Targeted raids by Immigration Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers in Los Angeles have sparked an inspiring spontaneous fightback over the weekend. Trump escalated the provocation by sending in the national guard. Workers organisations must mobilise to defend immigrant workers in deeds, not just words.

In preparation for the first congress of the Revolutionary Communist International, this special episode of Against the Stream, the weekly podcast of the RCI, covers the perspectives for the epoch of war, revolution and counter-revolution the world is now entering.

With the Ukraine war well into its third year, a Russian victory is inescapable. Trump is trying to secure a deal in order for US imperialism to withdraw, but the European leaders are desperately dragging out this bloody conflict, for their own cynical, imperialist ends.