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
Energy as a weapon
28 Jul 2022
Michael Roberts looks at the fallout from the Ukraine war and how plans for an oil cap could trigger a deep recession
Looking for a green light
21 Jul 2022
We may be seeing an economic meltdown, says Esen Uslu, but there is no mass opposition movement and Erdoğan knows how to create domestic and foreign diversions
Recovering global ascendancy
21 Jul 2022
Sri Lanka’s debt crisis and political collapse could easily be repeated in other so-called third world countries. Mike Macnair argues that this is a knock-on effect of the Ukraine war and America’s determination to smash any tendency towards a multipolar world
Fist bumps and pariahs
21 Jul 2022
Russia seeks allies and arms, the US seeks allies and oil. Yassamine Mather reports on the diplomatic moves and the nuclear threats
First our own rulers
14 Jul 2022
Far from running out of troops and material and facing defeat, Russian forces continue to relentlessly advance. But, Alexander Gallus of the US journal Cosmonaut argues, for us the main enemy remains at home
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
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
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