New Cold War

As a declining imperialist system lashes out to preserve its declining order, working-class organisation becomes not only necessary for the oppressed of the world but indispensable to human survival.

Caught between US military dependence and deep economic integration with China, Japan, South Korea, the Philippines, and Taiwan face mounting contradictions as the New Cold War reshapes East Asia.

From Okinawa’s farmers to the Philippines’ ‘Magnificent 12’, Asia’s peoples have confronted US militarism before – a tradition more urgent now as the New Cold War arrives on their shores.

Amid rising geopolitical tensions, the electric vehicle industry is becoming a growing focal point of international competition between Western developed countries and China.

A powerful struggle is taking place in Kanaky (New Caledonia) between the indigenous people and French colonial authorities. In the background, the US-led militarisation of the Pacific intensifies.

The US-led militarisation of the Pacific, aimed at China, is intensifying. The ongoing Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) exercise features 25,000 military personnel from 29 countries.

Recent announcements by the US and NATO threaten to escalate the conflict in Ukraine and create the most dangerous threat to world peace since the Cuban Missile Crisis.

As the US celebrates $95.3 billion in military funding for Israel, Taiwan, Ukraine, and the US, we unpack the US Indo-Pacific strategy and what’s at stake.

This dossier looks at how the US-led New Cold War against China is destabilising Northeast Asia, focusing on the Korean Peninsula, Taiwan Strait, and Japan.

‘The West is in danger’, warned Argentina’s new president, Javier Milei, at this year’s World Economic Forum meeting in Davos, Switzerland. While Milei blamed ‘collectivism’ and social democratic policies, in reality the West is in…

The situation in China and the nature of socialist development are issues of great consternation amongst the left globally. This newsletter outlines some facts to guide a rational discussion on these matters. As the United…

The second issue assesses the current state and future direction of China’s socialist project, in the context of its complex historical development.