Contributers to this site are in a process of discussion and review of key issues facing today’s revolutionary movement. Published articles identified as “Discussion articles” do not necessarily reflect the agreed position of all participants.


Takaichi and Trump

Trump’s administration joins Japan in supporting the yen

Japan remains the largest foreign holder of US government debt, with more than $1 trillion in US Treasury securities. If Japan were forced to sell large quantities of Treasuries in order to finance repeated intervention to support the yen, this could put upward pressure on US Treasury yields and increase US borrowing costs. The United States therefore also has an interest in preventing a disorderly yen crisis.

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Image of trees, wheatfields and flats

Is economic growth ecologically sustainable? 

The debates around growth that are taking place currently among climate scientists and in the climate movement are an opportunity to do this and for socialists to deepen our understanding of the climate crisis and point a way forward.

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Women's protest in Brazil

Fascism & misogyny – how anti-feminism fuels the far right

In an era in which attacks on abortion rights for some is paired with barriers to parenthood for others; in which claims of ‘protecting women’ are cynically employed by the same actors who would roll back every feminist victory of the last century; in which mass deportations seem to go hand in hand with attacks on trans rights; it’s vital to unpick exactly why fascist ideology seems bound up with an anti-gender agenda.

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