Donald Trump

Los Angeles socialist on resisting Trump’s racist deportations
Thomas Malone discusses the anti-deportation protests in LA, attempts to suppress them and how a broader movement could develop.

Arab elites welcome Trump as massacres in Gaza continue
Sushovan Dhar — As Israel’s war continues to inflict suffering on Gaza, Arab monarchies busied themselves with welcoming Trump and signing multimillion-dollar trade agreements.

Trump tariffs and US imperialism
Gillian Hart — Beneath the turmoil of Trump’s tariff blitz lies a battle between technocrats, ultranationalists and anti-imperial populists, all vying to reshape, or destroy, US global power.

Trump, protectionism and imperial conflict in global capitalism: An interview with Michael Roberts
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.

Gilbert Achcar: ‘For the neofascists, the law of the jungle is the only one that makes sense’
Where did the “global neofascist axis” come from, and where is it going? What destabilizing effects might Russia’s war in Ukraine have? Ilya Budraitskis and Gilbert Achcar discuss the current conjuncture.

Could Trump’s tariff war reshape global capitalism? An interview with Marxist economist Sam Gindin
Sam Gindin breaks down US President Donald Trump’s on-again/off-again tariffs, their impacts on US-led globalised capitalism, and what a working-class response could look like

Madness as method: The logic of Trump’s tariffs
The stakes of a trade war with China are high. Thomas Hummel looks for the logic behind the tariff gamble.

Donald Trump is weakening US influence in Latin America
Steve Ellner — Thanks to his stances on issues ranging from deportations to trade policy, Trump is undermining US influence across Latin America, increasing political polarization, and strengthening the hand of progressive forces.

Ecuador enters ‘Trump mode’ with Noboa victory
Ociel Alí López — Authoritarian drift and political blackmail shape the runoff election in Ecuador, where incumbent President Daniel Noboa won Sunday’s vote.

Ukraine and the Trump-Putin axis of reaction
Christopher Ford — Ukraine’s fight for freedom is intrinsically linked to the global battle against reactionary forces.

From bad to worse: The new political setting and challenges for the Canadian left
Socialist Project — The growing threat of the right must be addressed. But this must not come at the expense of dissolving socialist politics into coalitions whose strategies have been responsible for the growth of hard-right forces in the first place.