Donald Trump

Newsapaper stand in Nottinghamshire, UK April 2025.

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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
US president Donald Trump hosts the annual Easter Egg Roll on the South Lawn of the White House on April 21, 2025, in Washington, DC.

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.
Incumbent President Daniel Noboa won Ecuador’s Presidential runoff vote on Sunday, defeating his opponent Luisa González of the Citizens’ Revolution party. (Flickr/Casa de América/CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)

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.
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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

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.
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‘Tariffs are a beautiful thing to behold’: A Marxist analysis of protectionism and the crisis of global capitalism

Dmitry Pozhidaev — Trump’s tariffs are less a blueprint for industrial renewal than a prelude to a new techno-nationalist order organised around capital control, technological dominance and regional economic blocs.
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Trump’s foreign policy: The method behind the madness

Lance Selfa — Even if Trump tends to see U.S. foreign policy as little more than an extension of his reality TV persona, the changes that his administration are initiating are momentous.
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The man who would be king: Method in Trump’s madness, contradictions in Trump’s method

Sam Gindin — Whatever Trump’s inclinations, without an ability to deliver on his economic promises and an escape route from the tariff chaos, Trump’s problems will deepen.

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