USA: Decay, senility, violence in the crumbling empire

Gradually and then suddenly, the U.S. has found itself beset by that same affliction which its arrogant leaders believed it was uniquely immune. Instability has made its return to the United States—and in rapid fashion.

Biden abandons the race: Can switching horses midstream stop Trump?

In yet another dramatic twist in the tragicomic soap opera of American politics, Joe Biden has ended his reelection campaign.

‘An inch from civil war’: A near miss for US capitalism

The attempted assassination of Donald Trump has accelerated the polarisation of American society, as the Republican presidential candidate dodged death by the narrowest of margins. But it wasn’t just Trump who dodged a bullet. The entire country went right up to the edge of a precipice, before taking half a step back. As the title […]

Trump Assassination Attempt: Capitalism Breeds Political Violence

The attempt to assassinate Donald Trump has plunged American bourgeois democracy even deeper into crisis.

Biden and Trump debate: Zombie vs. gangster

Following the first presidential debate between Joe Biden and Donald Trump, one question is on the minds of millions of ordinary Americans and the US ruling class: “How the hell are these our only options?”

Trump’s conviction shows turmoil and instability are the new normal

On Thursday, May 30, Donald Trump was convicted on 34 counts of falsifying business records to influence the 2016 election.

How the campus occupations could have sparked the American intifada

The Palestine solidarity encampments were sparked off in the United States. But by now, the movement down south has mostly died out. Here, we republish a report on the lessons of the movement by our sister party the Revolutionary Communists of America. RCA comrades took an active part in the movement from the beginning. Their experience provides indispensable insight for everyone fighting for a free Palestine here at home. 

In Canada, the encampment movement has not seen nearly as big of a decline. However, momentum is beginning to slow down. The biggest encampments are decreasing in size, and the violent state repression at the University of Alberta and University of Calgary is a grim warning for other campuses. If the encampments are to succeed, they must work to spread the movement to the rest of the working class. Only in that way can we launch the Canadian Intifada.

U.S.A.: Zionist goons and cops unleash violence! Workers and students unite and fight back!

There has been a conspiracy of silence around the real overt racism and extreme violence of the Zionists attacking campuses these past few days.

Not a cent, not a bullet for the Israeli war machine: Statement on wave of Gaza solidarity student protests

Across the United States over 60 universities and colleges have seen students and faculty organising encampments in a growing movement against the massacre in Gaza. A whole generation is being politicised and drawing conclusions about the nature of imperialism, the role of the police and the state and the need for collective action.

Palestine solidarity protests escalate in face of campus repression

Protests against Israel’s American-backed genocidal onslaught in Gaza are escalating on campuses across the U.S.A.