Imperialism

Dmitry Pozhidaev — In 2024, Serbia offered a particularly clear reflection of the three core dimensions of capitalism’s crisis: political, economic and systemic.

Greg Godels argues that the road to defeating imperial aggression — US or any other — is to win the working class to the fight with a class-oriented program that attacks the roots of imperialism: capitalism.

Hamza Hamouchene explores the impact of Vietnam and Algeria on Palestinian resistance, shedding light on their shared struggle against colonial oppression and continuing inspiration to the world.

Michael Pröbsting — Contrary to Claudio Katz’s claims that world capitalism is domination of a single US-led “Empire”, it continues to be characterised by inter-imperialist rivalry.

Ashley Smith explores the practical implications of the rise of China for socialists and activists fighting for a better and more just world today.

Caucasus Feminist Anti-War Movement is an emerging movement of feminist and anti-war/peace activists from Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia.

Ilya Matveev — Ideology is the crucial factor in Russia’s aggression against Ukraine, which cannot be accounted for simply with reference to contradictions of capital accumulation or geopolitics.

Jaime Pastor — An increasingly authoritarian neoliberalism is spreading, not only in the South but increasingly in the North, with the threat of a “reactionary acceleration”.

Rasti Delizo — A fresh inter-imperialist conflict is mounting in the form of a ‘Maritime Great Game’, and it is swiftly accelerating across the Southeast Asian Sea.

Robert Brenner — The theory of imperialism put forward by Vladimir Lenin to end World War I remains, if properly qualified, the best point of departure for understanding imperialism today.

Steve Ellner lays out his views on anti-US imperialism, how this should factor into the left’s appraisal of China and Latin America’s Pink Tide governments, and what this means for international solidarity activists.

Hanna Perekhoda — The authoritarian right that Putin represents is determined to completely erode international structures that could limit their supremacist, polluting ambitions.