USA
17 December 2020 · · USA, Women
On supporting reproductive justice and women’s bodily autonomy
During Amy Coney-Barrett’s confirmation proceedings for the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS), several distressing exchanges occurred, writes Susan Pashkoff . One that stands out o…
6 November 2020 · · USA · 3 comments
Why the Democrats have won one battle against Trump but can't win the war
While Biden looks like he will pull out a squeaker of a win, the main goals of his campaign failed miserably, writes Susan Pashkoff . Biden unsuccessfully attempted to demonstrate that Trump…
14 September 2020 · · USA
Trump’s debt to the Ku Klux Klan
Donald Trump’s political roots, and those of the heavily armed neo-fascist militias taking to the streets to support him, are in the slave-owning Confederacy and the failure of the post-Civi…
2 September 2020 · · Culture, USA · 1 comment
Ecosocialism: the elephant in the DSA room?
Allan Todd reviews Bigger than Bernie How We Go from the Sanders Campaign to Democratic Socialism by Meagan Day and Micah Uetricht, Verso If I were the sort of reader who routinely jotted do…
25 July 2020 · · USA · 2 comments
Far-Left Fascism: The Non-Existent Disorder ...
As I watched the coronavirus pandemic spread globally and the resulting global economic crisis my only thoughts were that Trump would run his re-election campaign based on divide and rule an…
15 June 2020 · · BlackLivesMatter, USA, antiracism · 2 comments
Make Black Lives Matter
In the middle of a pandemic, with the global economy crashing and a US Presidential election in the offing, George Floyd’s murder by police sparked protests across the globe, writes Susan Pa…
9 June 2020 · Britain, Covid-19, USA, Uncategorized · 1 comment
Global protests offer hope in time of fear
Why has the murder of George Floyd been the catalyst for an international radical wave of youth protests asks Andy Stowe ? Killings of black people by racist cops in the United States have b…
8 June 2020 · Black struggles, USA
History Marched Past my Door Last Night Carrying the Future on her Shoulders
A march came by my house in Brooklyn a few nights ago, a river of thousands of young people of all races, wearing masks because of the pandemic, walking together, shouting out the name of Ge…
3 June 2020 · Racism, USA
We Can’t Breathe: Rebellion against Racist Police Violence
Solidarity National Commitee The uprisings and demonstrations in Minneapolis and other cities including in front of the White House that followed the brutal May 25th killing of George Floyd,…
25 April 2020 · USA
Dangerous times in the USA
This has been a rather impressive week even for Donald Trump. Whenever you think that he has reached the nadir of his Presidency, he always manages to continue the downward trend; it is like…
15 April 2020 · · USA
Thanks, Bernie!
Since Bernie Sanders suspended his presidential campaign, there has been a steady stream of articles assessing it, writes Joanna Misnik . They range from more mainstream progressive politica…
12 March 2020 · International, USA
Coronavirus, Trump and the world economy
How will the covid-19 outbreak affect the world economy? Donald Trump was flying back from India on Air Force One when the stock markets began to go down two weeks ago. He stayed awake, furi…
9 January 2020 · Iran, USA
Oppose U.S. and Iran War by showing solidarity with uprisings in the MENA region
Statement from the Alliance of Middle Eastern and North African Socialists In the early morning of January 3, at the order of U.S. president Donald Trump and without any authorization from t…
20 September 2019 · · Britain, Ecosocialism, USA
Green New Deals must push the boundaries
Green New Deals (GNDs), of various kinds, are increasingly a feature of the global climate and ecological struggle, writes Alan Thornett . They are not new but today they have greater signif…
22 August 2019 · · Israel, Palestine, USA, antisemitism
On Trump and Netanyahu and mutual interests
It has been an interesting week, writes Susan Pashkoff. Two members of Congress, Representatives Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib had been invited to visit the Israeli-occupied territories under…
18 July 2019 · · Labour Party, USA
Ermine robes and baseball caps
The closest thing to a Hitler rally most people alive today will have seen was Donald Trump’s audience in Greenville chanting “ send her back ” writes Andy Stowe . An enraged white mob was p…
17 June 2019 · · Britain, Iran, USA
Attacks at sea – lessons from US history
Watching the news about the attacks on 2 oil tankers (the Kokuka Courageous and the Front Altair) in the Gulf of Oman (near the Straits of Hormuz) on June 13, I had this strange feeling of d…
5 June 2019 · · Britain, USA · 2 comments
The Brexit Party – Trump's British wing
When you arrive at the Brexit Party’s homepage the first image that greets you is a young black woman in a still from their European election YouTube video writes Andy Stowe. It’s their way …
9 March 2019 · Education, USA
We are fighting a mean-spirited and anti-democratic attack on public education
Oakland teachers aren’t just fighting for a living wage and better working conditions. They’re fighting against the closure of dozens of schools, which would pave the way for the privatizati…
28 December 2018 · · Kurdish struggle, Syria, Turkey, USA
Trump's “Withdrawal” — What Next?
