Imperialism
Rising imperialist tensions and war games over Taiwan
Taiwan, an island about 100 miles east of China, is at the centre of imperialist rivalries.
Now is definitely the best time for James Bond to die
With the release of the latest film in the James Bond franchise, No Time to Die, Simon Basketter argues that it’s high time we see the sexist spy, and the film series’ reactionary politics, bite the dust
Evergrande shows China’s rulers can’t bank on ‘market miracle’ anymore
As Chinese real estate giant Evergrande teeters on the edge, pundits are speculating whether its collapse could pull down the global economy. Socialist Worker looks at what’s behind the crisis
A long way from Vietnam
In A Long Way From Vietnam, BBC journalist Nga Pham looks at why Vietnamese migration is the second highest in Britain.
Thousands say no to arms fairs in Liverpool and London
Anger against the 'jamborees of death' confronts the weapons merchants
Europe’s imperialism is still reliant on US
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The Western ruling classes’ response to the entirely predictable Taliban victory in Afghanistan is astonishing—combining arrogance, self-deception, and panic.
Oppose rulers’ conventions bathed in blood
03 September 2021It’s arms fair season. Over the next couple of months top politicians, generals, weapons makers and dealers will gather at three major conventions across Britain.
US military continued killings of children in Afghanistan
31 August 2021The United States military left Afghanistan as it arrived—by killing children.
Dangerous wounded beasts—the failures of imperialism
29 August 2021Nick Clark looks at the US's and Britain's huge defeats in Afghanistan
Feminism, bombs and liberation
28 August 2021Lies are being spun that most Afghan women’s lives improved under the US occupation. Judy Cox explores the reality for Afghan women after 20 years of war
Five crucial questions about end of Afghanistan occupation
24 August 2021Imperialists are desperately trying to justify their 20 year Afghanistan occupation. Socialist Worker answers the crucial questions
Blair claims war on Muslims is strategically vital for West
23 August 2021Something of an echo of the establishment panic of the late 1960s is reverberating around the seats of power in Britain and the US.
Afghanistan—first the Russians, then the US
20 August 2021Afghanistan has suffered through 43 years of war as a result of a series of imperialist interventions. Revulsion at that is the central reason why Kabul and the country’s other major cities were captured by the Taliban in such a short space of time.
The firms who made a fortune from the slaughter in Afghanistan
18 August 2021The US paid private contractors £136 billion, over the eight years to 2019.
Key articles on the defeat of imperialism in Afghanistan
18 August 2021Here are some of our key articles written as the regime in Afghanistan collapsed, a grievous defeat for British and US imperialism
Labour’s war guilt
17 August 2021Not two weeks ago, Labour’s leader Keir Starmer said his party should be “very proud” of its right wing governments’ “achievements” under Tony Blair.
Earthquake causes new devastation across Haiti
17 August 2021As Haiti is struck by earthquakes, Sam Ord explores the damage that imperialism has done
What we said as the war began in Afghanistan
17 August 2021In September 2001, as the West moved to start bombing Afghanistan, Socialist Worker spoke out against the war. This was our editorial comment
What does Afghan defeat mean for US imperialism?
17 August 2021The words of US president Joe Biden have come back to haunt him awfully quickly.
The defeat of the West’s Afghanistan war
16 August 2021After 20 years, at least a quarter of a million killings and trillions of pounds spent on military assaults, the Taliban has overthrown the Western-backed government in Afghanistan.
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