Imperialism

Behind the push for war with Iran

Decades of Western imperialism in the Middle East lie behind the latest crisis

Why Donald Trump can’t win in Iran

It’s clear who the losers were in the confrontation between the United States and Iran.

Iranians take to the streets after a week of war threats

Protests burst out in Iran last Saturday after the regime admitted to accidentally shooting down a passenger plane.

Capitalism causes war and climate crises

Wildfires, floods and the threat of war ushered in 2020

Resist Trump’s drive to war with Iran

US president Donald Trump was threatening yet more major acts of war in the Middle East following the assassination of top Iranian general Qassem Soleimani.

Trump threatens devastating war after US assassinates an Iranian leader

In a massive warmongering escalation, a US airstrike murdered general Qassem Soleimani

London Bridge killings are linked to imperialist war

01 December 2019
The horrific killing of two people in a knife attack on Friday in London is being used to bolster right wing ideas. The crackdown has to be opposed.

Get ready to protest against Trump’s London trip

26 November 2019
Donald Trump is set to fly to London next week to attend a two-day summit of the Nato warmongers’ alliance

International round-up - killings in Gaza, protests hit Iran, general strike in Chile

19 November 2019
Israel killed unleashed a fresh round of bombings on the besieged Gaza Strip last week.

Brutal Hong Kong police target university in drive to crush pro-democracy movement

18 November 2019
Huge battles were taking place in Hong Kong as Socialist Worker went to press, as the authorities escalated their repression of pro-democracy protests.

Israel kills more than 30 Palestinians in bloody offensive against Gaza

14 November 2019
Israel has killed more than 30 Palestinians in a fresh round of bombings on the besieged Gaza Strip.

Angry Hong Kong protests push authorities ‘to the brink’

13 November 2019
Cops in Hong Kong say that protests are bringing the city to the “brink of total collapse”.

Murderers gloat over Isis

29 October 2019
US president Donald Trump gloated after the alleged killing of Isis leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi

The Kurds—a history of agony

20 October 2019
The Kurds once again find themselves under attack and under pressure from imperial powers

Stand with Catalonia after new wave of repression

15 October 2019
Massive protests erupted across Catalonia this week after a Spanish court sentenced nine pro-independence Catalan leaders to vicious prison terms.

1919 race riots in Britain—a legacy of empire

15 October 2019
One hundred years ago Britain was gripped by huge workers’ struggles but also horrific race riots. Ken Olende looks at how the racist violence was unleashed—and how some of the left organised against it