United States

Paul Le Blanc responds to criticism of his recent text on the situation in the United States, “Defining Trumpism, defeating Trump”.

Replying to Paul Le Blanc, Anthony Teso contends that socialist analysis must identify the structure it confronts and the organisation capable of defeating it, rather than merely registering dangers and applauding resistance.

Paul Le Blanc looks at the underlying ideology and social forces behind the Trump regime, and explores the strengths and limitations of the growing anti-Trump resistance.

Anthony Teso argues why Trumpism represents a form of patrimonial Bonapartism and how this analysis can help the left understand what it must do differently in response.

Pax Silica is a US-led drive to secure control over semiconductors, AI and critical minerals. The Philippines will lose out if it becomes a military-industrial node within this project, writes Reihana Mohideen.

The conviction of veteran labor organizer Zé Maria signals a new phase in the legal weaponization of antisemitism, one aimed at disciplining militant currents in the labor movement, writes Blanca Missé.

Fights inside the Democratic Socialists of America over “cancel culture,” “political correctness” and “call-out culture” are not side dramas. They are symptoms of a deeper organisational sickness, argues Anthony Teso.

Elías Jaua explains Trump’s plan for Venezuela, and how the people have responded. Jaua also discusses the Maduro government, the United Socialist Party of Venezuela, the communes and solidarity with Venezuela.

The issue is not whether the Democratic Socialists of America matters — it clearly does, writes Anthony Teso. The question is can it evolve beyond a project aimed at moving the Democratic Party to the left within the existing political system.

Paul Le Blanc reviews ‘A User’s Guide to DSA’, which connects readers with the largest organisation on the US left while drawing them into a series of debates among committed party members.

The rich and powerful hate Cuba because it does so much better than the US in caring for its own people, explains Don Fitz.

Opposing US intervention is necessary, but doing so without analysing the limits of the Maduro regime risks reducing politics to reflexive allegiance, writes Sankha Subhra Biswas.