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Imperialism: The epoch of wars and revolutions

Vast technological changes took place in the last hundred years: from electrification and powered flight, via splitting the atom and space travel, to the internet and mapping the human genetic structure. These technological revolutions, and their application to production through the assembly line and computerisation, have shaped human life in every corner of the planet. Consequently the world’s population has increased with incredible rapidity. But under capitalism these triumphs of human skill, ingenuity and labour have never attained their full potential. Read more...

The first year of the Ukraine war

February 24 is the first anniversary of Vladimir Putin’s Ukraine War, when 190,000 Russian armed forces launched a massive attack on the country. Read more...

Israel: rising repression, rising resistance

ON 30 DECEMBER, the Israeli parliament voted into office a government headed by Likud leader Benjamin Netanyahu. Read more...

The different components of the war in Ukraine

The war in Ukraine is certainly at a historical turning point. Read more...

Half a year of war: Putin's endgame?

The Russian army's significant losses of occupied Ukrainian territories in September has faced Putin and his regime with the possibility of defeat. Read more...

10 years of Rojava: achievements and aberrations

In July 2012, Kurdish armed forces took political control in the regions of Kobanê, Afrin and al-Hasakah in northern Syria. Read more...

Belarus: "Railway partisans" threatened with execution

In March and April, the Russian army stood at the gates of Kyiv, but Putin's invasion of Ukraine stalled. A few weeks later, Russia had to withdraw from the area around the capital. Read more...

Taiwan - a sign of the times

August 4, the anniversary of the outbreak of the First World War, might not seem an auspicious date for China to mobilise its forces to surround Taiwan. Read more...

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