Imperialism

China, imperialism and the left

Today in China, the CCP uses fascistic brutal repressive methods against workers in struggle and other expressions of opposition in China. In Xinjiang, the state campaign against Uighurs combines brutal measures to exterminate their culture, language and religion, with settler colonialism. This is China’s state capitalist imperialism.

China’s state capitalist imperialism

In the first of a two-part article Per-Åke Westerlund looks at the rise of Chinese imperialism and what it means for building international workers’ solidarity against international capitalism China becoming the workshop of the world was the main d...

U.S. China conflict: Biden gets ready to wage a global “democracy offensive”

We must oppose the poison of great power nationalism and chauvinism. This is used by the ruling class to distract and divide workersTom Crean, Socialist Alternative (ISA in US) The conflict between a rising Chinese state capitalism and waning U.S. c...

Scandal in international institutions: sex for jobs, food, land

How neo-colonial capitalism underscores abuse by imperialist institutions. Rose Lichtenstein Workers and Socialist Party (ISA in South Africa) The World Health Organisation (WHO) has featured heavily on our radars lately, often painted in a posit...

US: Biden’s Foreign Policy Back to Normal Imperialism?

Trade wars, de-globalization, and U.S.-China rivalry isn’t the product of one man’s personality. George Martin Fell Brown Socialist Alternative ISA the USA During the election, Biden promised that, as president, he would “repair the damage wroug...

Inter-Imperialist conflict and a new Cold War

What Next? Sonja Grusch, SLP (ISA in Austria) This article is based on an introductory speech given by Sonja Grusch, a member of the ISA International Executive, at the ISA Virtual Marxist University in July 2020. The background to the discussion ...

The US-China Cold War: Towards a bipolar global economy

The US-China Cold War is escalating. We stand for solidarity between workers and oppressed, east and west, to rid the world of capitalism and imperialism. Vincent Kolo, chinaworker.info “There’s no floor under the U.S.-China relationship. We keep...

US: Trump administration bans Chinese-owned TikTok

US-China tech war escalating Zhou Yi, chinaworker.info (ISA China) On 31 July, President Trump announced that TikTok (the overseas version of the Chinese video-sharing app Douyin) will be banned nationwide in the US, and the relevant executive or...

End of Second World War: Soviet flag raised over the Reichstag

Friday 8th May marks the 75th anniversary of the end of the Second World War in Europe Paddy   Meehan Socialist party (ISA in Northern Ireland) In the midst of the Covid-19 lockdown, the establishment are appealing to the ‘Blitz spirit’ and the sen...

Socialists and the democratic struggle

Socialists fight for all, even limited democratic advances, but explain the need to overthrow capitalism Vincent Kolo, chinaworker.info The following is a reprint from September 2010 of our reply to criticisms on social media from a sectar...

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