Ashley Smith

Ashley Smith interviews Michael Roberts about Trump, the rule of his fellow oligarchs, and their  impact on the trajectory of the United States, global capitalism, and great power competition.

Ashley Smith interviews Vano Abramashvili, Maia Barkaia, Ia Eradze and Sopho Verdzueli about the current struggle in Georgia and the new organization they have set up, Movement for Social Democracy.

Ia Eradze, Luka Nakhutsrishvili and Lela Rekhviashvili discuss the roots of the Georgian uprising, its trajectory, and Georgia’s place in global capitalism and the imperialist order.

Ashley Smith — The Left, social movements, and unions cannot rely on the Democrats, who are responsible for Trump’s victory. Rather, it needs to build an independent resistance committed to fighting for our own demands.

Ashley Smith explores the practical implications of the rise of China for socialists and activists fighting for a better and more just world today.

Ashley Smith — The greater evil is obviously Trump and the far-right GOP. Harris and the Democratic Party are lesser evils by comparison. But that does not exonerate them of being evil.

Ashley Smith analyzes the impact of the attempted assassination of Donald Trump on the deepening political crisis in the US and the ever growing weakness of the Joe Biden campaign.

Ashley Smith — The United States remains the world’s most powerful state. But it faces imperial rivals in China and Russia and sub-imperial ones in every region of the globe.

Michael Roberts looks at the state of the US and world economy, the reasons for what he calls the Long Depression, and how it is driving political polarization and imperial rivalries.

Leftists in Ukraine are insisting on the urgent need to build solidarity without exception among oppressed peoples.

Ashley Smith describes how Joe Biden’s economic program represents “imperialist Keynesianism” designed to rival China, ameliorate domestic social inequalities, and neutralize challenges from both the Left and the Trumpian right.