Daniel Morley looks at China’s announcement of its very own Air Defence Identification Zone, which highlights the tensions between Chinese and American imperialism. This ominous step by China is proof that US imperialism’s golden era of relative stability is drawing to a close and a new phase of instability and conflicts dawns.

In the mass media, the demonstrations in the Ukraine are presented as the desire of the Ukrainian people for the country to join the European Union. However, anyone who has followed Ukraine in the last two decades can understand that the grievances are not limited to the question of joining the EU. What are the different factors behind the Ukrainian protests?

The Nelson Mandela national memorial day turned out horribly wrong for the bourgeoisie, the ANC, and President Jacob Zuma as the masses completely upset the applecart and took center-stage.  The result was a massive embarrassment for the “respectable people” who had come from all over the world, and especially for President Zuma, who was booed amidst an outpouring of raw emotion by the defiant proletarian crowd.