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.