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
Notes on the war
26 May 2022
Both the social-imperialists and the pro-Kremlin left fail to put the working class at the centre of their perspectives and look instead to either Nato or the Putin regime as an agent of social progress. Jack Conrad calls for rebellion against those who betray the elementary principles of socialism
Stampeded by Russia’s attack
26 May 2022
Public and parliamentary opinion have undergone a panicked swing away from non-alignment. Jan Nyström reports on the attempt to forge a principled opposition to Nato membership
About-turn at the top
19 May 2022
While Democrats stampede to back the war, writes Daniel Lazare, it is the Republican right which is now anti-war
A bazaar mentality
19 May 2022
Why is Erdoğan blocking Finland and Sweden from Nato membership? It is all about carpets and donkey dung, writes Esen Uslu
Single-issue failure
19 May 2022
Clearing out Azovstal is a rare piece of good news for the Russian government, writes Paul Demarty, in what is a grim strategic picture
Two impossibilities
12 May 2022
Neither a one-state nor a two-state solution is feasible, argues Moshé Machover. Instead we ought to think outside the Israel-Palestine box and argue for a working class solution
Time to rebel!
12 May 2022
James Harvey reports on last weekend’s CPGB membership aggregate, which discussed Ukraine and our plans for Communist University and fundraising
A new Marshall plan?
05 May 2022
The US and its allies see the war as a heaven-sent opportunity to weaken Russia, writes Michael Roberts. Next will come China - and the working class will pay the price
From Biden, to Austin, to Truss
05 May 2022
Despite the failure of phase one - the attempt to take Kyiv - Daniel Lazare says it is Nato that is floundering, not Russia’s invasion
Craving expansion and annexation
05 May 2022
While the western media has been dominated by the Ukraine war, it is virtually silent about Erdoğan’s ongoing military operations in Iraq and Syria, writes Esen Uslu
MBS goes ballistic
05 May 2022
Disillusioned with the US, Riyadh refuses to condemn Russia, threatens to become a nuclear power and pivots towards China. Yassamine Mather investigates the shifting politics of the Middle East
Rival nationalist bigotries
28 Apr 2022
Daniel Lazare investigates the thriving rightwing ideology on both sides of the Russia-Ukraine divide
Pro-Kremlin socialists
28 Apr 2022
Social-imperialism and social-pacifism are not our only problems, argues Jack Conrad. There is also a left that tails, excuses and flatters the Putin regime
Will the war spread?
21 Apr 2022
It is not just the immediate consequences for Russia and Ukraine that should concern us, argues Daniel Lazare
Pro-war socialists
21 Apr 2022
In the name of ‘critical support’ for ‘Russian defence’ of Donbas, Tony Greenstein attacks Gilbert Achcar, Anti-Capitalist Resistance and the so-called Fourth International