Joseph Daher writes about the evolution of Kurdish politics after the fall of the Assad regime in Syria.
Against US-led imperialist war and for Iranian self-determination
Florence Oppen — For revolutionaries, the task is twofold: military opposition to imperialism, full solidarity with the Iranian people’s right of self-defense and political independence from the regime.
(Video) Adam Hanieh on oil, capitalism and climate
Adam Hanieh discusses how understanding oil’s place in world capitalism is key to grasping geopolitical dynamics, reviving vital climate struggles, and challenging the structural interests underpinning the system.
Western Hemisphere: A history of the United States written by war
Eric Toussaint — As the United States launches a new war against Iran it is important to analyse, from a historical perspective, US foreign policy.
Weaponising gender: How gender became the perfect scapegoat for far-right and authoritarian actors
Julisa Tambunan, Aminah Jasho & Esme Abbott — Anti-gender politics has become integral to the far-right organising globally because it offers offer emotionally charged justifications for centralising power and suppressing civil society.
Regime change for oil? The real motivations behind the US military intervention in Venezuela
Malfred Gerig — The problem with the it’s “all about oil” thesis is that it obscures the other economic and geopolitical objectives of Washington’s regime change operation in Venezuela.
In the time of predators: The stakes of Trump’s imperialist intervention in Venezuela
Franck Gaudichaud — The attack against Venezuela in early January are part of the new US strategy within the broader reorganization of the world and of inter-imperialist power relations.
Oil wars: An interview with Venezuela's former Minister of Energy Rafael Ramírez
Rafael Ramírez reflects on the trajectory of Venezuela’s resource economy, its changing geopolitical orientation, and the future of the Bolivarian cause.
Cuba’s fall would hurt all radical projects
Pedro Gellert — Cuba’s destruction is the price it must pay for thumbing its nose at the US behemoth. That’s why the left must do all we can to defend Cuba.
Cuba: US moves in for the kill
Dave Holmes — Sixty seven years after the initial victory of the Cuban Revolution, it faces perhaps its greatest ever challenge as Washington moves in for the kill.
A war neglected by the world — Afghanistan and Pakistan
Farooq Tariq — The attack by US and Israeli imperialism on Iran has overshadowed the recent war between Afghanistan and Pakistan.
Afghanistan–Pakistan war, militarism and a left response to the regional crisis
Farooq Sulehria argues that the current confrontation reflects a deeper crisis of the regional order — one whose costs will be borne overwhelmingly by working people on both sides of the border.