imperialism

Content about imperialism – states attempting to assert their power and influence over other states – and struggles against imperialism.

Bombing of Vietnam, 1965, public domain

The Patriot War in Florida: Manifest Destiny, Slavery, Covert Intervention, and U.S. Imperialism

Historian Adam Wasserman's account of the Patriot uprising in 1812 East Florida, a…

The Black Maroon Settlement of Angola: A Beacon of Freedom in Florida

Historian Adam Wasserman's account of Angola, a largely unknown free black maroon settlement in…

Iraq - free market Jihad - Red and Black Notes

Red and Black Notes article on the imperialist aims of the 2003 invasion of Iraq.

The 1810 West Florida Annexation Scheme

Historian Adam Wasserman's account of the West Florida annexation plot of 1810, a U.S. imperialist covert operation designed to wrest control of West Florida from Spain.

The Trouble with Irshad Manji

An article about the poverty of Irshad Manji's anti-Islam stances.

“Sometimes we shoot the same way” – the attack on Gaza, internationalism and the Left

A libcom user and Anarchist Federation member analyses the 2008-2009 Israel-Gaza conflict, and the…

The Israel lobby? - Noam Chomsky

Noam Chomsky responds to the work of John Mearsheimer and Stephen Walt and argues against the idea that a lobby of pro-Israel interests…

Imperialism - further reading guide

Libcom's guide to further reading on empire and imperialism.

The death of the "Israel lobby?"

Will the news that the US vetoed Israeli plans to strike Iran's nuclear infrastructure put to bed the myth of the "Israel lobby"? I'd like to…

National liberation and state power - An anarchist critique of the MPLA in Angola

A text written around 1980 by Martin Spence outlining a critique of the Marxist-Leninist Popular…

Buckley's riot, 1935

Labour rebellions of the 1930s in the British Caribbean region colonies - Richard Hart

A brief overview of the numerous struggles which occurred in the British Caribbean during the 1930s,…

Every nation-state is imperialist by nature - Tom Wetzel

Many leftists see so-called "national liberation" movements as the strategy for opposing American…