Groucho Marxism
Questions and answers on socialism, Marxism, and related topics
Category: Geopolitics
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The US has recently launched a military build up in the Caribbean, the likes of which has not been seen in the region for decades. Just last week, a Venezuelan oil tanker was seized by the US in an act of imperial piracy. It is pretty clear that the US is after Venezuela’s oil reserves:…
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Since April 2023 there has been an active civil war in Sudan between two rival factions of the country’s military government: the internationally recognized government controlled by the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF), led by General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan; and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), led by General Hemedti, who leads the broader Janjaweed coalition.…
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In February this year, Keir Starmer set out plans to increase defence spending to 2.5% of GDP by 2027, stating that this would be offset by cuts to aid spending. This was met with uproar by many on the left, and its not hard to see why. Figures from the Stockholm Peace Research Institute (SPRI)…
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On September 29, US president Donald Trump announced a plan to address the ongoing Gaza genocide in a press conference at the White House alongside Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The plan calls for an immediate ceasefire, return of hostages, demilitarization of the Gaza Strip, deployment of an international stabilization force, transitional governance by Palestinian…
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There have been several rounds of peace talks to end the Russian invasion of Ukraine since it began in February 2022, but obviously none have been successful. Russia’s president Vladimir Putin outlined five terms for a ceasefire and negotiations in June 2024: 1) recognition of all occupied land as Russian, 2) Russia to be given…
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Since Israel began its genocide of Gaza nearly two years ago there has been a massive outpouring of grief and support for the Palestinian people from the general public here in the UK and across the world. Although this has been heartening to see, it is also concerning that a large section of the public…
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Like most people, I have been horrified by the events that have unfolded in Gaza over the past two years. What has made these events so much more difficult to watch is the knowledge that they are not the result of some unavoidable natural disaster but instead are being perpetrated deliberately by a regime that…
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