
Donald Trump has taken another step on the path towards a trade war, announcing large tariffs on Chinese goods. The US President’s latest measures reflect the fears amongst the American capitalists towards Chinese competition.

The Good Friday Agreement was signed two decades ago, ending years of sectarian violence. But now the treaty is being trampled under foot by the narrow interests of cynical politicians on all sides.

The technology may have changed, Daniel Morley writes, but the dodgy practices used by Cambridge Analytica to influence political opinion are no different from those employed daily by the entire capitalist establishment and its liberal mouthpieces.