Israel

oil rig

Crude capitalism, new centres of capital accumulation and the Middle East’s place in global imperialism: An interview with Adam Hanieh

Adam Hanieh explores the need to foreground value transfers in understanding imperialism, Israel’s role in global fossil capitalism and the rising influence of the Gulf states.
A Palestinian woman sits on the ruins of her house that was destroyed by the Israeli military in Masafer Yatta, January 2023. Photo from Wikimedia Commons.

‘No Other Land’: The paradoxes of an Oscar win in a West Bank under siege

Award-winning documentary ‘No Other Land’ has been criticized for normalizing the Occupation and violating BDS guidelines, writes Anna Lippman.
Palestine mask

Israel’s war on Palestine: An imperialist attack on the entire Middle East

Fourth International — In Palestine, more than anywhere else, the victorious struggle of the exploited and oppressed can be the path to a fairer world.
Denys Pilash

‘The left should support a just peace for Ukraine, not a Trump-Putin deal to appease the aggressor’: An interview with Ukrainian socialist Denys Pilash

Denys Pilash discusses the implications of the shift in US policy towards Russia, the threat posed by the rising global axis of extreme reaction, and the need for a renewed internationalism that opposes all oppressors.
Iranian mullahs

So-called axis of resistance: Which way forward for Palestinian liberation?

Joseph Daher discusses regional and multipolar imperialism, the limits of Iranian resistance, and the international path toward Palestinian liberation.
Idlib in solidarity with Gaza, anniversary of Syrian revolution, March 2024.

The Syrian revolution, Iran and Israel: Squaring the circle, refuting myths

Michael Karadjis breaks down some myths surrounding Israel, Iran and the fall of the Assad regime.
us russia talks

United States-Russia talks: Peace between neofascists and war on oppressed peoples

Gilbert Achcar — We are witnessing a convergence between neofascists at the expense of oppressed peoples.
Free Syria cartoon

After the fall: Hope amid the ruins of post-Assad Syria

Kevin B. Anderson — A few months after the epochal fall of the Assad dictatorship, Syria remains in flux. Nonetheless, some broad outlines of where Syria is going can be discerned.
Illustration by Shehzil Malik

Geopolitics of genocide: An interview with Rafeef Ziadah

Rafeef Ziadah — The genocide in Gaza lays bare the harsh realities of modern geopolitics, highlighting the mechanisms of power in a world shaped by imperial ambitions and the strategic exploitation of resources.
Gilbert Achcar graphic

‘We have witnessed the final nail in the coffin of Western liberal pretence’: An interview with Gilbert Achcar

Gilbert Achcar discusses the fall of the al-Assad dynasty in Syria, its implications on the Palestinians’ struggle and the hypocrisy of Western powers.
Gaza destruction picture

Two myths about the Gaza ceasefire

Gilbert Achcar — There are two conspicuous myths about the Gaza ceasefire.
PA in West Bank

The Palestinian Authority and the completion of the siege

Gilbert Achcar — Since the completion of the first year of the ongoing Zionist genocidal war on Gaza, a shameful scene has been taking place before our eyes in the West Bank.

Subscribe to our newsletter