Venezuela: imperialism, post Chavismo, and resistance from below (part 2)
The second part of a two part article looks at the opportunities for resistance and the regional implications of Trump’s attack.
Venezuela: imperialism, post Chavismo, and resistance from below (part 1)
Part 1 of a two part analysis of Trump’s attack on Venezuela and the possibilities for resistance.
Imperial machinations, oil and the rebirth of the Monroe Doctrine
Venezuela reveals a struggle for US control over the western hemisphere’s resources
Venezuela: between crisis and invasion
An in depth analysis of the crisis in Venezuela as US aggression steps up
The battle of Los Angeles: the first weekend
American socialists report from the streets of California.
What is going on with Trump’s tariffs?
Why is Trump imposing tariffs and what does he want to achieve
Trump, Fascism and the authoritarian turn
Is Trump’s rule fascist, or becoming fascist? How can resistance be built? This in-depth analysis draws on history to understand the current crisis.
‘There is no escape for European capitalism’
Trotsky argued in 1924 that “the USA that rules the capitalist world”. Trump wants it to stay that way, even if it means ditching Europe.
The United States U-turns on Ukraine
The long term issues that underlie the shift in US policy on Ukraine
Pacific Palisades – after the fire
After the LA fires – reflecting on the history of the Pacific Palisades
Review | Disaster Nationalism
Richard Seymour’s recent book Disaster Nationalism can help us understand what’s happening as Trump’s second term accelerates the growth of the far right internationally.
Trump’s second term: fascism in the US?
Continuing the discussion of what we can expect from Trump’s second term, highlighting the risks and the opportunities for resistance.
Video | Trump, the US elections, fascism
Will Trump rule as a fascist? A video discussion of the outcomes of the US election.
On Gaza and the struggle to restrain Trump
rs21 member David Renton uses the idea of ‘permanent revolution’ to understand the prospect of global counter-revolution we face today.
What it means to say Trump will govern like a fascist
Many Democrats argue that Trump is a fascist and demand that the Left subordinate everything to the call to resist him, but we have to organise against the rise of authoritarianism.
The Trumpian afterlife
The incoming Biden administration may repeal a few of Trump’s ugliest policies, but the revitalised far right is not going away.
Assessing the 2020 US elections
Aaron Amaral and Phil Gasper offer analysis and perspectives coming out of the 2020 U.S. elections. This piece was originally published by Tempest Magazine.
After the election
On the eve of an election where neither candidate offers anything to people struggling against oppression, US socialists need to continue supporting the wave of protests, strikes and rebellions that began this summer
The BLM Summer and the US elections
Amidst an ongoing anti-racist uprising of unprecedented size and militancy, the US presidential election is approaching.
Video: Black Lives Matter
Black activists in Britain talk about the response to the murder of George Floyd, underlying racism and economic factors, links with the pandemic and how we build anti-racist solidarity.
Abolish Nato now
As Trump and Erdoğan join other NATO heads of state for its seventieth birthday summit, Pete Cannell argues we should take a hard look at the role of the British state within the alliance.
Trump’s visit: fake photo round-up
Donald Trump claimed that the protests against his state visit to the UK this week were ‘fake news’. While the protests were on a smaller scale than his previous visit, we have still managed to collect a few fake photos of the demonstrations that didn’t happen.
The diary of a Scottish Muslim woman after the Christchurch massacre
Tarrant’s racist ideas are sanctioned and practised by the very top of Western state structures, by far-right organisations and by sections of the media; he just put them into practice.
Opposing Bannon and Weidel in Oxford
Over the last few weeks, the Oxford Union debating society has invited two far-right speakers. Both have been met with fierce opposition.
Six socialist takeaways from the US midterm elections 2018
Alan Maass looks at some of the main themes of the 2018 US midterms and what they tell us. This article first appeared on socialistworker.org No. 1: This is what polarization (not democracy) looks like Coulda been, shoulda been. The 2018 midterm elections should have been a ringing repudiation of Donald Trump and the Republican […]
Trump’s transphobic attack is deeper than definitions
The Trump administration is escalating its attacks on transgender people — and the left has a duty to not only resist, but put forward a positive vision, writes Fainan Lakha. Shock and sickness produced a heaviness in my body that kept me pinned me under the covers all Sunday. Moments after waking up that morning, I […]
What is fascism?
Dave Renton delineates the types of extreme right movement and highlights the dangers of fascism’s newest form.