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With all the cards stacked against him, Donald Trump has won the US presidential election, tapping into a deep anti-establishment mood in society. A new and turbulent chapter in American history is about to be written, writes Alan Woods.
In his latest bid to become even more hated by young people, Starmer has hiked tuition fees to a record level. Labour is drowning students in debt to protect universities’ bottom-lines. We say: Down with this austerity government! Free education for all!
Today, all eyes are on the USA – the ‘belly of the beast’ of world capitalism – as millions of voters head to the polls. Neither Trump’s reactionary ‘populism’ nor Harris’ so-called ‘lesser-evil’ establishment politics offers any solution. America needs a revolution!
Kemi Badenoch has become the latest Tory leader, taking over a dysfunctional and degenerate Conservative Party that is lurching ever-further to the right. This is a recipe for intensifying political instability and sharpening class struggle.
Six days after flash floods left at least 214 people dead, the Spanish King and Prime Minister were pelted with mud and chased away by angry protesters. These unprecedented scenes were an expression of seething class rage.
This week on Communist Radio, Fiona Lali and Nelson Wan discuss why Labour’s recent budget won’t be able to paper over the cracks, and why world capitalism has been in crisis ever since the 2008 financial crash.
Security guards from the Natural History Museum have been on strike for a real living wage, and demand to be brought in house. Our correspondent from inside the museum reports on the strike, and the impact it is having on wider layers of workers.
Security guards at King’s College London are rising up against the super-exploitative conditions imposed on them by the university bosses. The Revolutionary Communists have been involved in this struggle from the beginning.
Chancellor Rachel Reeves announced her much-anticipated Budget today, promising to “restore economic stability” and “fix the foundations” of British capitalism. But with shocks raining down on the global economy, such hopes will soon turn to dust.
Having failed to destroy Hamas or return the hostages, Israel’s has embarked upon an open policy of ethnic cleansing in northern Gaza, where some 400,000 men, women, and children remain. The bloodletting will not cease until imperialism is overthrown.
Starmer recently blamed Russia for disrupting food aid to Gaza, and having no respect for international law. Meanwhile, Britain’s allies in Israel starve, bomb, and massacre tens of thousands, with Labour’s full support. Down with imperialist hypocrisy!
In the run-up to Revolution Festival, RCP branches are hard at work raising funds for the party, so we can successfully wage a struggle against imperialism. We appeal to all revolutionary workers and young people: help finance the class war!