Earlier this year, a parliamentary e-petition calling to ‘block Donald J Trump from UK entry’ gathered more than 580,000 signatories, triggering a debate in Parliament. But to fight Trump’s reactionary ideas and understand his impact, it is important to explain where his support comes from: the fears of workers in an epoch of crises.

In the second part of his analysis of the US elections, John Peterson of Socialist Appeal USA examines the role of identity politics in the Democratic candidates’ campaigns, and outlines the perspectives for the movement of the American working class.

Mass enthusiasm and interest in the Bernie Sanders campaign has swept the entire planet. The political pendulum, which had swung so far to the right, is beginning to swing dramatically in the opposite direction, reflecting the deep-seated discontent that has been slowly but surely percolating beneath the surface.