genocide
13 Feb 2025
Take Trump’s plans seriously, says Yassamine Mather. Not the ‘riviera’ stuff, but the clearing out of Palestinians from Gaza. That explains why there has been a welcome across the Zionist spectrum
Terror of colonialism
06 Feb 2025
George Evans reviews Caroline Elkins Legacy of violence: a history of the British empire Vintage 2022, pp872, £16.99
After the ceasefire
23 Jan 2025
Our solution can only be feasible if it is regional and socialist. Nothing else works strategically. Moshé Machover looks at the prospects following the ceasefire deal and in light of the new Trump administration
Questions of war and peace
23 Jan 2025
Once again it has become common to talk about genocide and the danger of nuclear war. How should we respond? Paul Cooper reports on last weekend’s Winter Communist University
Turmoil and divisions
16 Jan 2025
Far from HTS bringing stability, things continue to fragment. Yassamine Mather looks at the continued hold of rebel groups and the frustrations of neighbouring Arab states
Rise of lifeboat imperialism
16 Jan 2025
What’s the big deal about Greenland? Paul Demarty examines Donald Trump’s promised new wave of American continental colonial expansion
Redrawing the map
09 Jan 2025
Putting faith in the ‘axis of resistance’ and Netanyahu’s legal troubles was always woefully misplaced. The Zionist state is backed to the hilt by the global hegemon. Moshé Machover spoke to the January 5 CPGB members’ aggregate
Hitting the jackpot?
09 Jan 2025
Esen Uslu takes down Erdoğan’s fantasy that, after successfully backing HTS, he can determine the future of the region
Deserted by friends of convenience
12 Dec 2024
Iran and the Axis of Resistance have suffered yet another defeat. Yassamine Mather looks at the background and assesses the likely consequences of the fall of the House of Assad
Changing balance of forces
12 Dec 2024
The new regime in Damascus is being widely celebrated, but continued internal power struggles and regional rivalries are likely to unleash yet more conflict and suffering, says Esen Uslu
Regional causes and effects
05 Dec 2024
Civil war has erupted once again in Syria. Turkey is clearly a prime mover, but what about Israel? Then there is Russia and Iran. Yassamine Mather investigates what is a tangled web
Permanent state of terror
05 Dec 2024
Journalists and pro-Palestine activists are being arrested on terrorism charges. The mainstream media seems to have taken a vow of silence. So has the soft left, writes Carla Roberts
Hypocrisy in action
28 Nov 2024
Erdoğan speaks fire and fury. Meanwhile, despite the sanctions, it is business as usual. Esen Uslu looks at the relationship between Turkey and Israel
Grand imperial claims
28 Nov 2024
America does not consider itself bound by the ‘law governed world order’. Mike Macnair gives the background to the denunciations of the International Criminal Court’s warrants against Benjamin Netanyahu and Yoav Gallant
Notes on the war
14 Nov 2024
Donald Trump has not been slow in coming forward with his peace plan. Not surprisingly, Volodymyr Zelensky is far from keen, nor are European liberals. However, warns Jack Conrad, there is still the distinct danger of escalation and phasing into World War III