Today marks 70 years since the truce that brought a stop to the Korean War and divided the peninsula. Events surrounding the conflict revealed both the brutality and cynicism of US imperialism, and the crimes of Stalinism, leaving a historic scar.
The recent NATO summit revealed once again the arrogance, cynicism, and stinking hypocrisy of the western imperialists. For them, the Ukraine conflict is merely a means to crush Russia. And it is the workers of the world who are being asked to pay.
Contradictions are mounting for capitalism. The system is being thrown from one crisis to the next. Inflation, debt, and financial instability all threaten the world economy. A new slump looms. The only way out of this impasse is through revolution.
Following the aborted putsch by oligarch and mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin, many are asking what the impact will be on the regime in Moscow and the war in Ukraine. The task of overthrowing Putin belongs to Russian workers and youth.
Recent events in the Atlantic and Mediterranean oceans are a tale of two classes: one, the story of tremendous efforts being made to save five buccaneering billionaires; the other, the tragedy of hundreds of migrants being killed by capitalism.
All the mainstream media has been focussed this week on the deaths of a handful of billionaires exploring the shipwreck of the Titanic. Meanwhile, little attention has been paid to the tragic drowning of hundreds of migrants in the Mediterranean.
There has been much optimism surrounding the election of left-wing governments in Colombia, Chile, Brazil, and other Latin American countries. But already, these are hitting up against barriers. Only revolutionary struggle can offer a way forward.
The combined impact of the war, the pandemic, and inflation, on top of decades of imperialist exploitation, has left the world’s poorest nations buried in debt. This is preparing the ground for revolutionary explosions in one country after another.
We conclude our recent series on Israel-Palestine by examining recent events in the region, the situation today, and the way forward for workers and youth. Only revolutionary struggle can offer a real solution. Intifada until victory!
Liberal supporters of Ukraine have recently attacked the IMT for openly defending our position on the war. While some ‘lefts’ happily side with their own ruling class, we proudly stand in the Marxist tradition of class-based internationalism.
After months of build up, the much-heralded Ukrainian offensive has begun. Alan Woods discusses the prospects for this latest military campaign, the propaganda of western imperialism, the perspectives for the war, and the task of the Marxists.
Tensions between the major powers are heightening. The rise of China and the relative decline of US imperialism are creating a new – unstable – balance of forces in world relations. Communists must fight for international socialist revolution.