United States
Joe Biden can’t contain the deep bitterness that exists in the US
It was one of Bill Clinton’s advisers who coined the slogan, “It’s the Economy Stupid!” But this has been Donald Trump’s recipe for getting re-elected.
US election—an American horror story
As people brace themselves for the latest election night episode of the American horror story, we all hope for Trump’s exorcism from the White House. But, argues Sophie Squire, the real alternative lies with the mass movements, not Joe Biden, the Democrats and the neoliberal centre
Why the right want to control women’s bodies
After the appointment of anti-choice judge Amy Coney Barrett to the US Supreme Court, Sarah Bates looks at why opposing abortion is a defining issue for the right
The sickness coming from the White House
There are three things to understand about Donald Trump at present. The first is that he may be incoherent and self-obsessed, but he’s not a fool.
Oil firms taken to task in Devil Has a Name
The star-studded drama can’t quite decide what kind of film it wants to be. But Simon Basketter says it’s enjoyable watching it try to work it out
‘It’s like they don’t think we are human’ – US farm workers’ fury over attacks
The US government is helping farm bosses to cut their workers’ wages in the middle of the coronavirus pandemic.
Donald Trump's four years of horror
05 October 2020Isabel Ringrose looks at Donald Trump’s four years in the White House, and examines the way in which his every move has been met with a fight from below
Anger in the streets as killer cops in US let off
29 September 2020US Black Lives Matter protesters continue to take to the streets over the decision not to charge the cops with the murder of Breonna Taylor.
How Trump and privatised health care left US exposed
27 September 2020The US is the richest country in the world, but has one of the worst responses to coronavirus. Sarah Bates looks at how a a broken system killed over 200,000
Anger on the streets after killers of Breonna Taylor not charged for her death
24 September 2020Protests have erupted across the US after the police officers who killed Breonna Taylor in March were not charged for her death.
Trump is escalating an ideological war
22 September 2020It’s always been a mistake to underestimate Donald Trump. This is especially true now, when he’s fighting ferociously to stay in the White House. Not underestimating him means taking him seriously as a political operator, but also as an ideologist.
Women at risk in Trump’s migrant camps
21 September 2020Are women held in a US immigration detention centre in Georgia being forced to have unnecessary hysterectomies?
US state threatens to shoot anti-racists in Washington
21 September 2020The US state prepared to use live fire against anti‑racist protesters in Washington, a congressional inquiry has heard
Attacks on women’s rights after death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg should be resisted on the streets
20 September 2020The debate over who will replace United States Supreme Court justice Ruth Bader-Ginsburg after her death on Friday has already begun
US wildfires—‘This is a climate damn emergency. This is real and it’s happening’
12 September 2020Human and ecological catastrophe is raging through the western United States.
Super-rich ‘doing better than ever’ during pandemic
10 September 2020Ordinary people in the US face rampant coronavirus, mass unemployment, and reduced wages. But for those at the top it’s boom time
Republicans and Democrats compete to condemn anti-racists in the US
07 September 2020All of Donald Trump’s November re-election hopes are pinned on a scaremongering, racist campaign against the Black Lives Matter movement
Is Akon City Black Power forever?
06 September 2020Rapper Akon plans to build a new city where black people can escape racism. But, as Yuri Prasad writes, any system based on riches for a few means oppression will remain
QAnon conspiracy theorists are important for Trump—and they’re dangerous
05 September 2020QAnon followers have been egged on by a president who promised them vengeance against their enemies and never followed through
Donald Trump’s shooter comments show how racism comes from the top
01 September 2020President Donald Trump’s response to the murder of two anti-racist protesters was to support the killer.
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