“A lot of people are going to understand,” Chamel Abdulkarim reportedly said just moments after burning down the 1.2 million square foot warehouse where he worked. He wasn’t wrong. His sentiment resonates deeply among workers far and wide.
Donald Trump’s war on Iran, nicknamed ‘Operation Epstein Fury’, has truly blown up in his face. He is reduced to thrashing around in desperation, from threats to absurd declarations of victory, back to threats. The mask of the American Empire has fallen.
As we enter week five of the US-Israeli war on Iran, things are not going as planned for Donald Trump. The US are now stuck and face a position where there are no good options. This enormous blunder will have widespread ramifications long after the war ends.
Today, we are witnessing the relative decline of US imperialism. This crucial subject is outlined in John Peterson’s fantastic book ‘Colossus: The Rise and Decline of US Imperialism’. Here, we reproduce extracts from the book alongside a review from a reader.
We are in the second week of the US-Israeli war on Iran, but things are not going as planned. Trump’s reckless actions are spiralling out of control and could become the undoing of his Presidency. Communists are clear: Hands off Iran! Down with US-Israel imperialism!
The United States and Israel have launched war on Iran which threatens to spiral out of control. The blame for this is entirely upon American imperialism and its allies. Communists are clear: Hands Off Iran – Down with western imperialism.
Sir Keir Starmer thought he had a deal worked out to give the Chagos Islands ‘back’, in the interests of British and US imperialism. Donald Trump however had other ideas. Starmer faces humiliation, and the whole fiasco reveals where Britain really stands in the world.
Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl Halftime Show has dominated the headlines this week, with its defiant celebration of Latin American culture against a backdrop of Trump’s imperialist provocations across the Americas. But not everyone is happy with this subversive musical performance.
Like today, the 1930s saw hardship, unrest, and a growing interest in communism. Trotsky provides here an insight into what a communist future would look like for the United States – the world’s most advanced industrial power, both then and now.
The mass, collective action of the Minnesotan masses against ICE shows the way forward in the fightback against Starmer ramping up state repression. The lesson is clear: the way to fight back against state terror is with class struggle!
The first month of 2026 saw Trump trying to assert his ‘Donroe Doctrine’, blustering his way from Venezuela to Greenland. But the President is rapidly coming up against the limits of US imperialism – realising that redividing the world is not so easy as a game of Risk.
Jesse Welles, an American folk singer from Arkansas USA has captured the burning mood brimming within American society. Welles has tapped into an anti-establishment and anti-war feeling which has invoked an emotive response from many.