The US administration is endangering lives by reversing environmental protection laws, CHAUNCEY K ROBINSON argues
Does China have a neocolonial relationship with Africa?
Establishment politicians have a vested interest in portraying China as neocolonialist – to divert attention from their own imperialism and promote disunity and mistrust within the global South, says CARLOS MARTINEZ
It’s time to stop retreating and go on the offensive to promote working-class interests, argues DOUG NICHOLLS
Marco Rubio wants to defeat socialism in Nicaragua, not restore ‘democracy,’ writes JOHN PERRY
Believe it or not, there was a time when the US government built beautiful homes for working‑class Americans to deal with a housing shortage, writes ERAN BEN-JOSEPH
DIANE ABBOTT provides an analysis of the reasons for EU and British voters’ dramatic swing to the right
Train drivers’ union Aslef general secretary DAVE CALFE speaks to Ben Chacko about his hopes that Burnham’s devolution agenda will include the importance of the railway
IN RECENT years there has been a seemingly endless stream of complaints about Chinese imperialism in Africa.
Western journalists and politicians tell us that China has become a new colonial power; that China is attempting to dominate African land and resources; that Africa is becoming entangled in a Beijing-devised debt trap; that Chinese investment in Africa only benefits China.
Establishment politicians enthusiastically embrace the idea of China as a neocolonial power, for the obvious reasons that it diverts attention from their own imperialism and helps promote disunity and mistrust within the global South.
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