Imperialism

Russia’s New Imperialism book cover

Russia’s new imperialism

Drawing on more than a century of Marxist thought from Lenin to David Harvey, Ilya Budraitskis and Ilya Matveev reveal the specificity of Russian imperialism, as well as its global implications.
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Geopolitical fractures and the Marxist critique of imperialism

Alex Callinicos shows how the Marxist critique of imperialism can encompass aspects of the present conjuncture that liberalism and realism cannot account for, above all, the genocide in Gaza and fracturing of the ‘global West’.
Trump at NATO. Photograph by Shealah Craighead.

NATO and the North Atlantic left: A road to nowhere

Jana Silverman and Jaime Caro look at alternatives socialists on both sides of the Atlantic can propose to promote geopolitical stability in the face of the global polycrisis.

The ecosocialist alternative: An interview with Sabrina Fernandes

Sabrina Fernandes puts the case for ecosocialism, notes some of its important contributions to modern Marxist theory, and explains why we need an eco-territorial internationalism.
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US-supervised globalisation, China’s rise and the imperialisms of our time: An interview with Benjamin Bürbaumer

Benjamin Bürbaumer discusses why capitalism leads great powers to resort to coercion, how Western Europe became integrated into US capitalism, and whether China could displace a declining US with a new Sino-centred capitalism.
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The new frontyard: Why Latin America has become the playground for imperial and fascist experiments

William Callison and Verónica Gago unpacking Trump's end game in Latin America.
Photo: Amado Becquer Casaballe / Archivo General de la Nación

Las Malvinas and the national question

A flag at the World Cup reopened a debate that goes beyond the Falklands/Malvinas issue, writes Martín Mosquera.
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Ecology, Trump’s new colonialism and a non-dogmatic theory of imperialism: An interview with Ana Cristina Carvalhaes

Ana Cristina Carvalhaes argues for a non-dogmatic theory of imperialism, which incorporates ecology, understands Trump’s aggressive neo-colonialist shift and recognises sub-imperialist countries.
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The Philippines: Is Akbayan now supporting the US against China?

Partido Lakas ng Masa challenge Akbayan’s Perci Cendaña’s statement lauding national defence secretary Gibo Teodoro as a defender of Philippine sovereignty and respond to attacks by an Akbayan supporter.
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Militarised accumulation and the irrational rationality of the Iran war

At the level of the global economy, the Iran war appears deeply irrational. It has disrupted trade, raised energy prices and fed inflation. Yet it continues. Dmitry Pozhidaev explains why.
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Iran and the Western left

Anti-imperialism has become a key priority for the global left. Cihan Tuğal looks at how we can best mobilise a mass anti-imperialist movement.
Image by Edgar Serrano.

With war on Iran, Venezuela and Cuba, US imperialism enters a new stage — The left needs to take a close look at it

Trump’s actions against Iran, Venezuela and Cuba have few parallels in modern history. Steve Ellner argues they call for a reevaluation of analysis and strategy on the left.