In “Bases for an Empire” (Opinion, Jan. 18), Chalmers Johnson informs us that the “United States dominates the world through its military power.” If, as he asserts, “many Americans do not recognize” ...

THE MARXIST approach to understanding war as a product of economic rivalries spilling over into political and military conflicts has long been dismissed as out of date, even by some people on the left ...

Argentine Marxist economist Esteban Mercatante talks to Green Left’s Federico Fuentes about the ongoing relevance of imperialism for understanding the world we live in. What value remains in the ...

Rasti Delizo is a global affairs analyst, veteran Filipino socialist activist and former vice-president of Bukluran ng Manggagawang Pilipino (BMP, Solidarity of Filipino Workers). In the first part of ...

Tyrone Groh and James Lockhart do a fine job laying out the history and current state of the American empire debate, lamenting the imprecise language and conceptualization of the debate in many ...