From Colonialism to Imperialism

CHAPTER THREE

Today, we are at a crucial historical turning point, with imperialist war drums beating due to the crisis of the capitalist system on the one hand, and the workers’ movement beginning to make its voice heard again in various parts of the world on the other. Without waging a systematic struggle against the entrenched...

published on 17 October 2025

As the Middle East is Reshaped: Erroneous Attitudes in the Name of Anti-Imperialism

Revolutionary Marxists take the side of neither Israel nor Iran. Marxists focus principally on the class character of the warring parties, analysing which class interests the war serves, for what aims, and as a continuation of which policies. Here, we are dealing with two regional capitalist powers, both connected...

published on 24 August 2025
From Colonialism to Imperialism

CHAPTER TWO

Because of the sympathy and support for third-worldism, even bourgeois coquetries, whims in the guise of supporting “national” economy were applauded in the name of anti-imperialism. Medium or less developed capitalist countries of 1960s were categorised as oppressed nations under the label of “neo-colonies” or ...

published on 22 November 2012
From Colonialism to Imperialism

CHAPTER ONE

The word colony in European languages means place for settling in another country in order to tie it to the metropolitan country. And Colonialism means seizing new lands, colonialist expansion. Under capitalism, colonization was realized particularly in geographical discoveries and conquest of overseas lands in the...

published on 22 November 2012

European Imperialists and Militarist Ascendancy

it is clear that not only the United States but also other major Western imperialists are seeking to further spread and escalate the ongoing World War. Russia and China, on the other side, see where things are heading and are preparing accordingly. It is very clear that the only thing the imperialists, plunderers...

published on 17 August 2025

NATO Summit, Ukraine War, Imperialist Blocs

The Trump line, in fact, in line with the general line of American imperialism, is based primarily on the reduction of China’s position as a global economic power and preventing it from becoming a global political/military power. At this point, Trump is making tactical attempts to drive a wedge between Russia and...

published on 14 August 2025

The Lightness of Underestimating the Fascist Rise

In the struggle against fascism today, the primary danger lies not in labelling every far-right party or repressive regime as fascist but in fixating on secondary details and ignoring the fascist reality before our eyes (and the global fascist threat). In Turkey, we have endured the stark and painful consequences of...

published on 24 July 2025

“The International Far-Right” or the Global Co-operation of Fascism

It would not be correct to expect the current global fascist escalation process to be an exact copy of fascism between 1920-40, with all its symbols, institutions, rituals, and practices. Fascism develops by adapting to current conditions, resorting to different forms of dissimulation, wearing modern clothes,...

published on 26 June 2025

Israel’s Attack on Iran: A New Phase in the World War

The primary force resisting the Zionist expansionism and aggressive policies of the Israeli state must be Israeli workers themselves. As in Iran, the correct line of struggle for the proletariat here is to transform the war into a domestic class war and overthrow bourgeois rule. That Israeli workers, like working...

published on 24 June 2025

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