Category: Anti-imperialism

During its first nine months, the Trump administration has deployed warships and military infrastructure to the Caribbean, blown up small boats accused of drug trafficking, imposed 50% tariffs on Brazilian products, and exerted extreme pressure on the Mexican government.

Simón Rodríguez discusses the Nobel Peace Prize awarded to Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado, who dedicated it to US president Donald Trump.

A review of a book exploring the history and meaning of the Arab Jews.

An appalling decision by federal judge Trevor McFadden was filed on August 4. The idea that Jews are a “race” makes one’s skin crawl.

Stephen Shalom critically reviews Walden Bello’s autobiography Global Battlefields, which covers Bello’s political and intellectual contributions in the Philippines over the past fifty years.

In this 1916 essay, Ukrainian Marxist Lev Yurkevych develops a vision for the liberation of Ukraine, against multiple imperialist powers.

In an interview, Gilbert Achcar analyzes the grim state of affairs in the Middle East, in the age of neofascism.

Christopher Ford introduces the political thoughts and activities of Lev Yurkevych, a prominent Ukrainian Marxist in the early 20th century.

Regardless of the backgrounds and reasons behind Israel and the United States’ military aggression against Iran, it is clear that this invasion has imposed a new “state of war” on the Middle East. The fragile ceasefire established after the “12-day war” cannot conceal the gravity and severity of this imposed situation.

Iranian feminists will speak about how U.S. activists can take a principled stand against the violations of human rights by all the powers involved and defend progressive, life-affirming forces inside Iran, the Middle East region, and the U.S.

On Zoom, Tues. June 24 at 7 pm Eastern.
Speakers: Yassamine Mather, Michael Karadjis, and Evan Siegel.

Despite Rodriguez’s intentions, his actions will set back the pro-Palestine movement

In his latest ultimatum to Hamas President Trump wrote, “Only sick and twisted people keep bodies, and you are sick and twisted!”  Doesn’t he know that that his bosom allies, Israel and Saudi Arabia, keep bodies as bargaining chips and for other reasons?  Isn’t this a case of the pot calling the kettle black?

We offer our support and full solidarity to Prof. Joseph Daher who is facing the loss of his job for his Palestine activism.

Samuel Farber analyzes the situations and practices of Zionism in the context of Jewish politics, in the early 20th century and interwar Poland.

Dan Fischer reviews Ashley Dawson’s book “Environmentalism from Below”, on ecological struggles in the Global South that can lead global transformations.

In an interview, Gilbert Achcar analyzes geopolitical transformations across the Middle East over the past year, and prospects for emergence of a progressive movement.

The Syrian people never gave up in the years since 2011, whether inside the country or in exile, and continue on today amid myriad obstacles

Gilbert Achcar explains the sudden collapse of the Syrian regime

In this interview, conducted amidst a rapidly changing situation in Syria, Tempest asks Swiss Syrian socialist Joseph Daher about the process that led to the fall of Assad’s rule, the prospects for progressive forces,

The struggle for life is taking new and interesting twists in Puerto Rico.