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Anti-Imperialism in an Age of Rising Fascism: Solidarity Beyond Competing Powers

7 April 2026 - by Sushovan Dhar

CADTM publishes the speech delivered by Sushovan Dhar from CADTM India at the 5th Plenary Session of the Anti-Fascist and Anti-Imperialist Conference held in Porto Alegre. The intervention addressed the growing convergence between imperialism and (…)
Iran and the US economy

20 March 2026 - by Michael Roberts

The Iran war rages on. Having failed to repeat his Venezuela option’’ ie decapitating the Iranian leaders and then getting Iran to surrender, US President Trump has been dragged into a long war. So far, he has opted for escalation, cajoled by (…)
Middle East Wars Are Still About Oil and Empire

17 March 2026 - by Gilbert Achcar

Gilbert Achcar explains how oil, US power, and regional rivalries have shaped decades of conflict in the Middle East — and why the confrontation with Iran fits a long imperial pattern. Why has the Middle East been so consistently wracked by (…)
Routes Towards Social Recovery in an Era of War, Ecocide and Ideological Chaos

9 March 2026 - by Patrick Bond

Introduction The war started on February 28 by the United States and Israel, against Iran, deserves the world’s attention, along with the plight of others suffering unjustly in combat not of their own making: hundreds of thousands of (…)
Neither Islamabad nor Kabul: A Left Perspective on the Pakistan–Afghanistan War

7 March 2026 - by Farooq Sulehria, Alternative Viewpoint

As cross-border strikes intensify and Pakistan’s defence minister declares “open war” against the Afghan Taliban government, the long arc of Islamabad’s Afghanistan policy appears under severe strain. Is this merely another episode in a volatile (…)
A war neglected by the world — Afghanistan and Pakistan

7 March 2026 - by Farooq Tariq

The recent war between Afghanistan and Pakistan has been overshadowed by the attack on Iran by U.S. and Israeli imperialism. Yet the Afghan-Pakistan war, which began 21-22 February 2026 has resulted in heavy causalities on both sides. It was (…)
Western Hemisphere: A History of the United States Written by War

4 March 2026 - by Eric Toussaint

As the United States and Israel launched, starting on February 28, 2026, a new large-scale military aggression against Iran and Lebanon, while continuing the genocide in Gaza against the Palestinian people and the annexation of the West Bank, it (…)
Ukraine- Russia four years on

25 February 2026 - by Michael Roberts

Today marks the end of the fourth year of the Ukraine-Russia war. After four years, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has caused staggering damage to Ukraine’s people and economy. There are wildly varying estimates of those killed or wounded in the (…)
For the Rulers of India and Pakistan, War Fever Is a Boon

17 May 2025 - by Sushovan Dhar, Farooq Sulehria

The governments of India and Pakistan pulled back from the brink over Kashmir because neither can afford a full-scale war. Bellicose rhetoric and a climate of strident nationalism have helped both governments as they face problems on the domestic (…)
Syria’s Prospects of Debt Restructuring Entangled in Geopolitical Calculations

15 May 2025 - by The Syria Report

Syria’s transitional government has yet to make clear how it will deal with the debts that the former Assad regime incurred with Russia and Iran. In a regime change context, debt restructuring is often framed as part of the broader transitional (…)
Two Myths About the Gaza Ceasefire

5 March 2025 - by Gilbert Achcar

There are two conspicuous myths about the Gaza ceasefire that went into effect last Sunday. The first myth attributes the agreement to pressure from Donald Trump, who had expressed his desire to have it done before he took office, and even (…)
Were the Biblical Prophets Anti-Semitic?

6 January 2024 - by Michael Hudson

If the prophets of ancient Israel such as Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Malachi and Amos were alive today, Benjamin Netanyahu would accuse them of anti-Semitism for daring to describe his government as a travesty of what the Mosaic covenant was all (…)
BRICS+ begin to crack under geopolitical and economic pressure

28 November 2023 - by Patrick Bond

The most important question in North-South politics is whether the G20 – the Group of 20 leading state powers (plus the African Union starting in 2024) – is capable of fusing the rich-countries’ G7 (as it deservedly continues to lose credibility) (…)
Russia’s war economy

18 August 2023 - by Michael Roberts

The currency has been steadily losing value since the beginning of the year and has now slid past RUB100/$. That’s down 26%. The main cause of this decline is the fall in oil export revenues and the rising cost of military spending to prosecute (…)
Resisting the shock doctrine

15 July 2023 - by Eric Toussaint, Sushovan Dhar, Yuliya Yurchenko

Ashley Smith chairs an event with Yuliya Yurchenko, Eric Toussaint, and Sushovan Dhar on the global movement against neoliberalism, debt, and the struggle in Ukraine. In this discussion, Yuliya Yurchenko, Eric Toussaint, and Sushovan Dhar (…)
Real Peace in Ukraine Means Ending Russian Invasion and US-EU Neocolonial Debt

1 July 2023 - by Blanca Missé

CADTM is very happy to republish the article Real Peace in Ukraine Means Ending Russian Invasion and US-EU Neocolonial Debt, which first appeared in Truthout. The article is predicated on an earlier discussion, Resisting the Shock Doctrine: (…)
Resisting the Shock Doctrine: Ukraine, Debt, and Reconstruction

12 May 2023 - by Eric Toussaint, Sushovan Dhar, Ashley Smith, Yuliya Yurchenko

A discussion of Ukrainians’ struggle to cancel their country’s debt as part of the global movement against neoliberalism. In the midst of Russia’s imperialist war, Ukraine’s left, unions, and popular movements have struggled to cancel their (…)
Economist Joseph Stiglitz on How War, Covid & Climate Crisis Cause Economic Crises Around the World

10 March 2023 - by Joseph Stiglitz, Amy Goodman, Democracy Now!, Juan González

As the U.N. secretary-general blasts wealthy nations for rigging the global economy for their benefit, we speak with economist Joseph Stiglitz about how war, the pandemic and the climate emergency are causing economic crises across the globe. He (…)
Russia-Ukraine: one year of war – the economics

26 February 2023 - by Michael Roberts

It’s just a year since the Russian invasion of Ukraine. I am not going to discuss the politics of this war in this post. There are plenty of sources for debate on this. Instead, I want to look at the economic consequences of the war for both (…)
The Dakar Declaration – Pan-African cooperation & global solidarity

1 February 2023 - by Collective

Scholars and activists from Africa, Asia, Europe, and North America, came together to draft the Dakar Declaration last year. The declaration condemns the constraints to Africa’s economic and monetary sovereignty. Against the multifaceted crises (…)
Energy, cost of living and recession

5 September 2022 - by Michael Roberts

The G7 governments have a problem. The war in Ukraine against Russia is not won. It looks set to be a long grinding conflict, possibly with no end. And yet the world and particularly Europe depends on Russian energy supplies. The G7 has (…)
Food, famine and war

4 June 2022 - by Michael Roberts

If anything proves that famine and food insecurity are man-made rather than due to vagaries of nature and the weather, it is the current food crisis that is putting millions globally close to starvation. The Russia-Ukraine war has highlighted (…)
Climate change and wars

10 April 2022 - by Michael Roberts

As the ugly war in Ukraine drags on, with more lives lost and atrocities (apparently) committed, energy and food prices hit yet more highs. The Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO) of the UN publishes a monthly global price index. The FAO (…)