Imperialism

Israeli airstrikes on Iran

Neofascism, imperialism, war and revolution in the Middle East

Gilbert Achcar — US imperialism is far from dead. Instead, what we have is a mutation of US imperialism, which began not with Trump, but with Biden and the war in Gaza.
Ukraine protest

Ukraine is the new Ireland

Vladimir Plotnikov — Supporting Ukraine does not mean supporting NATO. It means being on the side of the oppressed people against the oppressor.
Russia China US

New imperialist powers, capitalist unipolarity and proletarian internationalism: An interview with Rasti Delizo (Part II)

Rasti Delizo explains the rise of new imperialist powers and faulty logic behind multipolarity, and argues for an anti-imperialism rooted in working-class solidarity.
Lenin and imperialism

Lenin’s theory of imperialism, the modern capitalist world system and revolutionary communist struggle today: An interview with Rasti Delizo (Part I)

Rasti Delizo discusses the ongoing relevancy of Lenin’s theory of imperialism while outlining subsequent developments that need to be factored in.
Development to benefit the north

From billions to trillions to traps: Rethinking development finance from the periphery

Dmitry Pozhidaev — Only by addressing structural imbalances and grounding finance in transformative, locally rooted practices, can development finance truly become developmental.
A miner shows a bag containing coltan in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Critical minerals and genocide in the Congo

What’s behind the sudden surge in interest in rare earth minerals? Phil Hearse investigates.
Boris from prison Spichka

Should we expect a new world war? Two prison letters from Boris Kagarlitsky

Boris Kagarlitsky reflects on the possibilities of a new world war by drawing on historical analogies, analysing China’s place in the global system, and uncovering the deeper structural crises that underpin today’s international conflicts.
red and green ecosocialist fist

Manifesto for an ecosocialist revolution — Break with capitalist growth

The Fourth International has publishing this Manifesto because it is convinced that the process of ecosocialist revolution, at different territorial levels but with a planetary dimension, is more necessary than ever.
camelion

One should not camouflage capitalist and imperialist China as “socialist”: A reply to Immanuel Ness and John Bellamy Foster

Michael Pröbsting — While Foster and Ness make correct criticisms of left-wing authors who ignore imperialist superexploitation of semicolonial countries, both fail to understand the essence of the Marxist theory of imperialism.
Illustration by Shehzil Malik

Can China challenge the US empire?

Sean Kenji Starrs — It is important to look beyond the headlines at structural power, namely security, finance, production and knowledge, to get a more accurate view of China’s potential and limitations as a global power.
Trump's peace plan = occupation

Oppose the Trump‑Putin axis, oppose European rearmament

Anti*Capitalist Resistance — We reject imperialist rearmament and instead argue for a new internationalism of the people.
Africa placard rally

The state of Africa in the new world (dis)order

Will Shoki — Africa today stands at a crossroads, caught between internal crises, shifting global power dynamics, and the slow unraveling of the post-liberation political order.

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