Any talk of a ‘peace dividend’ has long gone. Instead, all the talk now is about rearmament and increased militarism.

The ‘woke’ brand of identity politics pushed by the liberal establishment is deeply discredited. Demagogues like Trump offer no alternative. Communists oppose both sides of the culture war divide, putting forward an independent, class programme.

Neither side will ‘win’ this trade war, they are two sides of a doomed capitalist system. But on balance, China actually has the better cards.

The withdrawal of America’s ‘protective umbrella’ reveals all the accumulated weaknesses of European imperialism, which have built up over decades of decline.

The liberal establishment lives in constant terror of this polarisation. They are straining every resource in a desperate attempt to shore up the disintegrating centre. But all their attempts will be in vain.

The unraveling of 80 years of trade integration is going to have massive implications for the world economy. All the benefits of world trade are under threat: greater productivity, cheaper products, etc.

Bourgeois economists declared ‘never again’ on protectionism. But like so many economic ‘never agains’, it has given way to real international and class antagonisms.

Turkey is entering a decisive struggle. Its outcome will be decided in a battle between living forces. There is the potential to defeat Erdoğan, and the surest way to do so is through mass mobilisation on the streets,

Back in January, there were enormous hopes that the hell inflicted on the people of Gaza would finally be relieved – even if only partially. These hopes have been cruelly shattered this week.

Trump’s efforts to put the clock back to the world as it was in those far-off days are doomed to fail, shipwrecked by the changed world situation and the balance of class forces within the USA