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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2026 has begun with US imperialism on the offensive. The reactionary juggernaut of Donald Trump dominated 2025, shaking world relations to the core. But the naked, shameless imperialist aggression against Venezuela with which he kicked off 2026 has taken things to a new level. Having grotesquely campaigned as a peacemaker, Trump bombed his seventh country […]
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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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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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In around 90 cities, school students went on strike and took to the streets. SAV (ISA in Germany) was present at and in some cities helped build these rallies. Students’ message: You don’t care about us, schools are falling into disrepair, the planet is burning, we can no longer afford many things, our future is […]
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Times are tough for working-class people in Canada. The cost of living keeps going up, including the cost of housing, debt, transportation, and groceries. Wages aren’t keeping up with inflation. People are struggling to pay rent in inadequate or poor-quality housing, and welfare rates are insufficient to keep recipients above the poverty line. Youth face […]
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After 20 months of genocidal war, Israel’s war cabinet decided it would enter Gaza city as the first step towards full occupation. Reports now show that life expectancy in Gaza has dropped to 35 years, a level similar to the genocide in Rwanda in 1994. Governments and politicians globally – Starmer, Macron, the Swedish government […]
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Per Johansson is a member of Socialistiskt Alternativ (ISA in Sweden) In 1942, the US began secret work on developing an atomic bomb—it became known as the ‘Manhattan Project’. By 1943, enormous resources were being invested in the project, mainly at Los Alamos in New Mexico. The now legendary Robert Oppenheimer became the scientific leader. […]
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