On 25 February, the government website proclaimed ‘Prime Minister sets out biggest sustained increase in defence spending since the Cold War.’

Great power rivalry is back. That means more wars, more coups — and an end to the farce of global cooperation on climate change. On the home front, a general election is a chance for workers to put our demands on the agenda.

At its August conference in South Africa, the BRICS group of ‘emerging markets’ (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) agreed to accept six new members.

An analysis of the specific features of Russian imperialism

As rival imperialists manoeuvre for position, workers urgently needs a Fifth International

The flooding in Pakistan is not simply a 'natural' disaster.

Pakistani capitalism has colluded with the imperialists to condemn the poorest to bear the brunt of the devastation.

Forty years ago, Margaret Thatcher’s Tory government fought an undeclared war against Argentina for control of the Malvinas.

The new cold war has intensified.

The British media have hailed the scale of sanctions being imposed upon Russia for its invasion of Ukraine.

The United States works on the principle that what’s mine is mine and what’s yours is a matter for negotiation.

Nato, despite its huge military superiority, presents itself as a defensive alliance, as ‘the good guys’.

Revolutionary strategy in the epoch of imperialist war

RECENT EVENTS in Ukraine have been a sharp reminder that under capitalism, inter-imperialist rivalries inevitably lead to brutal wars that cause mass death and devastation. While some of these wars are localised within individual countries or regions, there is always the danger that another World War could break out, which would inevitably involve human suffering […]

Political bulletin for 2 March 2022

By Dave Stockton Once more across the length and breadth of Sudan we are witnessing a massive revolutionary upsurge against the military junta of General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and his deputy Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo (Hemeti), which seized power in the coup of 25 October. Since 2 January the military has lost its fig leaf prime […]

On 30 January 1972, Bloody Sunday, the British Parachute Regiment shot dead 13 unarmed civil rights protesters in Derry and wounded 15 others.

Putin’s threat to invade, let alone any actual invasion, must be condemned by all socialists and democrats.

Demand an immediate end to the state of emergency and all restrictions on democratic rights.

Horrific scenes of families starving and freezing on the Belarusian border represent a new low for human rights in the recent history of Europe.

By Alex Rutherford The Aukus security pact between Australia, the UK and the US represents one of the most dramatic moves yet taken by the United States to counter the threat to its interests posed by its largest imperialist rival, China. It also represents a brutal snub to France and by extension to the European […]

Andy Yorke reviews The Corona Crash: How the Pandemic will Change Capitalism by Grace Blakeley

Israeli discrimination in vaccine distribution

Wealthiest countries hoarding vaccines.

Mike Pompeo gives the green light to Israeli settlements.

Refugees still stranded on Lesbos.

The Bolivian working class and indigenous peoples must ensure their electoral victory doesn't end in class collaboration.

Return the Chagos Islands to Mauritius.

Resist the return to Blairism.

International solidarity in 1862-3.