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This article will be released in full online May 6, 2023. Over six months into to Israel’s atrocity-filled assault on Gaza, Laurence Shoup digs deep to reveal a…

This article will be released in full online April 29, 2023. In this review of Immanuel Ness’s Migration as Economic Imperialism, Torkil Lauesen illuminates the…

The United States of America has been the pre-eminent country on Earth for over 40 years.  There are many competing analyses of these developments, different

Michael Pröbsting — The expansion of BRICS reflects the rise of Chinese and Russian imperialism at the cost of their Western rivals.

Susan Forde’s profile on The Conversation

Michael Pröbsting — Some on the left still claim Russia is not an imperialist power (and hence a lesser evil than Western rivals). This is a discussion not just of theoretical interest but also of political importance.

In this article, we aim to demonstrate that the low prices of goods produced in the global South and the attendant modest contribution of its exports to the…

A few days ago, a highly interesting article reported on the accelerating trend of decline of the US Dollar as the leading currency.[1] This article is of particular relevance because of the author, Frank Giustra, who is co-chair of the International Crisis Group (ICG) and an ardent defender of an imperialist world order based on US hegemony. The ICG is one of world’s most influential think tanks and is funded by Western governments and billionaires like George Soros.[2] 

Michael Pröbsting — Relations between Great Powers cannot be understood in isolation but rather have to be viewed in the context of fundamental class contradictions within a given historical stage of a mode of production.

Michael Pröbsting — One of the key debates among socialists today is the class character of China. This is hardly surprising since China is not only the most populous country on the planet but its rivalry with the U.S. also constitutes a pivot of the world situation.