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No way back for warmongers
03 Dec 2009
Mike Macnair addressed the Hopi AGM on the continued threat of war. US imperialism has a new face, but when it comes to foreign policy it is business as usual
Notes on America
20 Mar 2025
Donald Trump’s administration is contemplating a grand reordering of global finance and trade. Europe will suffer, but, argues Jack Conrad, China is the main target
The American Sulla
13 Feb 2025
Concessions won during the New Deal and the civil rights era are under attack. The old world order is being shredded. Edith Fischer, a member of the Revolutionary Communist Organisation in Australia, looks at Trump 2.0 and his programme
Maintaining global hegemony
30 Jan 2025
China is America’s only serious rival, prompting the ‘Pivot to Asia’ and the growing threat of a hot war. Marcus Strom examines the role of Aukus, particularly in relation to the politics of Australia
Taking Trump seriously
30 Jan 2025
How easy will the new US president find it to carry out his agenda? Paul Demarty sees few real limits to Donald Trump’s power
Do the evolution
23 Jan 2025
Going from left to right is a well-trodden path. Paul Demarty traces the development of the ‘last Marxist’ from Spartacism to Trump cheerleader
War, politics, economics
23 Jan 2025
Starting with Carl von Clausewitz and a critical examination of what he actually said. Mike Macnair looks at pre-capitalist and capitalist times and the relationship between war and business
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
Wrong and right war politics
17 Oct 2024
Escalation, Storm Shadows and the danger of nuclear war between Russia and Nato should not be dismissed as a diversion, as unnecessary and dull. Jack Conrad replies to critics and welcomes a recent development
Flip-flopping programmatically
25 Jul 2024
Marcus Strom reviews David Lockwood The politics of the Malayan Communist Party from 1930 to 1948 NUS Press, 2024, pp248, £31
Losing battle of ideas
20 Jun 2024
Operation Imperial Overlord
13 Jun 2024
Rishi Sunak committed a ‘gaffe’ by leaving the D-Day celebrations before Joe Biden’s speech, it is claimed by an over-excited media. But, asks Mike Macnair, what was the military and strategic meaning of the Normandy landings?
They are all Palestinians
23 May 2024
We should invest our hopes in national uprisings, not working class unity and socialism. Tony Greenstein replies to Moshé Machover
Distrust your government
14 Mar 2024
What should the communist position be on defence of existing states, national self-determination and war? Marc Mulholland based his talk to Communist University Spring 2024 on this study
Anglo-Iranian relations longue durée
07 Mar 2024
It is vital not to promote illusions in any capitalist global power, argues Mike Macnair. This is an edited version of the online talk given to the ‘Voice of Revolution’ discussion group
World without colonisation
15 Feb 2024
Chris Gray reviews Robbie McVeigh and Bill Rolston Ireland, colonialism and the unfinished revolution Chicago 2023, pp480, £19.99