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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Fascism: capitalism's weapon against the working class
Western social democracy's timidity has emboldened the fascists. TONY CONWAY looks at the far right's resurgence in Britain
RACIST RAGE: Holiday Inn Express in Tamworth, Staffordshire - an asylum seekers residence - after a fascist mob attack on August 5, 2024 - note anti-immigrant graffiti
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
SINCE the general election Britain has seen an increase in racist incidents and anti migrant protests. Such happenings aren’t new of course as over recent years we have regularly witnessed violent protests outside and inside hotels across all our nations.
The flames for this violence have been fanned by the media and politicians who have sought to blame people escaping poverty, war and environmental damage rather than their own failings.
Capitalism and imperialism are the root cause of these failings. Likewise the collapse of social democracy as a system that attempts to ameliorate the worst aspects of mass exploitation continues.
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