Both U.S. President Joseph Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin have invoked their nations’ imperial histories and current ambitions, using the Ukraine as the occasion to reassert their claims to dominate Eastern Europe.
Category: War and peace
Increased U.S. Military Spending Means More Militarism, Imperialism, and War
The U.S. Congress is completely divided, Republicans versus Democrats. Except when it comes to the military. Bills for working people can’t be passed. But there’s always money for the generals and the arms-makers.
Afghanistan and Its Challenge to Feminism
How should anti-imperialists relate to the coming to power of the misogynist Taliban regime in Afghanistan?
Are Tankie Politics Racist?
Ani White and Gayaal Iddamalgoda argue that so-called “tankie” politics, meaning support for “actually-existing socialist” and “anti-imperialist” states, erase struggles in the Global South.
Afghanistan – Don’t Look Away: A Crisis for the Whole of Humanity
The defeat of the U.S. and the seizure of power by the Taliban mark a real turning point. This reveals both imperialism and fundamentalism as obstacles to human emancipation.
U.S. Imperialism in Afghanistan and Beyond
For the family members of the victims, the 9/11 attacks were a tragedy, but for the Bush administration and the U.S. ruling class, they were a golden opportunity.
We Anti-Zionists Speak for a Quarter of U.S. Jews
The newest poll numbers show that a quarter of U.S. Jews fundamentally oppose the Zionist project.
The Failure of American Empire Lite
The only thing “lite” about American empire turned out to be a dogged unwillingness to accept any culpability in using power to try and remake the world, instead insisting that the exercise of violence could be innocent as long as the right people were doing it.
Who’s Buried in the Graveyard of Empires?
The Afghan government’s fate is but the most recent in a long list of cases of puppet entities created by a foreign occupation that collapse when that occupation ends.
Solidarity, Inc. Part I: The Industrialisation of Solidarity
Introducing the ‘teenage anti-imperialist’, the ‘solidarity market’, and ‘contrarian continuity’ between anti-imperialists and ‘their ‘establishment parent’/’imperialist’ governments.
Assad’s Pyrrhic Victory
It’s difficult to recollect the euphoria of the early days of the 2011 uprising in Syria against the regime of Bashar al-Assad. Reflecting on that time, Syrians speak of the breaking of the “fear barrier”—the suffocating authoritarianism and repression that . . .
Some Good News–Support for Palestinians is Growing
It may be hard to believe, but against the background of daily killings of Palestinians and statements of blanket support for Israel by Imperial Leader Biden, there is some good news. Many Israelis are courageously denouncing Israeli apartheid and support for Palestinians has been growing fast around the world and in some unusual places.
Reflections of an Anti-Imperialist after Ten Years of Debate
An Interview with Gilbert Achcar
What does it mean to be a left anti-imperialist today? Stephen R. Shalom interviews Gilbert Achcar.
Reflections of an Anti-Imperialist after Ten Years of Debate
What does it mean to be a left anti-imperialist today? Stephen R. Shalom interviews Gilbert Achcar.
Progressives Break with Biden Over His Uncritical Support for Israel
For the first time, the Democrats face a small but determined group within the party who demand a break from unconditional support for Israel and support for Palestinian rights.
Biden to Remove U.S. Troops from Afghanistan
The U.S.-Afghanistan War, which has lasted almost twenty years, has cost the United States 2,300 soldiers’ lives and two trillion dollars, while more than 100,000 Afghanis have been killed.
The New Cold War With China
The West’s Greatest Folly
Once again, anti-communism is being used to stage a new Cold War. China is viewed as a systemic rival that should be denied access to technology and hampered in its access to markets. The goal is military containment and encirclement.
Review of Palestine, A Socialist Introduction
Palestine is one of the most controversial issues among liberals and even among some socialists. In the U.S., politicians and university administrators war against the Boycott Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement against Israel, also labeling it as anti-semitic.
Letter to Mass Peace Action and Peace Action NY State
Any group or entity that calls itself progressive must stand against oppression everywhere. An apologist for Assad’s genocidal regime and his Russian backers should not be normalized nor considered a valid source of information.
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