Against the US-Israeli War on Lebanon 1. Israel’s war in Lebanon is the latest stage in the imperialist offensive mounted by the United States and its allies since 11 September 2001. The conquest of Iraq was intended to unleash a… Continue Reading
The present dismal reality unfolding in the Middle East has clear historical roots and a journey into the past may help to illuminate what lies behind the destructive policies of Israel in both Palestine and Lebanon. Zionism arrived in Palestine… Continue Reading
Just a quick bibliographical note on Alex Callinicos’s contribution in the debate between Chris Harman and Robert Brenner: Alex said, ‘I think there are problems with Chris’s position, which is that he now has an undifferentiated notion of a pre-capitalist… Continue Reading
Oil is the key feature of imperialism in the Middle East. Middle East oil exploitation is fantastically profitable. The cost of producing one barrel of crude oil in the Middle East is only 15 cents, as against $1.63 in the… Continue Reading
Oil is the key feature of imperialism in the Middle East. Middle East oil exploitation is fantastically profitable. The cost of producing one barrel of crude oil in the Middle East is only 15 cents, as against $1.63 in the… Continue Reading
Pick of the quarter The US-British occupation of Afghanistan and Iraq has led to a convergence between different sections of the anti-imperialist left internationally. While there are still those who believe they can somehow claim to be principled socialists without… Continue Reading
A review of Norman Finkelstein, Beyond Chutzpah: On the Misuse of Anti-Semitism and the Abuse of History (Verso, 2005), £16.99 My advanced computer’s software does not seem to recognise the word Islamophobia. Each time I try to key in the… Continue Reading
A review of Stephen G Rabe, US Intervention in British Guiana: A Cold War Story (University of North Carolina Press, 2005), £14.50 In the early 1960s both Conservative and Labour governments in Britain were complicit in CIA efforts to destabilise… Continue Reading
A reviw of Donny Gluckstein, The Paris Commune: A Revolution in Democracy (Bookmarks, 2006), £14.99 At a time when issues of political power and democracy are widely debated in the movement, a new study of the Par is Commune is… Continue Reading
A review of Carl R Weinberg, Labor, Loyalty, Rebellion: Southwestern IllinoisCoal Miners and World War I (Southern Illinois University Press, 2005), £20.95 On 15 April 1918 a ‘patriotic’ lynching took place near Collinsville, Illinois. Robert Prager, a 30 year old… Continue Reading