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Editorial of the Socialist issue 1358 US and Israeli missiles are continuing to rain down on Iran, with thousands killed. The Iranian regime is in turn still firing at targets across the Middle East. Fifteen countries have so far been hit by one side or the other, with an estimated 7.5 million people living within 1km of a missile or ...

By ISG and CWI reporters Tens of thousands mobilised in a day of action in Minneapolis on 23 January against the state repression of Trump’s administration and its brutal deployment of three thousand ICE (US Immigration and Customs Enforcement) agents to the state of Minnesota. This mass mobilisation was termed an ‘economic blackout’ by sections of the capitalist media, ‘a ...

By Judy Beishon On the second anniversary of the 7 October 2023 attack on Israel and the subsequent prolonged genocidal slaughter in Gaza, the fate of Trump’s latest proposals for an end to the war is still in the balance. The US plans to impose a transitional government of technocrats on the Palestinians in Gaza, backed up by outside armed ...

Editorial of the Socialist issue 1316 The global stock markets have plunged in reaction to President Donald Trump’s 2 April ‘liberation day’ announcements. Around $5.4 trillion was wiped from the value of the US stock markets in the first two days. The 9.1% fall was the biggest in a week since the Covid pandemic lockdowns ground the world economy to ...

Editorial of the Socialist issue 1312 Under Donald Trump’s brutish ‘America First’ presidency, US imperialism’s ruthless determination to defend its own interests is no longer disguised by diplomatic fig leaves. Instead, naked self-interest is the order of the day. That was demonstrated to the world at the jaw-dropping Oval Office press conference where Trump and vice-president JD Vance gave Ukrainian president ...

By Matt Dobson, Socialist Party Scotland I’ve been sellin’ my soul, workin’ all dayOvertime hours for bullshit paySo I can sit out here and waste my life awayDrag back home and drown my troubles awayIt’s a damn shame what the world’s gotten toFor people like me and people like you…Livin’ in the new worldWith an old soulThese rich men north ...

By Robert Bechert The victory of Trump and his refashioned Republican party clearly opens new chapters in both US and world history. For many in a polarised US this victory of right populism will strike more than a note of fear, especially among women fearing attacks on their reproductive rights and migrants fearing they, or their family members, will be ...

By Tony Saunois, secretary of the Committee For A Workers’ International (CWI) Amid unprecedented events, thousands of supporters of Donald Trump supporters rallied in Washington on 6 January. Hundreds, some armed, then stormed the congress buildings on Capitol Hill in Washington DC. Donald Trump, promising a “wild” protest had summoned his supporters to come together, with far-right militias like the ...

By Robert Bechert, Committee for a Workers’ International (CWI) In the US, and around the world, millions greeted Trump’s defeat in the US elections. His probable removal from office, notwithstanding his legal claims, will be widely welcomed. Clearly, there will be changes within the US and international repercussions – although many of the US foreign policy changes will be in ...

Statement from the International Secretariat of the Committee For A Workers International On the other side of the coronavirus pandemic crisis, things will never be the same again. This will be similar to the situation after the two world wars of the twentieth century. The general situation has already unmistakably “changed, changed utterly!” Moreover, it is the rapid speed of ...