The search for profit - and the march to war
10 January 2020
Unable to reverse its falling rate of profit, capital is increasingly turning to adventures abroad.
War
War
US dumps nuclear treaty
8 February 2019
With all the news about Brexit, the US’s decision to withdraw from the Intermediate Range Nuclear Forces Treaty seems to have slipped under the radar.
The First World War: 1914 - 1918
Driven by the jostling of aggressive empires, the First World War undermined the working classes of Europe at a point when they were in an upswing…
Hands off Syria
With an opinion poll indicating that only 22 per cent of people in Britain support military action against Syria, Theresa May ordered the RAF to launch strikes – pre-empting debate in parliament.
Stop the EU war machine!
During the 2016 referendum those who warned that the EU was developing its own army were dismissed as fantasists. Instead, we were told the EU had kept the peace in Europe. The truth is totally different…
Stop the bombing of Syria!
16 April 2018
Like its predecessors – the governments led by David Cameron and Tony Blair – our government has shown it is willing to allow British blood to be shed to back up US imperialism.
USA: preparing for war not defence
5 February 2018
The USA has announced a new "defence" strategy. It's really about warmongering and how to defeat opponents at any cost.
Korea reacts to US war threats
21 December 2017
It’s been revealed that a massive hack of South Korean military computers unveiled plans to assassinate North Korea's leadership and invade the country. No wonder the country is developing its missile capability.
EU army defeat
11 December 2017
On 13 November the government dramatically drew back from EU military integration schemes. It now refuses to absorb Britain’s armed forces into a Euro army and in doing has shown it respects our decision.
Stop the EU War Machine!
Stop the EU War Machine!
Tuesday 20 February 2018 18:30
CPBML Public Meeting, Tuesday 20 February, 6.30 pm [note time]
Brockway Room, Conway Hall, Red Lion Square, London WC1R 4RL
During the referendum campaign anyone who mentioned the development of a European army and a common defence policy was dismissed by the establishment as a fantasist. Now everything is out in the open – and it's taking shape in front of our very eyes. Come and discuss. All welcome.
Dunkirk: the film and the book
16 October 2017
Christopher Nolan’s film Dunkirk, is an evocative but unusual portrayal of the evacuation of the British and French armies from the French port in June 1940. Joshua Levine’s fascinating book gives a more complete picture of why Dunkirk is of such singular importance.
No to war on Korea
11 September 2017
US and British diplomats are leading the charge for war against the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea on the pretext of trying to find a peaceful solution, but are in reality preparing for war.
US heightens tensions over Korea
25 April 2017
With the US ramping up tension with North Korea, it’s as well to remember that the US has form in Korea.
The long shadow of war
A journalist looks at the consequences – throughout the Middle East – of the 2003 invasion of Iraq…
A spanner in the works of the EU war machine
One of the worst lies told in the referendum was that the EU is a force for peace. The opposite is true, and the vote to leave holds out the prospect of a reduction of the risk of war…
No case for war
The Chilcot Inquiry into the 2003 Iraq war finally reported in July. The evidence itself speaks volumes…
European army plans march ahead
25 August 2016
Moves to create a European Army are accelerating – despite the assertions of the Remain campaign that the idea was purely Leave hysteria.
Paying for the Crusades
As we await the long-delayed publication of Chilcot’s inquiry into the Iraq War, here’s a reminder of the costs of medieval invasions of the Middle East…
A scrapbook of the civil war in Spain
This issue we review two books that look back on the Spanish Civil War, and one on a more modern conflict – the dirty war that the CIA has been waging in Syria…
What makes us safe
In the “war against terror”, British governments have wilfully ignored the best ways of fighting it. It won’t be defeated by smart missiles or drones. It won’t be defeated by toppling secular governments.
Stop the bombing of Syria!
David Cameron has got his way, and the RAF is bombing Syria. We will all live to regret the despicable vote in parliament which saw the bombing authorised. MPs voted for invasion and death. Then they laughed.
The war must be stopped
3 December 2015
David Cameron has got his way, and the RAF is bombing Syria. We will all live to regret the despicable vote in parliament last night which saw the bombing authorised.
The USA: a force bad for the world
23 November 2015
The WikiLeaks files of US State Department cables reveal how the US government operates in world affairs. This book provides a thorough analysis of the different ways the US government keeps its power.
Britain's imperial wars for opium
Extracted from poppies, opium is a highly addictive drug, though it can serve as a medicine. By the end of the 17th century, non-medicinal drug use of opium had appeared in China, particularly around the port of Canton (now know as Guangzhou), where most foreign merchants traded.
US and allies' troops to stay in Afghanistan
17 October 2015
The US government now intends to keep US troops in Afghanistan beyond President Obama’s departure from office in January 2017, breaking his promise to end the war on his watch.
EU migration shambles and the drive to war
9 September 2015
Capitalism is waging war against workers worldwide to wreck countries and uproot their peoples. We look at how the “migrant crisis” started.
1945: America drops atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki
28 July 2015
Seventy years ago, in August 1945, America exploded atomic bombs over two Japanese cities. Controversy still rages as to why they were used and whether these weapons should have been authorised. The USA remains the only state to have deployed nuclear weapons in warfare.
Unity 'frees camp' from ISIS
Reports have reached Workers that the combined force of all the armed rival Palestinian factions in the giant Yarmouk refugee camp in Syria, plus the Syrian Arab Army, have liberated most of the camp from ISIS.
Ukraine: the real violators
10 March 2015
Who is demonstrably violating the Minsk peace agreement? Prime Minister David Cameron for one. The US government for another.
TTIP's drive to war
Opposition to the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership is growing. And no wonder: it would have dangerous economic, legal, and political consequences.