Beijing-Washington conflict heats up over Taiwan

Vol. 86/No. 31 - August 22, 2022

Chinese warships and warplanes launched live-fire “exercises” surrounding Taiwan the day after an Aug. 2-3 visit to the island by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, the highest-ranking U.S. official to visit there in 25 years. Beijing says the island is part…


Biden Mideast trip illustrates decline of US imperialism

Vol. 86/No. 28 - August 1, 2022

President Joseph Biden’s July 13-16 trip to the Middle East revealed the weakened state of U.S. imperialism and the inability of the Biden administration to achieve gains for the U.S. capitalist rulers against their rivals. For decades the Iranian rulers…


Biden Asia trip seeks allies for US imperialism against Beijing

Vol. 86/No. 22 - June 6, 2022

President Joseph Biden’s May 20-24 trip to Asia comes amid increasing calls in the press and Congress for the White House to return to making its top foreign-policy priority countering Beijing’s rising economic clout and the growing reach of its…


End US sanctions! For working-class solidarity

Vol. 86/No. 18 - May 9, 2022

The fight to defend Ukraine’s independence and to get Moscow’s boot off the Ukrainian people’s back is at the heart of advancing working-class interests today. Under the czarist empire, the Ukrainian people were conquered and oppressed. Putin aims to reimpose…


Rifts at NATO gathering as rulers prepare for more wars

Vol. 86/No. 14 - April 11, 2022
From left, U.S. President Joseph Biden, French President Emmanuel Macron and U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson at NATO war summit in Brussels, March 24. Behind smiles and handshakes, conflicting interests of all imperialist powers in NATO are sharpening.

Moscow’s deadly war against working people in Ukraine was the backdrop for a gathering of imperialist rulers in Brussels March 24. President Joseph Biden and government heads from Germany, Britain, France and 26 other capitalist countries announced decisions to boost…


Join fight against imperialism and war

Vol. 86/No. 13 - April 4, 2022

Statement released March 23 by Joanne Kuniansky, Socialist Workers Party candidate for U.S. Congress from New Jersey. The Socialist Workers Party champions the fight of Ukrainian working people to defeat the bloody invasion of their country by Moscow. We point…


Back Ukraine independence fight, not aims of US imperialist rulers

Vol. 86/No. 12 - March 28, 2022

The Socialist Workers Party and the Militant stand for the unconditional defense of self-determination and independence for Ukraine. This is part of our communist continuity back to the Bolshevik Revolution in 1917. We fielded a series of reporting teams in…


Join the fight to rid the world of the threat of nuclear war

Vol. 86/No. 11 - March 21, 2022

On the eve of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Vladimir Putin issued a warning, “Anyone who tries to interfere with us … must know that Russia’s response will be immediate and will lead you to such consequences as you have never…


US, NATO out of Eastern Europe!

Vol. 86/No. 5 - February 7, 2022

President Joseph Biden says his threats to sanction and punish Russia, and the deployment of more warships and bombers by NATO to eastern Europe, are to defend “American interests” against Moscow’s threats to Ukraine.  What the government calls “American interests”…


Washington fights for military superiority in space over rivals

Vol. 85/No. 47 - December 20, 2021
U.S. rulers are developing hypersonic missiles, high speed maneuverable weapons, in arms race with Beijing and Moscow, who are testing similar weaponry. Washington is pushing to gain the upper hand in the militarization of space as U.S. rulers prepare for future wars.

The U.S. capitalist rulers foresee a future of wars and revolutions, and have been taking bipartisan steps to prepare to defend and advance their weakened, but still dominant, place at the top of the imperialist world pecking order. Just in…