United States

Hundreds protest against Donald Trump in London on day one of his state visit

03 June 2019
Up to 500 people formed an unwelcoming committee for US president Donald Trump in London on Monday, the first day of his state visit to Britain.

Join the demonstrations when Trump comes to Britain - when and where

30 May 2019
Take to the streets against Donald Trump’s visit.

Untold voices from struggle for women’s suffrage in US

28 May 2019
A new book about the fight by women to get the vote in the US focuses on voices which are too often left out of mainstream histories, writes?Jan Nielsen

Six reasons to march against Trump

27 May 2019
The world’s most infamous racist, sexist climate denier is heading to Britain next month. Alistair Farrow looks at the impact of US president Donald Trump’s nasty policies in the US—and explains why you should join protests against him

Painting the Democrats as progressive

14 May 2019
Knock Down The House tells the story of four women standing in the 2018 US mid-term elections.

Israeli murder in Gaza Strip

07 May 2019
Israeli prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu said his military is “preparing to continue” its violence in Gaza following an assault that killed at least 25 Palestinians.

A heavy sentence for Julian Assange

07 May 2019
Julian Assange, the WikiLeaks publisher, was sentenced to almost a year in prison by a British judge last week for bail violations.

Donald Trump’s attacks on migrants - more reasons to protest against his visit in June

30 April 2019
Racist US president Donald Trump is coming to Britain in June for a state visit. And apparently he’s keen to give people here more reasons to oppose him.

Donald Trump set to visit Britain 3-5 June - flood the streets with protests

23 April 2019
Donald Trump is coming to Britain in June for a three-day state visit from 3 June.

LETTERS - Big business loves Trump’s welfare state for the richest

22 April 2019
US president Donald Trump is rightly often criticised as a racist, a sexist and a climate change denier. But we should never forget that he is also a vicious class warrior for the rich.

Don’t send Julian Assange to the US – and don’t trivialise rape allegation

12 April 2019
Julian Assange, who helped to expose Western war crimes in Afghanistan and Iraq, faces extradition from Britain to face the wrath of the US state.

The End of the Myth argues racism in the US is tied up in its ‘frontier’ narrative

09 April 2019
For historian Greg Grandin, the story of the frontier is more like Cormac McCarthy’s macabre anti-Western novel Blood Meridian

A blow to the Green New Deal in the US

02 April 2019
The “Green New Deal” programme of action on climate change gathered no support in the US Senate

Striking teachers in California join growing revolt over pay and funding

26 February 2019
Around 3,300 teachers in Oakland, California, began their fourth day of strikes on Tuesday.

Venezuelan crisis grows amid border showdown

26 February 2019
As the right exploits the social crisis, it’s make or break time for left winger Nicolas Maduro, says Alistair Farrow

Democrats won’t stop Trump’s wall

19 February 2019
Racist US president Donald Trump announced a “state of emergency” on Friday of last week in order to get funding to build his anti-migrant border wall.

Arab rulers risk revolt by betraying Palestine

17 February 2019
A summit last week exposed rulers’ disdain for Palestinians—but solidarity could block their plans

More migrant deaths likely at US southern border after Democrats grant Trump funding

13 February 2019
The Democratic Party handed US president Donald Trump a partial victory over funding for his border wall plan

Trump expected in winter

12 February 2019
US president Donald Trump is expected to visit Britain in December this year.

West threatens force to get its way in Venezuela

05 February 2019
Western governments are organising to force out Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro. Their manoeuvres show up the sham that is democracy under capitalism.