A Fragile Ceasefire and Trump The Middle East continues to be at the centre of world news, with dramatic events and changes at a rapid pace. The main recent changes can be summarized as follows: In the last few days, 300,000 Palestinians have returned to north Gaza, most of them walking on the two main […]
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Update: March 4 Trump has declared a trade war on Canada and Mexico. Workers in Canada, Mexico and the US need to draw up plans to protect jobs, livelihoods, living standards and homes. Trump has imposed tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China. On March 4, he confirmed his long-threatened tariffs of 25 percent on all […]
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Canada is bracing for the impact of newly inaugurated President Trump. It looks likely to be a tumultuous period for relations between the Canadian and US states. Although Trump did not announce tariffs on Canadian and Mexican imports on his first day, he has said he plans to introduce them on February 1. Much like […]
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On Monday, January 20, Donald Trump took office as President of the United States for the second time. In his inaugural speech, Trump promised to immediately send troops to the U.S.-Mexico border, declare that there are only two recognized sexes, and boost domestic oil production (climate change-fueled wildfires, unprecedented in scale, continue to devastate Los […]
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No Disaster Profiteering — Force Big Business to Rebuild Los Angeles A historic windstorm ignited several wildfires in Los Angeles last week, encompassing over 40,000 acres — nearly triple the size of Manhattan. At least 25 have died, and thousands lost their homes to unprecedented fires, even in a region that has grown accustomed to […]
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Millions yearn for a complete end to the war, but Netanyahu’s government of death has its own plans Continue to build the fight against Netanyahu’s government of death and austerity in order to prevent it from violating the agreement; demand a complete end to the war, the release of “all for all”, the withdrawal of […]
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Greenland, the Panama Canal, Canada… Donald Trump’s growing “shopping list” expresses the military and economic interests of US imperialism. Washington and Wall Street are prepared to run over democratic rights and entire populations. As Trump’s inauguration approaches, governments around the world are holding their breaths, desperately preparing for what might occur. Rather than fighting his […]
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The return of Donald Trump as US president marks a turning point for a global capitalist system in crisis and disarray. Trump’s economic and political agenda promises a new level of disruption and conflict in ways that cannot be fully predicted at this stage. The US-China imperialist rivalry, which is the main driving force behind […]
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(This article was originally published at the end of November 2024, in issue 10 of Socialist World, ISA’s international political journal. Contact Socialist Alternative to order a copy of the journal) Over a century ago, V.I. Lenin summarized the experience of capitalist and imperialist rule for the workers and oppressed of the world quite succinctly: […]
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End For-Profit Healthcare Early in the morning of December 4, in downtown Manhattan, a masked gunman fatally shot 50-year-old Brian Thompson. Thompson was the CEO of UnitedHealthcare, America’s largest private health insurance company, and his killer was waiting for him as he left his hotel for a shareholders’ meeting. Five days later on December 9, […]
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