World – Zabalaza for Socialism

Back to the Stone Ages

Charlie Kimber7 April 2026

In his book, Vietnam: The (Last) War the U.S. Lost, Joe Allen analyses why President Lyndon Johnson decided on all-out war in Vietnam rather than make a deal that was on offer with nationalist forces.He writes, “The Johnson administration chose war because anything less than a total victory of U.S. imperialism would be seen as […]

Zionism, anti-Semitism and eugenics

Terry Bell31 March 2026

The conflation of the religio-nationalist ideology of Zionism not only with Judaism and the nation state of Israel, but also with antisemitism, continues to be widely promoted. Yet the terminology and the manner of its use grew out of the pseudoscientific racism that flourished in the 19th Century. This came in response to the humanist […]

Pilgrimage For Palestine – April 4th 2026

ZASO31 March 2026

France: Polarisation, fascism and local elections

John Mullen31 March 2026

In the middle of the most comprehensive smear campaign against the radical Left that France has seen for the last 50 years, this month’s municipal elections are key struggles for fascists and antifascists alike. John Mullen examines the first round on 15th March, which saw a strong showing for the radical Left and worrying steps […]

“Bombing never leads to positive regime change”

Charlie Kimber31 March 2026

Mediapart, the French leftist website, has an interview with Robert Pape, a political scientist at the University of Chicago and author of the most-referenced book on the effects of air attacks throughout history. He says, “The carpet bombing of Iran will not achieve its goals, even if the regime has been decapitated.” I post a […]

Documentary film review: The Revolution Will Not Be Televised

Callum Joyce31 March 2026

Eyewitness to the failed 2002 coup against Hugo Chávez and the popular fightback it provoked. On 11 April 2002, Venezuelan president Hugo Chávez was arrested and removed from power by leading figures in the Venezuelan military with the backing of big business, the private media, and religious leaders. The reforms of the past three years […]

Statement of Zabalaza for Socialism on the US – Israel Assault on Iran

ZASO4 March 2026

Imperialism’s Assault on Iran must be Condemned A Socialist Response to the Attack on Iran As bombs fall on Tehran, as smoke rises over universities, schools, streets and civilian districts, as families scramble for shelter from missiles launched by the United States acting alongside Israel’s air force, the left must speak without hesitation: this war […]

Alex Callinicos: Marco Rubio’s Munich speech is far from reassuring

Alex Callinicos17 February 2026

Rubio with JD Vance Rubio repeated the Trump administration’s regular complaints about neoliberal globalisation, mass migration and ‘a climate cult’ threatening ‘Western civilisation’. Any doubt that European capitalism prefers to remain the junior partner of the United States was removed by the standing ovation the Munich Security Conference gave to Marco Rubio last Saturday. The […]

When Movements Become Cults

SAFTU16 February 2026

When Desperation Produces Strongmen Why “Messianic” leaders always turn against workers A SAFTU Political Education Pamphlet They rise because societies are desperately trying to find a way out of a deep crisis. They emerge when people experience: a) Mass unemployment and hungerb) Rising inequality and humiliationc) Corruption and collapse of public servicesd) Crime and insecuritye) […]

On Adam Hanieh’s Crude Capitalism

Andy Higginbottom16 February 2026

Adam Hanieh, Crude Capitalism: Oil, Corporate Power, and the Making of the World Market (Verso, 2024), 336 pages. Adam Hanieh’s new book, Crude Capitalism: Oil, Corporate Power, and the Making of the World Market(Verso, 2024) could not be timelier. As all eyes turn to Baku for COP29, the capitalist world heads to yet another performance of misdirection. In […]

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