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Trump ignored by other leaders at G7 Summit

Despite a string of top-level summits, still no end to multiple crises

Walter Chambers S.A. Russia 7 July, 2026

While signing the agreement with Iran, Trump claimed to have prevented a global depression by avoiding a long-drawn out war. Undoubtedly, if the war which Trump and Netanyahu initiated had escalated, the higher prices for oil, gas, fertilisers and other crucial products that transit the Strait of Hormuz would have done serious damage to the economy. But even now, Trump has succeeded in pushing the world to the edge of a new crisis.

SpaceX IPO, and the AI boom – will the bubble burst?

Michael O Brien Solidarity, Ireland 7 July, 2026

The hype, coupled with the anaemic performance of other parts of the economy, has made SpaceX and AI in general a magnet for speculative investment. Without SpaceX and the AI sector, US stock markets would already be in decline. This also partly explains the support for SpaceX from the Trump regime, which is relying on these stock market increases to maintain an illusion of prosperity – at a time when hundreds of millions of ordinary people in the US are feeling an acute cost-of-living crisis.

“Get Out!” Fear and division in the Rainbow Nation.

Ikhwezi_Labantu South Africa 1 July, 2026

Elites and their political puppets prefer to scapegoat vulnerable Africans, because by doing so, they are able to divert attention from the fact that they are causing this crisis through theft and incompetence. They are bleeding the state’s coffers dry instead of investing in infrastructure and services that will actually ensure a better life for all who live in South Africa.

Elon Musk – a trillion and one reasons to be a socialist

Manus Lenihan Solidarity Ireland 26 June, 2026

This is a double obscenity: first, that one person can amass so much wealth, and second, that this one person is Elon Musk. The truth about capitalism is now more stark and obvious than ever. One myth after another falls apart in the light of the rise of this raving fascist grifter to the position of richest human in all of history.

US Empire humiliated as Iran war comes to an end

Peter O Shea Solidarity Ireland 26 June, 2026

From the viewpoint of international capitalism, it will take months for energy supplies to return to ‘normality’. The Chief Executive of Shell, Wael Sawan has stated: “You would require, we think, close to a year, if not longer, to be able to find equilibrium again.” And that is assuming the truce holds.

Albanian protesters hold up placard with a pink flamingo

Flamingo Revolution in Albania: Mass protests take on Trump Family Inc

Finn McKenna Solidarity Ireland 26 June, 2026

This vast real estate project is extremely destructive to Albania’s biodiversity. The patriarchal head of the dynasty, Donald Trump himself, has clearly demonstrated his contempt for the natural world – epitomised in his sloganeering “Drill Baby Drill” and his and the Israeli regime’s ecocide in Gaza.

Election candidates in Peru and Colombia

Peru and Colombia: Advance of the Far Right or Political Impasse in the Region?

Latin American Bureau 25 June, 2026

These examples contradict the analysis of an irrefutable triumph disseminated by the regional right and some media outlets. On the contrary, both examples show that this triumph is more apparent than real. Donald Trump’s blatant support is not only an open intervention to favor the right, but also a sign of its weakness, making it clear that it is incapable of winning on its own.

Bolivia, new mobilizations against right-wing attacks

Christian Tello Alternativa Socialista - Mexico 27 May, 2026

Protests in Bolivia have intensified in recent weeks due to a combination of economic crisis, privatizations of the agricultural sector, economic concessions to US imperialism, fuel shortages, inflation, and political tensions between the government of Rodrigo Paz, the Movement for Socialism (MAS), and the main labor and peasant organizations.

Iranians suffer between the bombs of the imperialists and bullets of the tyrants

Walter Chambers S.A. Russia 9 April, 2026

This war was never about creating the conditions in which ordinary Iranians could organise, overthrow the dictatorship and establish a democratic society. Its real aims were to strengthen the control of US imperialism and Israel over the region, including to gain control of the oil and gas supplies, while the Iranian regime was determined to protect its dictatorship. It is further proof, if any was needed, of why a powerful internationalist anti-imperialist movement should be built based on a clear working-class political alternative to the capitalist system combined with the real material and political solidarity with those fighting the regime in Iran and elsewhere.

Palestinian women protest in Gaza city during First Intifada

Review: “The Palestinian Left and its Decline” by Francesco Saverio Leopardi published in 2020.

Walter Chambers S.A. Russia 6 February, 2026

In 1969 the PFLP declared it was a “Marxist-Leninist” organisation – a term universally used by Maoist organisations. Lenin’s united workers front strategy was replaced by Mao’s popular frontism; his class-based approach to the national question was overturned by prioritising the national conflict over class struggle; his international workers’ solidarity was replaced by alliances with the ruling elites of ‘friendly countries’; and Lenin’s “arming the working class” during a working-class led political revolution was replaced by “guerrilla struggle” aimed at igniting a mass based popular war.

Big banner saying "Greenland not for sale" in 2 languages

“Kalaallit Nunaat, Kalaallit pigaat” – Greenland belongs to the Greenlanders

Lenn Viken Socialist Party, Ireland 6 February, 2026

Thus, if we, as a movement, are serious about anti-imperialism, anti-capitalism and socialist feminism, we need to centre Indigenous voices and support the Kalaallit in how they decide to organise their own movement toward decolonisation. We have to stop speaking about this as a geopolitical conflict between Denmark and the US and start speaking about it as a continuation of the long history of annexation of Indigenous land by Western superpowers

On ‘left alliances’ – the opposition, cooperation, and the next government

Eddie McCabe Socialist Party, Ireland 6 February, 2026

This is why we want to see a genuinely left government – one based on a mass anti-capitalist and socialist movement in society, that fights for democratic public ownership of the key wealth and resources of society, and a radical transformation of the economy to meet people’s needs. It isn’t a question of left-wing ‘purity’, but what’s practically necessary. Because that’s the only kind of government that can possibly deal with the multiple chronic crises we face, all of which are only going to become more acute as the capitalist world continues to devour itself in the coming years.