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Xi and Trump

The social cost of China’s resistance to Trump’s tariff war

Au Loong-Yu & An Dexin — Next time someone tells you how brave and resilient China has been in standing up against Trump, remind them of this part of the story.

A political earthquake in New York City: Socialist Zohram Mamdani wins Democratic mayoral primary

Winnie Marion discusses Zohram Mamdani’s victory and its broader implications for US politics. 
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The hideous truth about Trump’s ‘One Big Beautiful Bill’

Lance Selfa sums up the three major impacts of Trump’s big, ugly mess.
"Zohran for Mayor" in Stuyvesant Town (Eden Janine, Flickr, Creative Commons)

What Zohran Mamdani’s historic victory in New York City tell us about our political moment

Eric Blanc — Absorbing the key lessons of Zohran Mamdani’s campaign is essential for the fights ahead, not just in New York City, but across the United States.
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The crisis of liberal hegemony is the reason why so many Europeans are turning to the extreme right

Ilya Budraitskis on the rise of the far right and anti-fascist strategies.

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. 
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The two main problems preventing the Ukraine war from ending

Vitaliy Dudin — We all want the war in Ukraine to end as quickly as possible. So, what is stopping this?
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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.
US Ukraine minerals deal trap

‘Drill, baby, drill’: How the extraction and export of critical raw materials can exacerbate Ukraine’s resource trap

Maryna Larina — The global race for raw materials can provoke foreign interference and endanger countries that become targets of predatory extractivism.
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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.
Western Sahara

Western Sahara: Colonialism, labor and imperialist complicity

Isabel Lourenço — This year marks 50 years since Morocco’s illegal occupation of Western Sahara: a colonial occupation sustained by a repressive military apparatus, a deliberate policy of demographic substitution, and a web of international complicity.
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Should we expect a new world war? Two prison letters from Boris Kagarlitsky

Boris Kagarlitsky reflects on the possibilities of a new world war by drawing on historical analogies, analysing China’s place in the global system, and uncovering the deeper structural crises that underpin today’s international conflicts.

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