Anti-imperialist politics must be consistent, from Gaza to Taiwan

The following article by Gerry Hassan was first posted on his blog and then reposted by the National. We were unable to get through to Gerry, so we asked Laura Webster, the editor of the National, who gave her permission for us to repost. Gerry’s article makes a significant contribution to challenging the Campist politics…

Revealed: £281m of secret cash poured into UK universities

The following article by Jenna Corderoy and Billy Stockwell was first posted by openDemocracy. It shows that  the UK’s  top universities privately lobbied the government to keep secret the names of wealthy foreign donors. Russell Group leaders lobbied the government to keep names of foreign donors secret. REVEALED: £281 OF SECRET CASH POURED INTO UK…

The Uighurs and the Palestinians

This article compares  the treatment  of the Uighurs in Xinjiang (Eastern Turkestan) by the Chinese imperialist state with the treatment of Palestinians by the  racist, apartheid Israeli state backed by western imperialism – US, UK and the leading  EU powers. The author is a Chinese student with a partial Uighur background. This article was first…

Ukrainian Letter of Solidarity with Palestinian people

The following letter of solidarity from the Ukrainian people to the Palestinian people was first published in the Ukrainian socialist journal, commons. Its arguments reinforces the view that there can be no solution to the oppressed peoples through imperialist deals UKRAINIAN LETTER OF SOLIDARITY WITH THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE We, Ukrainian researchers, artists, political and trade…

The unbearable manicheanism of the “anti-imperialist” left

This article, written by Willam I. Robinson was first posted by anti*capitalist  resistance. It critically examines the contradictory logic and regressive politics of the contemporary “anti-imperialist” left that opposes capitalist exploitation by the West but turns a blind eye to repression by non-Western states opposed to Washington. Manicheanism is  an ancient philosophy that interprets the…

Review: The Communist Road to Capitalism and The Left in China

Charlie Hore of rs21 has published  a review of two books by Ralf Ruckus, entitled The Communist Road to Capitalism and The Left in China. In his most recent book, Ruckus points to the need for the Left to break away from Campism in the light of Putin’s invasion of Ukraine. To help achieve this,…

Arundhati Roy on things that can and cannot be said: The dismantling of the world as we know it

We are reposting the Stuart Hall memorial lecture, first posted on thewire, given by Arundhati Roy last September. She is author of  Azadi – Fascism, Fiction and Freedom in the Time of the Virus, outlining the ongoing fascistisation of India under Modi. In Arundhati’s lecture, she locates this process in a global context. Solidarity, speaking…

Are circumstances now aligned for possible war in the Middle East?

 We are posting the following article by Paul Rogers  which was posted by openDemocracy. It examines the possibility of a new war breaking out in the Middle East, adding further to the  inter-imperial tensions over Ukraine and Taiwan.  ARE CIRCUMSTANCES NOW ALIGNED FOR POSSIBLE WAR IN  THE MIDDLE EAST? With instability in Iran, a right-wing…

Edinburgh marches against COP27

 The following article on the COP27 Coalition march, organised to coincide withe world wide protest against the COP27 leaders and corporate capitals’s continued attempts to greenwash their activities, was written by Stephen Topple and  first posted by The Canary.   EDINBURGH MARCHES AGAINST COP27 Several thousand people marched through Edinburgh on Saturday 12 November. This was…

Nancy Pelosi is rolling the dice on World War III

The following article by Ben Burgis was first posted by Jacobin. It looks at the implications of Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan. NANCY PELOSI IS ROLLING THE DICE ON WORLD WAR THREE  Nancy Pelosi visited Taiwan — a pointless trip that ratchets up tensions with one nuclear-armed superpower just as the United States finds itself knee-deep…