With the recent invasion of Ukraine by Russia, the question of whether another world war will break out is on people’s lips. In this republished talk from 2017, Ben Gliniecki answers this question, and draws out the Marxist approach to wars and imperialism.
Zack Polanski’s Green Party has been expressing the deep anti-imperialist sentiment brewing in British society, especially amongst the youth. But where does the Green Party currently stand on foreign policy?
Today marks 78 years since the Nakba, the brutal terror campaign waged by Zionist forces against Palestinians to found the state of Israel. British imperialism – having subjected the region to decades of domination, plunder, and division – was central to this catastrophe.
Chartism was the first time ever that British workers fixed their eyes on the seizure of political power: in 1839, 1842 and again in 1848. In this struggle, they conducted a class war that at different times involved general strikes, battles with the state, mass demonstrations and even armed insurrection.