Iran has been at the centre of global events continuously for more than a century. Imperialist powers dominated the entire period up to the revolution in 1979, treating Iran as “a semi-colonial country, half-industrialised and half colonial”, leading Marxist Ted Grant concluded in 1979. Iran has also seen revolutions in 1906 and 1979, numerous waves […]
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US imperialism has launched the harshest offensive against Cuba since the Cold War, blocking fuel shipments to the island to forcibly starve it into regime change. Cuba needs to import 22,000 barrels of oil a day. Trump has cut that down to 150 barrels, importable only by private businesses. A Russian tanker has been permitted […]
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By Jonathan Rosenblum After a long-fought battle against big business and the Democratic Party establishment in Seattle for a tax on big business — dubbed the Amazon Tax — Council member Kshama Sawant, a Socialist Alternative member in Seattle, declared a “historic victory for working people.” Sawant said “We are winning because of the determination […]
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A century ago, from December 18-31 of 1925, the 14th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union — the first congress following Vladimir Lenin’s death — endorsed the policy known as “Socialism in One Country.” The policy argued that a single country could construct an advanced socialist economy within its national borders. This […]
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We Need Socialist Feminist Resistance It feels like society is being dragged backwards. The footprint of escalating wars seems to cover more of the world every day. A girls school in Minab, Iran was one of the first targets of Trump and Netanyahu’s deadly new war in the Middle East where an estimated 175 people […]
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The following statement was produced based on discussions on world perspectives at a meeting of ISA’s International Committee on 28 January. In this epoch, the astonishing pace of world events has been commented upon so much that any reference to it appears clichéd. Nonetheless, it must be said that so far, 2026 has taken this […]
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The US began its tradition of intervention in Latin America as early as the beginning of the 19th century. In 1822, Cuba was invaded and the following year the Monroe Doctrine was formulated. At the beginning of the 20th century, the doctrine was revised to justify US political and military interventions in Latin America. Today, […]
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Leslie Kemp and Sean Rohne Louis Riel has been transformed from a traitor to a hero. The Louis Riel Act was passed in the Manitoba legislature in 2023, giving Riel the honorary title of “First Premier of Manitoba.” Premier Kinew called this a “historic correction.” This is a far cry from his vilification as a […]
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World capitalism has definitively entered a new era. While violence and oppression have always been part and parcel of this system, the global power struggle and immense multi-crisis of capitalism has pushed militarism and war back to the heart of imperialist policy. Global military spending is surpassing historic levels (US$2.7 trillion in 2024). Government after […]
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War and militarism are an inextricable part of imperialism. Even in periods of relative stability and less sharp inter-imperialist tensions—like during the height of neoliberal globalization in the 1990s and early 2000s when the number of wars decreased—the contradictions that produce war under capitalism did not go away. Now the war drums are beating as […]
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