By Harper Cleves, Socialist Party Ireland. 31 March 2025 Trump’s resounding victory in the 2024 election was a huge blow to millions living in the United States and around the world. From promises of deporting ‘one million immigrants,’ to spending tens of millions of dollars in the final weeks of the election campaign on ads […]
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By Alternativa Socialista, PRMI in Mexico. 24 March 2025 Trump’s accession to the US presidency poses a threat to Latin America. And it breeds new dangers in a world plagued by war, climate change, the rise of the far right and the economic crisis. The increase in tariffs on Mexican products, despite the rhetoric of
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Daniel Green, PRMI in US. 17 March 2025 All across the United States of America, working class people of all political stripes have reached an unprecedented unity in support of the Robin Hood-like character of suspected assassin Luigi Mangione, accused of shooting UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. Luigi, who suffered from chronic pain and whose mother
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Editorial from the latest issue of The Socialist, Ireland. 14 March 2025 As we go to print, Mahmoud Khalil, a key organiser of the Palestine solidarity encampment in Columbia University in New York City, has been arrested and is being threatened with deportation from the United States. This is despite possessing a Green Card, giving
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By James McCabe, Socialist Party Ireland 14 March 2025 “We’re done catering to Wall Street; we’ll commit to the working man”. JD Vance uttered these words in his first speech as Trump’s vice-presidential candidate in July 2024. Fast forward six months, as Vance’s motorcade pulled up to the 10,000 square foot home of his billionaire
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By PRMI reporters in Brazil, 23 January 2025 This article can also be accessed in Portuguese here 2024 was an apprehensive and discouraging year for left-wing and progressive people in Brazil. In the midst of so many crises, such as the environmental one, and the urgent need for social transformation, the conservatives and the right
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By Donal Devlin Socialist Party Ireland, first published 19 January 2025 Two related stories featured in the news in the weeks before arch-climate change denier Donald Trump was sworn in to serve his second term as US President: 1. In 2024, the global average temperature crossed a crucial barrier, exceeding 1.5C above pre-industrial
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By Christian from Mexico Published 9 January 2025 This is the transcript of the introduction by Christian to the discussion on the global situation held during the meeting of the PRMI on 14 December 2024. It has been slightly edited for stylistic reasons. All facts in this period are an expression of the change in
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by Marco de Laforcade (Boston) and Aron Schall (New York) The 2024 U.S. Presidential elections produced shocking results for millions of workers around the country. Not only did Trump win another presidential election, but did so in a landslide victory, sweeping every swing state and delivering Republican majorities in both chambers of Congress. While poll
Harper Cleves 23 October 2024 Ears bandaged in a Van Gogh-esque homage to Trump’s injury in a summer assassination attempt; attendees of the Democratic National Convention (DNC) decked out in white as a nod to the suffragettes; live streamed debates where the moderator has to clarify in real time that “murdering infants is illegal in
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