Tag: Imperialism
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Iran ceasefire: Trump’s humiliating climbdown
“Total and complete victory. 100 percent. No question about it.” With these words, Donald Trump described the two-week ceasefire with Iran announced last night. Just hours prior, Trump had threatened that “an entire civilization will die” – which elicited not a word of criticism from America’s allies. But shortly before his own deadline expired, Trump…
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Trump faces impossible dilemma as Iran gets the upper hand
Four weeks into the US-Israel war of aggression against Iran, the war aims of US imperialism have not only not been achieved, but they look further away than before. Trump is faced with an impossible situation. If he cuts his losses and declares victory now that would represent a massive humiliation for US imperialism, and…
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The Cuban Revolution is facing its most dangerous period ever
The oil blockade decreed by Trump on 29 January is slowly but surely asphyxiating Cuba, which relies on oil imports for 60 percent of its energy production. The Cuban government has admitted talks are taking place with the United States, but these take place in conditions of extreme imperialist blackmail. How can the Cuban Revolution…
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Bombs, blood and bowls of Shamrock
The ninth issue of the Revolutionary Communist is coming out this week! Read the editorial of this issue below, and set up a physical or digital subscription now. Or meet us at one of our regular stalls to buy a copy directly from our comrades. Every subscription and paper bought will help us strengthen the…
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Trump’s massive Iran aggression gamble becoming a catastrophic miscalculation
Drunk with success in Venezuela, Trump thought that the same methods could be used to force Iran to submit. Either a threatening naval force encircling the country would lead to capitulation, or a short sharp decapitation strike would produce regime change through the emergence of a new leadership willing to comply with imperialists’ demands (a…
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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…
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Trump prepares for war with Iran – down with imperialist aggression!
Once again, the eyes of the world are fixed on every word and gesture of the man in the White House, Donald J. Trump. With one third of the entire American Navy assembled in the region, and with Trump oscillating between threats and calls for negotiations, the question on the lips of millions is: will…
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James Connolly: Labour in Irish History – Foreword
The Revolutionary Communists of Ireland will be meeting this Saturday, 18 October, at the Teachers’ Club in Dublin for the Communist Day School of Anti-Imperialism. The event will centre on discussions of the Marxist understanding of imperialism and how to fight against it, alongside sessions exploring the history and current perspectives of the struggles against…
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Ireland’s role in the imperialist war machine
The Irish state has once again proved itself to be a faithful little servant to its Western imperialist masters. This time, through the aiding and abetting of the genocide of the Palestinian people at the blood soaked hands of Israel and its Western allies.
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Israeli terrorist attack on Hezbollah: Netanyahu wants a regional war
At least nine people were killed – including a 10-year-old girl – and over 2,800 injured, many of them left in a critical condition, when pagers they were carrying exploded, in an unprecedented coordinated attack against Hezbollah in Lebanon.