The Geopolitical Economy Research Group

Venezuela Election Observers Reportback: Defending Bolivarian Venezuela Against Another US-led coup attempt

Maduro-led Forces Sweep Elections while US Silent: Discussion with Eyewitnesses.

Given that the US is usually the prime instigator of our world’s conflicts, and given that Trump sometimes spoke on the campaign trail about ending at least some of them, we ask what prospects the incoming Trump administration offers for peace. Will Trump’s second term be more or less aggressive than his first? Will he honour his campaign promise to end the war in Ukraine? Will he double down on his enthusiastic support for Israeli genocide? Will he escalate the New Cold War on China or attempt another ‘deal’?

In the regional elections for the unicameral national Parliament in Venezuela, the alliance led by the Partido Socialista Unido de Venezuela increased its margin, winning approximately 90% of the 256 seats and about 82% of the votes. Additionally, it won 23 out of 24 gubernatorial races. What did the Chavista forces do this time around that differed from previous elections?

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Book Symposium: Capitalism Coronavirus, and War: A Geopolitical Economy

On Friday 15 September 2023, the International Manifesto Group will host book symposium for Radhika Desai’s latest book, Capitalism, Coronavirus and War: A Geopolitical Economy. The author will discuss the book with a panel of commentators including Jayati Ghosh, Martin Jacques, Michael Hudson and more!

Black Liberation and People's China: Rediscovering a History of Transcontinental Solidarity

The anniversary of Dr. W.E.B. Dubois's historic visit to China provides a fitting opportunity to reflect on a remarkable and enduring link between two peoples fighting for their liberation on opposite sides of the Pacific and under very different circumstances.

The fight against fascism, then & now: 80 years after the defeat of Nazism

Some of the most influential policy institutes in Russia have published a report, Russia’s Policy Toward World Majority which argues, inter alia, that the World is increasingly being divided into two by ‘the desire of the U.S.-led West to preserve its five-century-long hegemony.

With fascism posing an increased threat in parts of the world, what lessons can we learn from the Soviet victory over fascism in 1945?

DeepSeek and the Challenge to US Technological Hegemony

World War against Fascism: Remembering China’s role in Victory 80 Years On

This webinar will mark the 80th anniversary of Japan’s surrender - marked in China with spectacular celebrations attended by an array of heads of state and government - focussing in particular on the contributions of the Chinese and other Asian forces which are forgotten in the largely Eurocentric narrative of the Second World War.

The Middle East in the Trump Era: How much has really changed?

Mohammad Marandi and Ramzy Baroud, will provide detailed analysis of the evolving situation in West Asia, and Palestine in particular. What is the state of the Gaza ceasefire? What are the Trump regime’s objectives for the region?

The Bandung Spirit Lives On: Unity Against Imperialism, and the Struggle for a Multipolar World

Seventy years ago, the Bandung Conference brought together 29 Asian and African countries to discuss the common challenges facing the Third World. The conference was a milestone in the global struggle against colonialism and imperialism, and laid the foundations for the Non-Aligned Movement. This webinar will address the legacy of Bandung, and its relevance to the contemporary world.

50 years since the liberation of Saigon

This webinar turns the spotlight on Trump’s belligerent stance towards its closest neighbours. Featuring speakers from the immediately threatened countries, it will look at his expansionist designs on Canada and Greenland, his looming trade war with Mexico, his ‘reclaiming’ of the Panama Canal, and the mounting attacks on the USA’s immigrant population, and open a discussion on what all this implies for the region and the world.

Fifty years ago, the joint forces of the North Vietnamese Army and the National Liberation Front entered Saigon, where they were greeted with the open joy of a population which had endured untold misery over the course of decades at the hands of French and American invaders and puppet governments. In the words of Fidel Castro, it was one of the greatest events in modern history. The Vietnamese became the first people in history to deal an outright defeat to US imperialism.

The Fall of the Syrian Arab Republic: What it means for Syria, Palestine, the region and the world

Who Really Won the US-Israeli War on Iran?

This webinar will address the reasons for the sudden collapse of the Syrian state; the political and social project of Syria's new rulers; the implications for the Palestinian liberation struggle; the likely impact on the Resistance Axis in West Asia; and the state of the multipolar project.

Following the unprovoked and illegal attacks on Iran by Israel and the United States, new facts keep emerging, changing assessments of the meaning and effects of these events and leaving many questions in their wake.