Category: Imperialism & War

  • Israel’s war on Iran – how would Trotsky have posed the question?

    Israel’s war on Iran – how would Trotsky have posed the question?

    Following the US and Israel’s scandalous, unprovoked attack on Iran, we are republishing the following article, which was first written after the 12-Day War in June 2025. It remains every bit as true as then. As it explains, communists must be absolutely clear on one thing: this is a predatory, imperialist war waged to subjugate…

  • Middle East crisis: sleepwalking into the abyss

    Middle East crisis: sleepwalking into the abyss

    “When the leaders speak of peace, the common people know that war is coming.” (Bertolt Brecht) It was a fragment of conversation that one might overhear by pure coincidence, and then have thought nothing more of it. It occurred one morning when we were strolling along a picturesque beach in a Spanish resort in Santander. The…

  • Fight imperialism and war! Workers of the world unite! – RCI statement

    Fight imperialism and war! Workers of the world unite! – RCI statement

    Capitalism is a sick system which outlived its useful purpose a long time ago. In the epoch of its senile decline it breeds war, racism, poverty, and hunger. Imperialism, the highest stage of capitalism, is characterised by the struggle between different gangs of capitalist robbers for the sharing out of the loot. Today, as the…