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.
Choosing or refusing to take sides in an era of right-wing populism
In the decade following the banking crash, the protracted crisis in neoliberal governance is taking a number of striking forms. Neil Davidson sets out the case for ‘rejecting the lesser evil’ option when faced with a choice between the radical right and the neoliberal centre.
revolutionary reflections | How Trump took the Midwest: Conversations with a worker from Michigan.
During the first few months of 2017, Sebastian Cooke conducted a series of interviews about the US election with David Koch, a labour activist and retired worker from central Michigan. David was involved in the election from start to finish and his experience provides a fascinating insight into the vote and its aftermath. This is a write up of those interviews, […]
revolutionary reflections | Critical Theory in the Age of Trump Part 1: Organised Pessimism
The election of Trump has raised the stakes in terms of how the left should respond to the growing crises of economics, politics, ecology and geopolitics. Joe Sabatini explores the work of the Frankfurt School in this context. Photo courtesy of iamyouasheisme.wordpres.com Footnotes to this piece are included in the PDF. 20170330_Critical Theory Part 1 Methodological introduction […]
Why is Donald Trump the president of the United States?
Amy Gilligan and Dominic Jones crunch the numbers to understand what happened in November’s election in the United States To the surprise of most observers, Donald Trump won the 2016 presidential election in the United States. It is clear that an important task at the present time is to oppose his policies and the political […]
Video: Anti-Trump voices
Many people protesting and marching against Trump are doing so for the first time. Who are they? What are they saying? What motivates them? What do they want the revolt against Trump and May to look like? What should we all be doing? On the anti-Trump protest on 20 February, Colin Revolting and Tony Aldis […]
What does Trump’s presidency mean for global climate change?
Bettina Trabant argues that Trump’s disregard of climate change is yet another reason to oppose his presidency.
May and Trump: Bringing us back to the streets
Joe Hayns discusses the spate of demonstrations in the UK instigated by Donald Trump taking office and the prospects they open up. Is a proto-protest movement forming? What are its prospects? On Friday 20 January, 1000 protested outside the US embassy; Saturday 21 saw the 100,000-strong Women’s March; on Monday 30, at least 40,000 were […]
#BanTrump – Thousands take to the streets across the UK – photos, reports and videos
Tens of thousands took to the streets around the country this evening to protest against Trump’s vile racist travel ban and Theresa May’s revolting invite to him for an official state visit. More reports as they come in! London Whitehall is standing room only from Trafalgar Square to Parliament. So many people it’s too big even […]
Demonstrate against Trump and May tonight – details of all the demonstrations that we know of
Tonight will see angry protests across Britain against Trump’s vile racist travel ban and Theresa May’s revolting invite to him for an official state visit. We list here all the demonstrations that we know of 10 days ago the Women’s Marches against the newly anointed Trump mobilised millions across the USA and the world. […]
Keep it broad, keep it radical – building a movement to beat Trump
Sarah Levy, a member of the International Socialist Organization in the US, argues we need a broad movement to beat Trump. Those millions of people who took to the streets on Saturday – many chanting “We won’t go away! Welcome to your first day!” – they’re on our side. More importantly we’re going to need […]