Full Steam Ahead to Fight Trump and the Democratic Party Establishment In a truly historic victory, self-described democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani has defeated hated former governor Andrew Cuomo to become mayor of New York City, home to Wall Street, the epicenter of US capitalism. With almost all votes counted, Zohran won a 50.4% majority in […]
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Looking behind the uneasy truce in the US-China trade war 100 minutes was all that was needed for the two “strongmen” heads of the world’s main superpowers to agree a one-year truce in their long-running trade war. The surprisingly brief and therefore light-on-substance meeting in South Korea between Presidents Trump and Xi nevertheless revealed a […]
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Respond to imperialist attacks and threats with workers’ mobilisation, international solidarity and the struggle for a genuine socialist alternative in Venezuela and throughout Latin America. Donald Trump’s second term has reignited some of the most aggressive and truculent elements of US imperialist policy towards Latin America. Speaking bluntly, US Secretary of War Peter Hegseth announced […]
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The example of struggle in one country stimulates and influences movements in others In “a world with two predatory super powers” (Martin Wolf, FT 1 October), the key trends of this year have continued since our last World Perspectives update in May. There has been a certain consolidation of Trump’s regime, the genocide in Gaza […]
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This new bubble underscores the extremely parasitic nature of capitalism and the need for a socialist alternative. Stock markets in the US are reaching record levels led by the “Magnificent Seven” tech giants, with hundreds of billions being invested in new energy and water-hungry datacenters, and trillions more planned. At the same time however, voices […]
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The second of two articles on the ongoing trade standoff between the two biggest imperialist powers, China and the US (part 1) The TikTok deal – if there will be a deal – is an important element in the wider conflict between Donald Trump’s government and the Chinese regime. Using a military analogy, we can […]
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The first of two articles on the ongoing trade standoff between the two biggest imperialist powers, China and the US (part 2) A popular meme of Donald Trump and Xi Jinping is doing the rounds. Trump tells Xi, “I hold the cards”, and Xi replies, “The cards were made in China”. According to some media […]
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Far-right activist and Trump ally Charlie Kirk was shot and killed on September 11 at Utah Valley University. Kirk spearheaded the right-wing youth movement in recent years, using his platform and organization Turning Point USA to spread anti-trans, misogynist, racist, and anti-worker ideas. Kirk’s last words were, literally, a racist dog whistle about “gang violence.” […]
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Per Johansson is a member of Socialistiskt Alternativ (ISA in Sweden) In 1942, the US began secret work on developing an atomic bomb—it became known as the ‘Manhattan Project’. By 1943, enormous resources were being invested in the project, mainly at Los Alamos in New Mexico. The now legendary Robert Oppenheimer became the scientific leader. […]
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Dakota Castro-Jarrett is a member of Socialist Alternative US It’s been five years since the largest protest movement in US history—the George Floyd uprising. Sparked by the horrific murder of George Floyd by Minneapolis police officers, millions of workers and youth marched out onto their streets demanding an end to racist policing and systemic racism. […]
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