The rise of Swedish imperialism in the Baltics

In the 17th century, Swedish military might enabled its dominance over the Baltics, before they became a part of the Russian empire after Russia defeated Sweden at Poltava 1709. Today, Sweden has regained its dominance in the region – not through military power, but economic power.

Over the last decade, China has become western capitalism’s primary competitor on the world market. Chinese imperialism has spread its influence into many regions previously dominated by the US, setting the stage for intensifying rivalry. We publish below an analysis of China’s economic and political development since 2016, written by Fred Weston as the preface to the new Chinese translation of China: From Permanent Revolution to Counter-Revolution released by Wellred Books.

Keir Starmer’s Labour Party has been in power for over half a year now. This will go down in history as the most rapidly discredited government in Britain (excluding Liz Truss’ brief tenure).

Lenin once said that there are decades where weeks happen, and weeks where decades happen. We are living through the latter. A new era has begun, one characterised by capitalist crisis, imperialist war, immense turbulence in world relations and revolutionary upheavals.

សំភារៈនិយមវិចារវិទ្យា គឺជាទស្សនវិជ្ជាបដិវត្តន៍នៃលទ្ធិម៉ាក្សនិយម។ នៅក្នុងអត្តបទនេះលោក រុប ស៊ូវែល នឹងពន្យល់អំពីទស្សនៈវិស័យជាមូលដ្ឋាននៃវិធីសាស្រ្ត ម៉ាក្សនិយម។

O Departamento de Eficiência Governamental de Elon Musk (DOGE) colocou a USAID (Agência dos Estados Unidos para o Desenvolvimento Internacional) – o órgão federal responsável pela provisão de ajuda externa – no triturador. Os democratas e o establishment liberal estão em polvorosa. Mas enquanto nós, comunistas, reconhecemos os motivos cínicos de Donald Trump para desmantelar a USAID, o que o congelamento de fundos expôs foi a verdadeira natureza dessa “organização humanitária” da CIA, usada para impulsionar o “soft power“ do imperialismo dos EUA.

Com o apoio do Partido Socialista (PS) e do Rally Nacional (RN), François Bayrou – líder do Movimento Democrático Liberal – conseguiu o que o governo anterior, sob o primeiro-ministro Michel Barnier, não alcançou: aprovar um orçamento.

Pubblichiamo qui di seguito la prima parte della relazione di prospettive mondiali, tenuta da Jorge Martin martedì 28 gennaio, nel corso di una riunione del Comitato Esecutivo Internazionale dell’Internazionale Comunista Rivoluzionaria.