This is the fourth World Perspectives statement produced by ISA since the inauguration of Donald Trump’s second presidency. This is based on a recent discussion n of ISA’s International Committee. The last, published on 12 February, commented on where his 2026 US imperialist offensive could lead to next: “Following his successful decapitation and subjugation of […]
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This is the editorial from the latest issue of International Marxism, which focusses on “Which Way Forward for the Left,” that includes articles on: Contact us to order a copy. War, a skyrocketing cost of living, climate catastrophe — for the majority of the world’s population today the future feels bleak. Around the world, ruling […]
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As the threat of continued war with Iran grows, working people are once again being told to prepare for sacrifice while corporations and military contractors prepare for profit. The Trump administration’s war on Iran is against the interests of ordinary working people. Workers in Iran face the constant threat of renewed bombing campaigns and economic […]
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Per-Åke Westerlund and Vincent Kolo are members of ISA’s International Political Committee On 14-15 May, Xi Jinping and Donald Trump, the leaders of the two major imperialist powers, met in Beijing. This was the “stalemate summit” as some media described it, high on ceremony but almost wholly lacking in concrete results. Trump described the meeting […]
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Tom Costello is a member of Socialist Alternative in England, Wales and Scotland The devastation caused by US imperialism’s war on Iran has been widely documented. The independent Iranian Human Rights Activists News Agency estimates that as many as 3,636 have been killed there, and in Lebanon, the death toll from the Israeli regime’s ongoing […]
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Anna Barret is a member of Socialist Alternative in the US After five weeks of all-out war on Iran and seven weeks of a very fragile ceasefire, yet another round of talks is taking place between the US and Iran. Whether the result is a deal or a new round of war (or yet more […]
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How Can Workers Fight Back? Just under a year ago, John Healey, Labour’s Defence Secretary in Britain, visited a munitions factory. There, he made a speech extolling the virtues of a dawning new era of “military Keynesianism.” Slashing overseas aid budgets and “reinforcing the British industrial base” would lead to “more jobs in every part […]
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On 19 April, Trump posted on Truth Social declaring “NO MORE MR. NICE GUY,” threatening to end the ceasefire and carry out wide-ranging attacks on Iranian infrastructure. Two days later — on the eve of the ceasefire deadline and in the type of walk-back now characteristic of Trump — he announced a one-sided ceasefire extension […]
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Towards a fragile deal or an escalating war? With hours left of the “ceasefire” with Iran, Trump is zigzagging between announcing that he is “very close to a fair deal” and again threatening to “knock out every power plant and bridge” in Iran. Seven weeks into this war, the Bonaparte in the White House has […]
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Less than an hour and a half before Trump’s apocalyptic threat that “an entire civilization will die tonight, never to return” risked becoming a horrific reality, Washington backed down. Trump announced that he had agreed to a two-week ceasefire with Iran. The pause in the war provides at least a temporary respite for the people […]
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