Militarist hawks and liberal pundits alike are up in arms (figuratively speaking, of course) over Donald Trump’s “victory” proclamation and announcement of U.S. troops’ withdrawal from Syria…
12 November 2018 · Climate Change, USA · 1 comment
What's the real cause of the California wildfires?
Phil Hearse writes on the combination of real estate capitalism and climate change which has unleashed murderous fires in California. Things are getting serious. At least 31 dead and maybe 2…
12 July 2018 · · Britain, USA
All out against the hard right: No to Trump, No to the FLA, DFLA, and EDL …
If you need reasons to join the various anti-Trump actions in Britain, including on Friday 13 th July , you don’t have to look hard to find them, writes Sarah Peterson . In Donald Trump we h…
12 July 2018 · · Britain, Climate Change, USA
March against Trump – and for the Planet
There are many reasons for supporting the anti-Trump protests this week, writes Alan Thornett . It has become increasingly clear that Trump can do immeasurable damage not only to politics ac…
6 July 2018 · · Britain, USA
March against Trump - march against attacks on migrants
Many people were rightly shocked and appalled when they heard about Trump’s decision to separate the children of refugees, asylum seekers and migrants from their parents, writes Sarah Peters…
26 June 2018 · Britain, USA
All out to ‘greet’ Trump on July 13 and 14
Donald Trump is visiting Britain very soon. The US president is the epitome of reaction at so many levels. The labour movement and the left in Britain needs to strain every muscle it can to …
8 March 2018 · · Britain, Education, Trade Unions, USA, Women
Education strikes are women's strikes
"The struggle for gender justice has always been and remains today crucial for the struggle for labour and social justice in general" - Sara Farris Two of the most significant labour dispute…
17 January 2018 · Reviews, USA · 1 comment
Inside Trump’s White House
Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House by Michael Wolff (Henry Holt and Little, Brown, 2018) reviewed by Jo Taku Michael Wolff was able to take a seat inside the White House after Trump…
19 December 2017 · Israel, Palestine, USA · 2 comments
When tragedy ends as farce...
