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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Mexican sovereignty non-negotiable as Amlo rallies the thousands
US Republicans’ interventionist ‘war on drugs’ rhetoric has failed to inhibit the social transformation in Mexico, as over 500,000 people swarmed the capital to celebrate the nationalisation of oil and lithium, reports DAVID RABY
Massive crowds rally in the Zocalo to support nationalising resources and President Amlo
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
MARCH 18 was the 85th anniversary of the petroleum expropriation by Lazaro Cardenas, the most progressive and anti-imperialist president Mexico had in the entire 20th century.
President Amlo (Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador) is a worthy successor of Cardenas, the first president since then to deserve comparison with the valiant leader who stood up to the US and British oil companies — and also brought social justice with land for the peasants, union rights for workers, recognition for indigenous communities, socialist education and a principled foreign policy including support for the Spanish republic against the fascist Franco.
Amlo, whose Fourth Transformation campaign, based on fighting corruption and promoting social justice, is being challenged by privileged elites and imperialist interests, chose this year’s anniversary for a massive popular rally in defence of sovereignty.
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