US imperialism

Trump White House Archived

Trump, Putin and Ukraine: Towards a division of spheres of influence at the expense of the people

Eric Toussaint — Trump’s policy follows the classic logic of great-power rivalry: curb the Moscow-China rapprochement, keep the US at the centre of the diplomatic arena, and make Europe bear the cost of the war in Ukraine.
Reinaldo Iturriza

Venezuela: ‘In times of retreat, the priority should be preparing the counteroffensive’

Reinaldo Iturriza looks at the political situation in Venezuela after the January 3 US attack, the state of Chavismo and the communes and why talk of “betrayal or loyalty” when it comes to the Delcy Rodríguez’s government makes little sense.
venezuela oil statute

From blockade to tutelage: Sovereign funds, financial hegemony and economic subordination in Venezuela

Ana Gabriela Salazar — What is at stake now in Venezuela is sovereignty, not as an abstraction but as a real and concrete exercise that impacts our present and future.
iran protest

Two tactics in the anti-Iran war movement

Ali Keshtkar asks: how can Iranian socialists best oppose a war being waged against a regime they are in political struggle against?
A satellite image of the Persian Gulf, connected to the Gulf of Oman by the Strait of Hormuz, 2025.

Justice for the Middle East is also about climate

Adam Hanieh discusses how accurate the claim “all wars are fought for oil” truly is and what developments we might expect in the Middle East in the future.
An undated photograph of Jeffrey Epstein’s island compound, published December 3, 2025 by the House Oversight Committee.

There is no ‘Epstein Class’

John Clarke — Epstein’s network was real and horrific, but the forces shaping war, empire, and capitalism run far deeper.
Ike Nahem (left) of the New York-New Jersey Cuba Sí Coalition welcomes delegates on March 14, 2026, to the Action Conference ‘Cuba Under Siege: Strategies for Resistance and a United Response.’ (Photo: Argiris Malapanis / World-Outlook)

Action plan of the March 2026 international US-Cuba normalization conference

This action plan was unanimously passed at 2026 International US-Cuba Normalization Conference held at the People’s Forum in New York City.
Venezuela flag

Venezuelan leftist: ‘Recuperating sovereignty and control over our resources is essential’

Luis Fernando Marquez discusses recent developments in Venezuela, the people’s reactions and challenges for the left.
 The propaganda poster at a Tehran crossroads shows the first ‘Supreme Leader’, Ruhollah Khomeini, his successor Ali Khamenei (killed in the early days of the war) and his son Mojtaba Khamenei, who was subsequently appointed to the post (from left to right)

Iran: Neither intervention nor trivialization

Sanaz Azimipour and Mahtab Mahboub on why we need to oppose both imperial aggression and the Iranian regime.
Map Iran

Against US-led imperialist war and for Iranian self-determination

Florence Oppen — For revolutionaries, the task is twofold: military opposition to imperialism, full solidarity with the Iranian people’s right of self-defense and political independence from the regime.
US slave trade

Western Hemisphere: A history of the United States written by war

Eric Toussaint — As the United States launches a new war against Iran it is important to analyse, from a historical perspective, US foreign policy.
Regime change graphic CEDES

Regime change for oil? The real motivations behind the US military intervention in Venezuela

Malfred Gerig — The problem with the it’s “all about oil” thesis is that it obscures the other economic and geopolitical objectives of Washington’s regime change operation in Venezuela.

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