Imperialism

Zbigniew Marcin Kowalewski presents the historical characteristics of Russian imperialism.

Daniel Chavez — The logic unfolding in Venezuela reveals something more complicated than straightforward resource extraction.

The Second Meeting of the International Committee projected the 2026 Antifascist Conference as a strategic space for unity, solidarity, and struggle against fascism and imperialism.

Michael Pröbsting — Trump’s new National Security Strategy is not only a crucial document for understanding the current state of US imperialism; it closes a debate that began with the onset of a new historic period in 2008/09.

Jonathan Lefèvre and Tony Busselen examine how Sudan’s civil war is rooted in imperial exploitation, foreign interference, and competing regional powers.

William Jefferies — China’s Great Power status is contested by two groups of Marxists: those who view it as socialist and those who deny its challenge to US hegemony. Neither argument stands up to scrutiny.

Blanca Missé looks at inter-imperialist rivalry today, the need to oppose all imperialisms and the case for a class-based internationalism.

Blanca Missé argues for reclaiming Lenin’s method for analysing imperialism and suggests updates, particularly on understanding China and Russia’s global status.

Peter Boyle — Any significant revolutionary change that takes place this century will have to do so amid catastrophic global climate change.

Valério Arcary — The Left is divided by two dominant and erroneous understandings regarding the meaning of the current world order.

William Jefferies explores the usefulness of long wave theory for understanding the current moment, how globalisation reshaped the world economy, and the coming period of crisis.

Like other conflicts in the Middle East, Iran’s troubled relations with the US and Israel — and with Iranian Kurds — have their roots in imperialism, writes Sarah Glynn.