Watching world leaders’ response to Trump’s declaration that Jerusalem was the capital of Israel on the basis that it was simply acknowledging reality would have been humorous if the situati…
10 November 2017 · · North Korea, USA · 1 comment
The Korean crisis, geopolitical instability and nuclear proliferation
The United States has gone back on the offensive in East Asia during the Korean crisis; as for China, it has temporarily lost the initiative. US imperialism is far from winning the game, but…
22 October 2017 · · USA
Steve Bannon on the road to far right dominance
Phil Hearse examines Steve Bannon's recent speech in which he explains how the hard right in the United States can stay in power “for 50 or 75 years”. Steve Bannon’s October 20 speech to Cal…
16 October 2017 · China, Japan, North Korea, South Korea, USA
Statement on the Korean crisis
This statement was adopted by the Executive Bureau of the Fourth International on 15 October 2017. I. Before the outbreak of the present Korean crisis, political and military tensions were a…
18 August 2017 · USA
Trump’s new Dr Strangelove plans the unthinkable
Phil Hearse writes about Trump's threat of genocide in North Korea, as US Secretary of Defence, General James ‘Mad Dog’ Mattis puts it: “Kim Jong-un risks the end of his regime and the destr…
17 August 2017 · USA, Uncategorized
Charlottesville Virginia and the failure of legitimisation of the Far Right
The “Unite the Right” demonstration held in Charlottesville Virginia on the 12 th of August was meant to be a turning point for the far right in the US. Using the excuse of the removal of a …
9 August 2017 · North Korea, USA · 2 comments
The last time the US launched 'fire and fury' on North Korea, a third of the population died
Numerous commentators in the US and elsewhere have poured cold water on the idea there could be a short term war, notes Phil Hearse. As the Guardian says: “But despite two unpredictable nucl…
30 May 2017 · Belgium, USA
Trump not welcome, and neither is NATO
Twelve thousand people took part in a demonstration in Brussels against Trump and the world that he stands for and against NATO on 24 May, reports Thomas Weyts As expected and hoped it was a…
15 April 2017 · · North Korea, USA · 1 comment
No to war, Trump and Kim
There are two things rulers typically do when they want to make a mark on the world. They build something big or they go to war writes Andy Stowe . The US Department of Homeland Security has…
14 April 2017 · · Britain, Climate Change, USA
Protesting Trumps threat to the planet
Alan Thornett looks at the destruction Trump is wreaking and the resistance that is growing: There are many reactionary aspects to the Trump administration: racism, misogyny, homophobia, isl…
7 April 2017 · Syria, USA · 3 comments
Syria: Trump’s military adventurism under way
Phil Hearse on Trump’s attack on Syria The Assad government’s April 4 chemical weapon attack on the rebel-held town of Khan Sheikhoun, which killed more than 100 people, once again demonstra…
9 February 2017 · Britain, USA
Protesting Trump
Protests against Donald Trump have been mushrooming since his inauguration on January 20 – particularly in the USA itself but also internationally. The reaction here in Britain has been part…
1 February 2017 · Black struggles, Our History, Reviews, USA · 1 comment
A book to whet the appetite
W E Du Bois: Revolutionary across the colour line by Bill V Mullen published by Pluto Press, 2016, £12.99 Reviewed by Veronica Fagan I didn’t know a very much about W.E.B. Du Bois before I p…
17 January 2017 · USA, Women
Trump, the Republican controlled Congress and the War on Women
Below we reproduce a timely article from Susan Pashkoff written for Daily Kos on what women are likely to be facing under the Trump Presidency and how they are resisting. As the inauguration…
5 December 2016 · · Indigenous struggles, USA
Standing Rock: a battle won but the war continues
Patrick Scott reports: “Any white person who brings the elements of civilization had the right to take over this continent, and it is great that some people did, and discovered here what the…
17 November 2016 · USA
What next after the US elections?
George Binette just back from US, Boston Red Sox supporter, & Camden UNISON branch secretary (p.c) addressed a packed and lively meeting organised by London Socialist Resistance on November …
16 November 2016 · USA · 1 comment
Trump and the Future
The shocking victory of Donald Trump in the US presidential elections is a major turning point that is part of, and will give new momentum to, a surge to the right in world politics. Phil He…
15 November 2016 · · USA
Trump as salesman
by Dave Kellaway Andrea Arnold has made a brilliant film, still showing in some cinemas called, American Honey about a group of young workers earning only commission selling magazine subscri…
10 November 2016 · · USA, Uncategorized · 2 comments
How did this racist win?
Mark Findlay analyses the results and considers some of the fall-out from the election of Donald Trump as US president... President-elect Trump is an open racist, misogynist and homophobe. L…
9 November 2016 · USA · 9 comments
The world in shock
The stock markets are falling and the political elites are reeling as Donald Trump, a racist, misogynist, abuser of women and climate change denier wins the US presidential election. He won …
21 October 2016 · · USA
On US politics today
Joanna Misnik Black Lives Matter, the Bernie Sanders movement and a presidential campaign with the unlikely presence of Donald Trump and of the first woman candidate for a major party; the p…