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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Just days into what’s being called the “largest immigration operation ever,” an ICE agent murdered a woman on the street in South Minneapolis in an interaction that’s been well-documented by outraged observers. The woman, Renee Nicole Good, was sitting in her vehicle, audibly waving ICE agents to pass her, when they approached her hostilely and […]
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The single most important development in American history—perhaps second only to the defeat of the slaveowners in the Civil War—was the rise of the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO), the union federation which had its founding convention 90 years ago on November 9, 1935. In the 20 years of its existence, 42 million workers went […]
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For mass struggle against imperialist plunder, bullying and war Read in Spanish below Trump has begun a new US imperialist war for regime change in Latin America. After months of bullying, threats and indiscriminate murderous attacks in the Caribbean, US warplanes descended on Venezuela last night, bombing multiple locations and capturing Nicolás Maduro. This brutal […]
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Almost four years after the Ukraine war began, Western imperialism is in disarray. European governments, not least in Kyiv, are in panic, scrambling from one emergency summit to the next, desperate to assert their interests as the war’s future is hammered out. The cause of their panic lies in the realization that there seem to […]
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Since this article was published the US has stepped up attacks and seizure of oil tankers off the coast of Venezuela. The world is following with horror as Donald Trump makes one announcement after another, gloating over unleashing a barrage of extra-judicial killings in the Caribbean. Under the guise of fighting Venezuelan “narco-terrorists,” the White […]
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“A week is a long time in politics,” British Prime Minister Harold Wilson is said to have remarked in response to the twists and turns in the currency crisis that shook Britain in 1964. All the various so-called peace proposals presented over the past week as a basis for ending the war in Ukraine give […]
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Full Steam Ahead to Fight Trump and the Democratic Party Establishment In a truly historic victory, self-described democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani has defeated hated former governor Andrew Cuomo to become mayor of New York City, home to Wall Street, the epicenter of US capitalism. With almost all votes counted, Zohran won a 50.4% majority in […]
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Looking behind the uneasy truce in the US-China trade war 100 minutes was all that was needed for the two “strongmen” heads of the world’s main superpowers to agree a one-year truce in their long-running trade war. The surprisingly brief and therefore light-on-substance meeting in South Korea between Presidents Trump and Xi nevertheless revealed a […]
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Respond to imperialist attacks and threats with workers’ mobilisation, international solidarity and the struggle for a genuine socialist alternative in Venezuela and throughout Latin America. Donald Trump’s second term has reignited some of the most aggressive and truculent elements of US imperialist policy towards Latin America. Speaking bluntly, US Secretary of War Peter Hegseth announced […]
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