Alan Woods examines Donald Trump’s debut speech at the United Nations, in which the US President outlined his scattered thoughts on North Korea, Iran, and Venezuela, amongst other countries, revealing the ugly face of American imperialism for all to see.

Two hurricanes have hit the south east of the USA in the last two weeks. The total death toll has surpassed one hundred. Hundreds of thousands of households have lost everything. Hamid Alizadeh looks at these devastating weather events and the systematic factors behind why they have caused so much damage to the lives of ordinary Americans.

We publish here two articles by Arturo Rodríguez in Barcelona and one by Jorge Martin, who report on the latest events in the movement for Catalan independence and provide some background to the national question in Catalonia.