Mask-off outbursts by Maga insiders and most strikingly, the destruction and reconstruction of the presidential seat, with a huge new $300m ballroom, means Trump isn’t planning to leave the White House when his term ends, writes LINDA PENTZ GUNTER
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The logic of Lenin v the logic of Trump
SAM BROWSE examines how Lenin’s analysis remains relevant for confronting modern challenges of inequality, climate change and rising fascism ahead of an important discussion with the acclaimed historian and activist Paul le Blanc
BEN CHACKO speaks with Knesset member OFER CASSIF about rising political violence, the prospects for peace and his continuous ‘silencing by suspension’
The City is leaning on Rachel Reeves to cut welfare spending — when what’s needed is cuts to all the benefits given to the mega rich, corporations and banks to help them not pay or blatantly dodge their fair share of tax, explains BERNIE EVANS
The choice between two Blairites to revamp the tepid centrism of our ruling party doesn’t even come as cold comfort as we wander the city streets suffering from their third decade of austerity and the fifth of wage stagnation, writes MATT KERR
ANN HENDERSON looks at the trailblazers of the Women’s Trade Union League and their successful fight for female factory inspectors — a battle that echoes in today’s workplace campaigns
HENRY FOWLER puts the strike of public-sector workers in New Zealand in the wider context of deteriorating employment conditions throughout the world’s major economies
MAT COWARD looks back at a protest 105 years ago this month, whose reporting by the media bears uncomfortable similarities with demos today
LENIN lies in a tomb in Moscow, yet his teachings are still reviled by “mainstream” politics 100 years since his death. But in today’s world, riven by inequality, climate catastrophe and war, is it worth returning to his radical understanding of democracy, his demands of “peace, land and bread” and the fundamental analysis behind them?
To look at this question, on Wednesday November 6, activists from across the left will meet in London’s historic Marx Memorial Library in a discussion, led by Paul Le Blanc, entitled The Logic of Lenin versus the Logic of Trump.
An activist and acclaimed US historian teaching at La Roche University, Pennsylvania, Le Blanc is the author of a multitude of books and articles, most recently Lenin: Responding to Catastrophe, Forging Revolution (2023, Pluto).
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