World War I

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.
Serbian soldiers

Lenin on Serbia’s role in World War I: A useful analogy for the current Ukraine war?

Michael Pröbsting looks at Lenin’s actual position on the defence of Serbia in World War I and why it is wrong to apply it to the Ukraine War today.

Saudi Arabia’s lesser known exports after oil: Wahhabism and pro-imperialism

US President Barack Obama fetes the late King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia.

By Rupen Savoulian

Industrial Workers of the World poster against WWI

Socialists and World War I: Turn the imperialist war into a civil war

It has been a hundred years since the outbreak of the First World War.

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