United States

Donald Trump uses his state of the union address to fight for survival

06 February 2018
US president Donald Trump used his state of the union address last week to attack migrants, ethnic minorities and women.

Watches, guns and parties in corrupt car union scam

06 February 2018
Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) executive Alphons Iacobelli approved spending more than £22,000 on a party for former UAW union vice president Norwood Jewell

Mass demos mark the end of Trump’s first year as the bigot in chief

23 January 2018
Hundreds of thousands of people came onto the streets across the US to mark one year since racist, sexist US president Donald Trump’s inauguration.

Vietnam's blow to US empire

22 January 2018
In January 1968 Vietnamese resistance fighters inflicted a shattering defeat to US prestige. The Tet Offensive sent shockwaves across the world, writes Alistair Farrow

Protesters ‘knock down the racist wall’ on Donald Trump anniversary

20 January 2018
A year after Donald Trump became US president, protesters with Stand Up To Racism staged a “knock down the racist wall”’ stunt outside the new US embassy in south London

Donald Trump’s first twelve months in office - a year of horrors and resistance

16 January 2018
Cowardly, sexist, racist US president Donald Trump has lurched from crisis to crisis since his inauguration a year ago this Saturday. His attacks have been relentless—but the resistance has been inspiring.

Victory for anti-racists as Trump cancels his visit to Britain - now take on Tillerson

12 January 2018
US president Donald Trump has confirmed he won’t be coming to Britain to open the new US embassy in February.

Trump attacks migrants and the planet - and increases the nuclear threat

10 January 2018
The explosive revelations of The Fire and the Fury book on US president Donald Trump has dominated headlines over the past week.

US housing predators ready for Britain

09 January 2018
US housing investment firm Blackstone is set to enter the social housing sector in Britain.

The Cotton Famine

09 January 2018
This new pamphlet tells the story of how textile workers in Lancashire came to support the abolition of slavery in the US.

Iran in revolt - Iranian socialists on what sparked the protests and why they matter

05 January 2018
Nick Clark spoke to two Iranian socialists, Nima Soltanzadeh and Massoud, about what lies behind the recent protests—and what they mean for the struggle

Victory as anti-Trump inauguration protesters walk free

22 December 2017
Six people arrested during protests on Donald Trump’s inauguration day have been acquitted of rioting and destruction of property.

UN votes down US recognition of Jerusalem as Israeli capital

21 December 2017
The US has failed to defeat a United Nations (UN) vote condemning Donald Trump’s recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. The vote was held last night at the request of Arab states.

Trump visit to Britain will be announced ‘soon’ as he showers money on the rich

20 December 2017
Prepare for mass protest, workplace action, student walkouts and occupations.

Don't let the corporations and the government censor the internet

17 December 2017
Government authorities in both the US and Britain are moving to restrict access to the internet, and it will be oppositional voices that lose out.

‘This is no time to retreat’ - an interview with Kim Moody

12 December 2017
Do workers still have power to fight the bosses—and if so, how can they use it? Author Kim Moody spoke to Charlie Kimber about his new book on the potential for resistance

Rich cheer Trump as he hands them a trillion in tax cuts

05 December 2017
Tax cuts worth £1.1 trillion were passed in the US Senate last Saturday—and the rich cheered

FBI inquiry into Russian involvement in US election piles pressure onto Donald Trump

31 October 2017
The pressure on racist, sexist US president Donald Trump was growing as Socialist Worker went to press on Tuesday.

Lies unravel about US military raid in Niger

25 October 2017
The lies peddled by the United States political and military elite about the deaths of soldiers in West Africa are falling apart - as Socialist Worker predicted