
The Cradle of Civilization on Fire: The Story of the Iraqi Insurgency (Jan-May 2006)
Rob Ashlar, April 9, 2025
Continuing a serialized account of the Iraqi Insurgency, Rob Ashlar covers the resurgence of Al Qaida in Iraq (AQI) in early 2006 following gains made by the US-led coalition forces. Read Article.

Black Banners on the Two Rivers: The Story of the Iraqi Insurgency (2005)
Rob Ashlar, August 23, 2024
In the second installment of a multi-part series, Rob Ashlar continues a survey of the history of the Iraqi Insurgency, this time recounting the events of 2005. Read Article.

Monotheism and Struggle: The Story of Iraqi Insurgency (2003-04)
Rob Ashlar, January 29, 2024
In the first of a multi-part series, Rob Ashlar surveys the history of Iraqi Insurgency from 1990 to 2004. Read Article.

In Defense of Unequal Exchange: Critique of Paul Cockshott’s First Worldist Ignorance
Rob Ashlar, July 19, 2023
Rob Ashlar offers a rebuttal to Paul Cockshott's attack on the theory of unequal exchange. Read Article.

The Aban Human, Part 1: A Marginalized Worker
Kaveh DadKhah, Rob Ashlar, January 29, 2022
Kaveh Dadkhah and Rob Ashlar introduce Dadkhah's translation of Farangis Bakhtiari's analysis of the 2019 Uprising of Aban. Read Article.