More than 150 Palestinians were injured as Israeli forces stormed the Al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied East Jerusalem.
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“When he was up there, we was signing people up”
The expectation of a strike wave in October, dubbed “Striketober”, was greatly exaggerated by both the mainstream and left press. Amazon, however, is the real thing. The sheer numbers involved show this is a real victory.
The war on inflation
Inflation globally will not subside until a new slump emerges, signalling that the central bank war on inflation has been lost.
France: Building a fighting left in the face of Macron’s second five-year term
The result of the failure of social democracy is that social emergencies do not find answers if we do not bring into play the balance of power of social mobilization, if we do not attack to the capitalist system.
A memorandum on the radical anti-imperialist position regarding the war in Ukraine
The Russian invasion of Ukraine is the second defining moment of the New Cold War in which the world has been plunged since the turn of the century as a result of the US decision to expand NATO.
Revisiting US war crimes II: NATO’s 1999 bombing of the former Yugoslavia
Here, we reprint an editorial from the International Socialist Review examining NATO’s sustained bombing of the former Yugoslavia for more than two months in 1999, when civilians again paid the price.
Revisiting US war crimes: The 1991 Gulf War
The ISP reprints this article with the reminder of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King who, in 1967, called the U.S. government “the greatest purveyor of violence in the world today.”
Russian imperialism under Putin
Imperialist countries invade weaker nations and try to impose their rule over them. Once the world is divided up by the great powers, one imperialist’s gain can come only at the expense of another. That is the nub of the matter today.
The Ukrainian-Syrian-Russian triangle and the world
The relations between Western powers and Russia have never been closer to war since WWII than after the Russian invasion of Ukraine, while the US and Russia was never closer to each other than in Syria after the chemical deal in September 2013.
Understanding Putin’s Russia
Putin’s approval rating spiked after the 2014 annexation of Crimea, as it had fifteen years earlier with the bombing of Chechnya. An ideological climate of conservatism and nationalism has dominated the country for almost ten years, at least among older Russians.
‘Worse than Texas’: Extreme anti-choice bills advance in multiple states
As anti-choice policymakers across the country seek to severely restrict reproductive freedom, Republican lawmakers in at least four states this week advanced bills banning or limiting abortion access.
What did the Russian soldier who died during the invasion of Ukraine live and fight for? asks his relative
And when Pavel called his wife for the last time, he sent her telegram channels with Ukrainian news and asked her to trust only them. He said that they are used there as cannon fodder, but according to Russian news, everyone is lying.
Marxism and Nationalism (Part II)
Here we republish the second part of an article the late Tom Lewis wrote for the International Socialist Review (Issue 14, October-November 2000), a publication for which he wrote frequently.
Five things we can learn from the life of Alain Krivine
A lot of the statements made on his death have remarked on the fact that Alain had not followed the path of many of the other sixty-eighters (soixantehuitards) who moved into the media, business, academia or politics but at a price of moderating their politics.
Marxism and Nationalism (Part I)
Here we republish an article the late Tom Lewis wrote for the International Socialist Review. Though written more than 20 years ago, Lewis’ insights on the right of oppressed nations to self-determination has renewed relevance during Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
