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Movements will mean trouble for Trump

Donald Trump’s reaction to the two major crises in US politics has been to play to the most racist, reactionary sections of society. But it doesn’t look like it’s working for him.

Cops reflect racism from the top of society

The police are to face a review into allegations of racial profiling. They must be found guilty

Tories’ care home lies

Tory prime minister Boris Johnson has begun the process of passing the blame for the coronavirus crisis.

Virus, slump and racism show up system failure

The Polish‑German revolutionary Rosa Luxemburg warned that capitalism gives us a choice between “socialism or barbarism”. We need to choose—and fight for—socialism.

New Tory handouts will only help bosses

Tory chancellor Rishi Sunak was set to deliver his summer statement on Wednesday this week. It was expected to include a raft of measures in an attempt to prop up the British economy.

Korean War showed up imperialist barbarism

The ‘forgotten war’ that began 70 years ago wrecked a country so that big powers could grab more influence, writes Sophie Squire

Drug firms will cash in

The coronavirus crisis is a profit-laden paradise for some pharmaceutical firms.

Johnson’s ‘new deal’ to bail out system

Boris Johnson’s promise this week of a “new deal” marked the latest dishonest move in a decade of Tory austerity.

Protests challenge the racist system

The scale and radicalism of the month of Black Lives Matter protests continues to shake those in power.

Kwame Nkrumah - learn from militant fight against imperialism

In 1945 Kwame Nkrumah was one of only 100 people who gathered at the Pan-African Congress in Manchester to plan the end of empire.

New war threats as foreign forces fight over Libya

A battle for control is brewing across Libya. Nick Clark looks at the background to the powers’ interventions

Reading stabbing is being used by the right

The Tories are using the appalling stabbing of three people in Reading to push racism and repression.

Fight capitalism to smash racist system

Right wingers are trying to create a backlash against the fantastic Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement.

Rising up against racism terrifies our rulers

Boris Johnson has announced a new government commission to look into racism in Britain.

We’re proud to be revolutionary

Right wing newspapers have attacked the Black Lives Matter movement on the grounds that revolutionary socialists are involved in it.

This uprising has won gains—keep fighting

The great Black Lives Matter uprising is far from over. But already it has made history.

Use US funding debates to push for an end to the police

Demands to ‘defund the police’ are opening a wider argument

When war criminals fall out— Trump vs the generals

For retired US Marine general James Mattis to publicly condemn the US president as a threat to the constitution is unprecedented.

Boris Johnson’s Britain is racist

‘No. The prime minister would not agree that this is a racist country,” said Boris Johnson’s spokesperson on Monday.

Only our collective power can end oppression

When politicians start fretting about “mob rule” and “law and order” it’s often a racist dog whistle. But it’s also about fear of the power of ordinary people.