US election night has come and gone, but there are no clear results. Trump has all but declared victory, while Biden has called for patience. The general picture is one of deep polarisation, with bourgeois democracy in an utter mess.
The oppression of the Uyghurs by the Chinese regime is real. But Western imperialism’s condemnation is a cynical attempt to put pressure on Beijing. Sanctions will not alleviate the plight of the Uyghurs – only class struggle will.
In a landslide election result New Zealand’s Labour party has won an absolute majority, showing a dramatic shift to the left. However, the programme promises very little and its limits will be exposed by the coming economic tsunami.
The official global death toll from the coronavirus crisis has now exceeded one million. The blame for this lies with the capitalist system and its reckless political representatives, who have consistently put profits before lives.
Alan Woods – editor of In Defence of Marxism – comments on the situation in the USA, where it was announced last week that President Donald Trump has contracted COVID-19, amidst a farcical presidential election and the greatest crisis in the history of US capitalism.
We are living through a turning point in history with no parallel. The entire system is in crisis and consciousness of developing in leaps and bounds across the world. Our urgent task is the building of a revolutionary organisation.
Julian Assange’s extradition hearing resumed earlier this month. Every trick in the book is being used in order to crush and silence the whistleblower – all on the part of US imperialism. Socialists must defend Assange and the right to free speech.
Elections are approaching in the USA, and voters are faced with the dire ‘choice’ of Trump or Biden. Neither will serve the interests of the working class. Workers must mobilise to kick out Trump and kick out capitalism!
John Hume – founding member of the SDLP in the North of Ireland, and key architect of the Good Friday Agreement – died recently, on 3 August. The establishment has been full of posthumous praise. But his lasting legacy has not benefited the working class.
In this recent talk by Fightback, the Canadian section of the IMT, comrade Adam Zeineddine discusses the way forward for the Lebanese revolution.
President Trump has attempted to whip up panic around the Black Lives Matter protests, in order to portray himself as the ‘law and order’ candidate in the upcoming elections. But this desperate move is a sign of weakness, not strength.
The explosion in Beirut last week has caused an explosion of rage and struggle, as the Lebanese masses take to the streets once again. We say: trust nobody but your own forces! Workers of Lebanon, overthrow the whole rotten system!