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How Trump’s tariff war is upending global capitalism

Sam Gindin — Thu, 01 May 2025 16:45:00 +1000

In the first part of our interview, Canadian socialist activist and author Sam Gindin discusses the impacts of United States President Donald Trump’s tariff war on global capitalism with 91��̳’s Federico Fuentes.

Israel resumes genocidal campaign in Gaza

Kevin B Anderson — Tue, 08 Apr 2025 14:45:00 +1000

After seven weeks of a ceasefire, Israel suddenly resumed its genocidal bombing campaign. In surprise air attacks in the middle of the night, it killed at least 400 Palestinians, writes Kevin B Anderson.

Behind Trump’s spiralling tariff war: An interview with Marxist economist Michael Roberts

Michael Roberts — Tue, 08 Apr 2025 13:30:00 +1000

In this interview with Federico Fuentes, Marxist economist Michael Roberts explains the recent raft of tariffs announced by United States President Donald Trump and how they fit into Trump’s broader project to reassert US global hegemony.

United States: ‘Hands Off’ national protests push back on Trump’s war on working people

Malik Miah — Mon, 07 Apr 2025 12:30:00 +1000

An estimated 5.1 million people mobilised across the United States against President Donald Trump’s far-right, anti-worker, anti-people agenda, reports Malik Miah.

Secrecy and virtue signalling: Another view of ‘Signalgate’

Binoy Kampmark — Mon, 07 Apr 2025 09:30:00 +1000

The addition of Jeffrey Goldberg of the Atlantic to a US government Signal chat about bombing Houthis in Yemen helps inform the public about what the powerful are up to, writes Binoy Kampmark.

Under Trump, climate denial is official US policy

John Clarke — Fri, 04 Apr 2025 14:45:00 +1100

Donald Trump’s return to the White House has led to a decline in “greenwashing” strategies and a renewed focus on climate denial, along with a brazen intransigence in the face of an escalating climate catastrophe, argues John Clarke.

Understanding Trump’s project to reassert US global hegemony

Adam Hanieh — Fri, 04 Apr 2025 14:15:00 +1100

Adam Hanieh is a professor of Political Economy and Global Development, whose research focuses on capitalism and imperialism in the Middle East. 91��̳’s Federico Fuentes sat down with Hanieh to discuss the state of global imperialism today and the significance of Donald Trump’s presidency.

Closed for business: The oddities of Trump’s tariffs

Binoy Kampmark — Fri, 04 Apr 2025 11:15:00 +1100

Liberation Day, as April 2 was described by United States President Donald Trump, had all the elements of reality television perversion, writes Binoy Kampmark.

Mahmoud Khalil: ‘I am a political prisoner’

Mahmoud Khalil — Tue, 01 Apr 2025 16:15:00 +1100

Columbia University postgraduate and pro-Palestine activist Mahmoud Khalil dictated this letter from his cell in an immigration detention centre in Louisiana.

Yunseo Chung & Mahmoud Khalil: Trump targets permanent residents

Malik Miah — Tue, 01 Apr 2025 15:30:00 +1100

The attacks on immigrants, international students and permanent residents in the United States are a grim reminder of the long history of deportations and border control as a strategy to punish political radicals, writes Malik Miah.

Artists resist Hollywood’s censorship of pro-Palestine voices

Isaac Nellist — Sat, 29 Mar 2025 12:00:00 +1100

Just three weeks since No Other Land won Best Documentary Feature Film at the Academy Awards, Palestinian co-director Hamdan Ballal was beaten, kidnapped and tortured by Israeli settlers and the Israeli Defense Forces. But the deafening silence from the Academy has drawn condemnation, reports Isaac Nellist.

Trump deports Venezuelans to El Salvador, threatens to tighten sanctions

Chris Slee — Fri, 21 Mar 2025 12:00:00 +1100

More than 200 Venezuelan migrants deported from the United States to El Salvador are being held under harsh conditions in the country’s Terrorism Confinement Centre. Meanwhile, the US is threatening further economic sanctions against Venezuela, reports Chris Slee.

United States: Black Lives Matter Plaza destroyed on Trump’s orders

Malik Miah — Wed, 19 Mar 2025 18:45:00 +1100

Construction crews swooped in and began digging up Black Lives Matter Plaza in Washington, DC, reports Malik Miah.

United States: Trump administration sacks 1300 education department workers

Natalia Marques — Thu, 13 Mar 2025 15:00:00 +1100

The mass layoffs by Donald Trump's administration effectively gut the Department of Education, cutting staff by nearly one third, reports Natalia Marques.

United States: New Yorkers protest Trump’s arrest of Palestinian student activist

Saurav Sarkar — Wed, 12 Mar 2025 12:00:00 +1100

Chants of “No ICE, No KKK, No Fascist USA!” echoed through downtown Manhattan, as people protested the kidnapping and detention of Mahmoud Khalil, Palestinian activist and Columbia University graduate, reports Saurav Sarkar.

