The actions sponsored by the left wing of the Democratic Party and the NGOs have been lethargic and unfocused. We are going to have to look elsewhere for viable resistance.
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Where does the fightback against Trump stand today?
February 20, 2025The actions sponsored by the left wing of the Democratic Party and the NGOs have been lethargic and unfocused. We are going to [...] -
The Trump-Musk hate-filled power grab
February 14, 2025Trump's actions have been labeled a "coup" and a "constitutional crisis". These descriptions are not conspiracy theories but [...] -
Behind Trump’s “Riviera of the Middle East” speech
February 9, 2025Actual American occupation of Gaza is extraordinarily unlikely. It would clearly demand serious deployment of US troops and would [...] -
The first week of Trump’s return to office
January 29, 2025Trump is a great fan of the presidential "executive order," which he believes gives him unlimited power to shape U.S. society by [...] -
Trump’s anti-trans order could pave way for national abortion ban
January 24, 2025The order's language is in line with the Republican Party's 2024 platform, which did not call for a nationwide abortion ban [...] -
The Teamsters’ Amazon “strikes”: A critical assessment
January 7, 2025The Teamsters called for strike action at eight locations across four states, that included Amazon centers in Queens and Staten [...]
World
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Two myths about the Gaza ceasefire
February 4, 2025There are two conspicuous myths about the Gaza ceasefire that went into effect last Sunday: that it was due to Trump's pressure [...] -
Ceasefire: Another landmark on the long Nakba road
January 19, 2025It's easy to see why this agreement has been greeted with a very cautious optimism by the Palestinians. Any respite from the [...] -
The Palestinian Authority and the completion of the siege
January 12, 2025In its desire to convince the United States and Israel of its ability to quell the Palestinian people, which necessarily implies [...]
Marxism
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A new Spring for Labour?
May 17, 2024Union revitalization will happen when unions make themselves relevant for both highly-skilled employees and solo self-employed [...] -
The legacy and relevance of Lenin after 100 years
February 14, 2024Lenin, in the final analysis, like every other human being, was the product of his times. But he was not an ordinary product. He [...] -
Why workers need their own party (part 2)
June 3, 2023The previous installment of this two-part series covered the emergence of independent working-class politics in the era of Marx [...]
- Why workers need their own party (part 1)
- Eric Blanc’s political metamorphosis
- Who Is working-class, and why it matters
History
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How Jimmy Carter paved the way for Reagan
January 2, 2025When socialists look at the Carter years, we should reject the shallow score-keeping that obsesses the Washington elite. For us, [...] -
When Afghanistan was red!
April 29, 2024In official writings and textbooks, the civil war in Afghanistan began on December 24, 1979, when Russian (Soviet) troops [...] -
The legacy and relevance of Lenin after 100 years
February 14, 2024Lenin, in the final analysis, like every other human being, was the product of his times. But he was not an ordinary product. He [...]
- Remembering September 11, 1973: the US backed Pinochet coup in Chile
- Revisiting U.S. war crimes IV: Vietnam (Part III)
- Revisiting U.S. war crimes IV: Vietnam (Part II)
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The Trump-Musk hate-filled power grab
Trump’s actions have been labeled a “coup” and a “constitutional crisis”. These descriptions are not conspiracy theories but attempts to understand events unfolding in real time. While it is unclear exactly how to label Trump’s actions, it is clear that the outcome depends on how far he is allowed to continue on this destructive path.
Behind Trump’s “Riviera of the Middle East” speech
Actual American occupation of Gaza is extraordinarily unlikely. It would clearly demand serious deployment of US troops and would destabilize the entire world situation. The real purpose of the speech was something else. It was to show the world the absolute and complete support of the US administration for the Netanyahu government and whatever actions that government takes.
Two myths about the Gaza ceasefire
There are two conspicuous myths about the Gaza ceasefire that went into effect last Sunday: that it was due to Trump’s pressure on Netanyahu, and that it was a victory achieved by Hamas.
The first week of Trump’s return to office
Trump is a great fan of the presidential “executive order,” which he believes gives him unlimited power to shape U.S. society by issuing a flood of personal edicts, rather than face even a hint of congressional scrutiny. But with both the House and the Senate dominated by a slim margin of Trump’s minions, not much scrutiny is emanating from Congress.
Trump’s anti-trans order could pave way for national abortion ban
The order’s language is in line with the Republican Party’s 2024 platform, which did not call for a nationwide abortion ban but expressed support for states that would establish fetal personhood by extending the protections of the 14th Amendment, which guarantees that “no person can be denied life or liberty without due process,” to fetuses.
Ceasefire: Another landmark on the long Nakba road
It’s easy to see why this agreement has been greeted with a very cautious optimism by the Palestinians. Any respite from the horrors of the past year is welcome. It’s an extraordinary tribute to the legendary resilience of the Palestinian people that they have survived this holocaust at all.
The Palestinian Authority and the completion of the siege
In its desire to convince the United States and Israel of its ability to quell the Palestinian people, which necessarily implies an imitation of what the Zionist state does, the Ramallah PA has gone so far, while waging war on the Jenin camp at the same time that the Zionist forces were waging war on the Jabalia camp in the Gaza Strip, as to decide to ban the Al Jazeera TV network on its territory, similar to Israel’s ban of the same a few months ago.
The Teamsters’ Amazon “strikes”: A critical assessment
The Teamsters called for strike action at eight locations across four states, that included Amazon centers in Queens and Staten Island New York, Atlanta, Southern California, San Francisco, and in Skokie, Ill, where they claim to represent the drivers or the warehouse workers through elections or card check.
How Jimmy Carter paved the way for Reagan
When socialists look at the Carter years, we should reject the shallow score-keeping that obsesses the Washington elite. For us, Carter was a terrible president—but not because he was ineffective or preachy in his public pronouncements. He was terrible when he was effective because much of what we have come to call the “neoliberal” era began under Carter, rather than Reagan.
The Syrian imbroglio
The regime was saturated with corruption, patronage, and inefficiency. It had almost no support outside of the Alawite community, the grouping which the Assads belonged to. Even there, the support was often motivated by fear of the alternatives and being blamed by guilt by association for Assad’s crimes.
Lessons of election 2024
The liberals—the leaders of the Democratic Party and its associated non-governmental organizations (NGOs), intellectuals, media and fundraisers—said the 2024 election was a referendum on U.S. democracy. Maybe even the last ditch effort to stop “fascism” riding in on Trump’s coattails. Yet despite the heated rhetoric, they ran an uninspired campaign in defense of a status quo that most Americans had already rejected.
Where is Syria headed?
The plain fact is that once external support dried up, the regime collapsed like any “puppet regime” that is abandoned by the power that used to hold its strings. The latest striking example of such a collapse was what happened to the puppet regime in Kabul in the face of the Taliban’s advance, after US forces gave up propping it in 2021.
Fighting sexual harassment of students in Pakistan
Women and children, situated at the lowest rungs of this hierarchy, are subject to intensified forms of physical, psychological and sexual violence that are products of the system. As the system’s crisis deepens, systematic violence escalates, until violence becomes the sole means of its survival.
Abortion bans always kill women
The U.S. already has the highest maternal death rate among wealthy nations, and pregnant Black women already die at twice the national rate—and three times more that the rate of white women. Since Dobbs, states with abortion bans have experienced a mass exodus of OB-GYNs, resulting in “maternity care deserts”—with no available prenatal care in one-third of U.S. counties. Roughly 100 hospitals have shut down their maternity care departments.
