The Capitalist Offensive The British state is no stranger to violence. In the last two decades, UK armed forces have bombed and murdered in Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan and Libya and the Government is now enacting a law to prevent British troops from being accused of war crimes. Britain has sold munitions and other military equipment around the globe, fuelling such conflicts as the continuing war in Yemen (Britain is no longer the world’s third-biggest arms dealer as it was two decades ago, but it is still in the top eight, according to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute).1 Currently, perhaps in a desperate attempt to appear significant in the wake of the Brexit débacle, it is seeking to project its military power in the Black Sea by sending two warships amid ongoing tensions between Russia and Ukraine.2