
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.

Following their victory in last year’s Stormont elections, Sinn Féin have come out top in the recent local elections in the North, marking another deadly blow for unionism. Workers and youth must fight for a Socialist United Ireland.