Saeed Rahnema analyzes the fall of Assad from a long-term historical perspective, and warns the threats posed by religious fundamentalism and the emboldened Turkish regime.
On his return to the presidency on January 20, Donald Trump rescinded his predecessor Joe Biden’s short-lived removal of Cuba from the State Sponsor of Terrorism (SSOT) designation. The SSOT designation will further isolate Cuba diplomatically and economically.
Biden only removed
An interview with Joseph Daher
By: Joseph DaherDecember 9, 2024
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 U.S. Election in the Context of Imperial Decline
By: Richard SeymourNovember 7, 2024
We can understand the institutionalisation of Trumpism as a response to three or four basic trends, including relative imperial decline, problems of ‘secular stagnation’ in the capitalist core, the rise of Chinese state-capitalism, and the energy crisis.
The left must oppose both the Israeli and the Iranian regimes
Justin Akers Chacón discusses how the crises of global capitalism and imperialism are causing mass displacement of immigrants, who are targeted by fascist and bourgeois political forces.
Black Candidates for President – Part 8
By: Dan La BotzAugust 2, 2024
She was in many ways the ideal candidate for such a left party.,,,And disappointingly, McKinney subsequently devolved into a trafficker in conspiracy theories and antisemitism.
The Confederation of Free Trade Unions of Ukraine (KVPU), a member organization of the International Trade Union Confederation and the European Trade Union Confederation, calls on the international community, the ITUC, the ETUC, and their member organizations, as well as the governments of democratic states, to strengthen their support for Ukraine.
A critique of recent campist discussions of the Ukraine war.
Ireland and Ukraine have some important parallels during the years 1916-1923
John Clarke recommends Oliver Kearns’ book “The Covert Colour Line,” on racism as the foundation of US and British intelligence agencies.
Supporting the Palestinian cause, however, should not take away from the need to stand with Ukraine. In both cases, a stronger military power is attempting to occupy and deny self-determination to oppressed people.
Hanna Perekhoda analyzes construction of Russian imperialist imagery of Ukraine, rooted in the Russian ruling elite’s drive to maintain its power.
Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro shows new map of Venezuela’s incorporation Eusebio Province of Guyana.
The United States has taken the first steps in becoming involved in a potential war between Venezuela and Guyana. President Nicolás Maduro of Venezuela is claiming the
We, Ukrainian researchers, artists, political and labour activists, members of civil society stand in solidarity with the people of Palestine who for 75 years have been subjected and resisted Israeli military occupation, separation, settler colonial violence, ethnic cleansing, land dispossession and apartheid.
How the Gaza conflict is viewed from the Global South
What happens when the right takes over a nationalist movement?
An alternative policy for Haiti in crisis
Further reply to Gilbert Achcar
By: Tom DaleOctober 1, 2023
Further reply to Achcar on Ukrainian arms and alliances
On the völkisch nature of Zionism and its relation to imperialism
By: Mike Veronda HazouSeptember 17, 2023
In this essay, I attempt to offer a Marxist examination of Zionism and some of its essential features: its völkisch character, its settler colonial character, and its relation to imperialism.
A critique of Achcar and Chomsky on arms to Ukraine and NATO.