United States

Opposing US intervention is necessary, but doing so without analysing the limits of the Maduro regime risks reducing politics to reflexive allegiance, writes Sankha Subhra Biswas.

The US and Israel have waged war on Iran. Russia has reaped the benefits, using fossil fuel profits to bankroll its war on Ukraine. Frieda Afary, Denys Pilash, Alexandra Zapolskaya and Ashley Smith discuss the impacts on Iranians and Ukrainians.

The message of the NYT’s report, “How Trump Took U.S to War with Iran,” is clear: this war could have been avoided if better judgement prevailed. Ali Keshtkar says this framing carries a fundamental problem.

Paul Le Blanc shares some thoughts on Leninism, democratic centralism, party organization and related matters for today’s socialist struggle.

Farooq Sulehria — Pakistan may seek to play the role of peacemaker globally but regionally it acts as a warmonger.

Carlos Alzugaray Treto — Cuba must find the road toward its own reforms. Otherwise, Cubans run the risk of an unacceptable setback that we do not deserve after so much sacrifice.

Eric Toussaint — Trump’s policy follows the classic logic of great-power rivalry: curb the Moscow-China rapprochement, keep the US at the centre of the diplomatic arena, and make Europe bear the cost of the war in Ukraine.

John Clarke — Epstein’s network was real and horrific, but the forces shaping war, empire, and capitalism run far deeper.

Luis Fernando Marquez discusses recent developments in Venezuela, the people’s reactions and challenges for the left.

Michael Pröbsting — The present war against Iran stands in glaring contradiction to the actual strategy of the White House, the so-called “Donroe Doctrine”. Why?

Henry A. Giroux — The United States is not merely awash in brutalizing and murderous acts of state-sanctioned violence. It is being restructured by them.

Eric Blanc looks at how independent mass action — not posturing, purity, or Democratic deference — can help end wars.