New Cold War

Chinese economy in the grip of ‘Japanification’

Editorial from issue 71 Socialist《社会主义者》magazine, the magazine of ISA in China, Hong Kong and Taiwan China’s economic crisis entered a new more dangerous phase in August. Despite a tightening government clampdown on negative news, the overall picture is darkening week by week
Sep 13, 2023

New cold war: What’s behind the Taiwan Strait crisis?

By Vincent Kolo, chinaworker.info The chain of events sparked by Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan on 2-3 August signals a further escalation of the Second Cold War – the imperialist power struggle between the US and China. Predictably, Pelosi’s trip brought forth
Sep 3, 2022

50 years since Nixon’s pivot to China

First published by chinaworker.info, ISA in China A half-century has passed since US President Richard Nixon’s ground-breaking visit to China on 21 February 1972. He was the first American president ever to visit China and no formal relations had existed between the
Feb 23, 2022
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New Cold War: War is in the air

By Sonja Grusch War exists not just in history books. In recent weeks it has reared its head again in Europe. For countless people, especially in Africa, Asia and the Middle East, war is the brutal, daily normality — as in Syria,
Feb 10, 2022

Socialist Alternative – Marxist journal of Solidarity

Divide & Rule pamphlet by Peter Hadden

Divide & Rule: Labour & the Partition of Ireland