United States: Understanding the Trump whirlwind

Isaac Nellist — Thu, 06 Mar 2025 19:00:00 +1100

United States President Donald Trump has implemented a whirlwind of attacks and changes that are shifting politics internationally. 91��̳'s Isaac Nellist spoke to US socialists Cyn Huang and Michaela Brangan about the devastating impacts of Trump’s second presidency and the challenges in building resistance to it.

91��̳ Show #52: US socialists respond to Trump whirlwind

Isaac Nellist — Tue, 04 Mar 2025 13:30:00 +1100

Isaac Nellist asks US socialists Cyn Huang and Michaela Brangan, members of the Democratic Socialists of America Bread and Roses caucus, about Trump’s attacks on immigrants, workers and human rights.

Leonard Peltier walks out of prison with dignity and defiance

Malik Miah — Mon, 24 Feb 2025 18:00:00 +1100

As former United States President Joe Biden left office, he commuted 80-year-old political prisoner Leonard Peltier’s life sentences to home incarceration, reports Malik Miah. Peltier is a long-time leader of the First Nations movement in the US.

United States: Trump’s Czar Elon Musk cuts public sector jobs, services

Malik Miah — Mon, 24 Feb 2025 16:15:00 +1100

In a “slash and burn” rampage, multi-billionaire and Donald Trump appointee Elon Musk is spearheading job cuts and closures across United States government departments, report Malik Miah and Barry Sheppard.

Trump’s withdrawal from the Paris Agreement risks a global climate crisis

Rhea Dev — Sun, 16 Feb 2025 13:45:00 +1100

United States President Donald Trump has once again withdrawn the US from the Paris Climate Agreement, sparking global concerns about the future of climate action, reports Rhea Dev.

Albanese won’t stand up to Trump, but we will

Sam Wainwright — Wed, 12 Feb 2025 11:15:00 +1100

PM Anthony Albanese’s mealy-mouthed dodging of Trump’s declaration that the US would “own” and “level” Gaza was his way of signalling that Australia will tag along, albeit with a little bit of hand-wringing, argues Sam Wainwright.

United States: Trump aims to erase Palestine

Barry Sheppard — Tue, 11 Feb 2025 13:15:00 +1100

When United States President Donald Trump announced that the US would take over the Gaza Strip and turn it into the “Riviera of the Middle East”, he was signalling to Israel that it has the US’s backing to intensify its genocide and destruction of Gaza, write Barry Sheppard and Malik Miah.

Control, and worse: Trump is criminalising all of Latin America

Tamara Pearson — Fri, 07 Feb 2025 14:15:00 +1100

From preparing to send Latinx migrants to Guantanamo Bay, to labelling Latin American cartels “terrorist organisations”, United States President Donald Trump is criminalising the region in order to subjugate it, writes Tamara Pearson.

United States: Trump launches assault on migrants, Black people, LGBTIQ community

Malik Miah — Thu, 30 Jan 2025 08:00:00 +1100

Within days of being inaugurated, United States President Donald Trump signed dozens of executive orders attacking migrants and rolling back the gains made by Black, LGBTIQ and women’s rights movements. Malik Miah and Barry Sheppard report.

DeepSeek exposes the soft underbelly of Trump’s tech broligarchy

Peter Boyle — Wed, 29 Jan 2025 20:00:00 +1100

The United States has used sanctions since 2022 to stop China from acquiring advanced computer chips and the technology to manufacture them. However, this seems to have backfired, reports Peter Boyle.

‘Union’ documentary depicts historic Amazon unionisation campaign

Isaac Nellist — Tue, 28 Jan 2025 19:30:00 +1100

Isaac Nellist reviews a documentary about the historic victory of Amazon workers who formed a union at a warehouse in Staten Island, New York City, which inspired workers around the world.

How the billionaire class created the Trump monster

Peter Boyle — Sat, 25 Jan 2025 11:15:00 +1100

While not all billionaires supported United States President Donald Trump, more are swinging to his side, just as governments that serve capitalist interests — including Australia’s Labor government — are now cosying up. Peter Boyle reports.

United States: Steel acquisition blocked on national security grounds

Malik Miah — Tue, 14 Jan 2025 16:45:00 +1100

Outgoing United States president Joe Biden has blocked Japan’s Nippon Steel from acquiring US Steel, citing national security concerns, reports Malik Miah.

Human-induced climate change, not conspiracies, responsible for extreme fires

Cam Walker — Tue, 14 Jan 2025 12:15:00 +1100

Firefighters can see that human-induced climate change is making fire seasons longer and more intense. Cam Walker argues that we all have to counter the right-wing conspiracy misinformation campaign.

CEO shooting prompts backlash over killer corporations

Suzanne James — Wed, 08 Jan 2025 16:45:00 +1100

Suzanne James writes that if governments do not start protecting people from the corporate greed that is destroying so many lives, more CEOs might unfortunately get caught in the crossfire.

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