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Trump’s administration joins Japan in supporting the yen

Iri - Japan 24 August, 2026

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.

Is economic growth ecologically sustainable?

Conor Payne Socialist Party, Ireland 24 August, 2026

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.

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

Harper Cleves - Solidarity Ireland 24 August, 2026

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.

Map of horrific temperatures across Europe

Europe’s scorching heatwave – capitalist climate crisis intensifies

Jake O Brien - Solidarity Ireland 24 August, 2026

These are the frightening results of a world ruled by capitalism, a system hellbent on growth for growth’s sake regardless of the consequences.

Placard on a demonstration reading "No Kings, No ICE"

Trumpism and the crisis of the revolutionary left

Eli - United States 24 July, 2026

In conjunction with Trump’s historical unpopularity, the increased interest in socialism during Trump’s first term was also driven by a broad feeling among workers that the Democrats were failing to fight Trump. This, of course, was true. While the Democrats rhetorically opposed Trump, they continued to largely vote in favor of his agenda.

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.

The system’s moral panic and the struggle for queer liberation

Conor Tormey Solidarity Ireland 7 July, 2026

While the far-right and capitalist governments globally have made attacking trans rights a key aspect of their agenda under the guise of protecting women and femininity, this is also combined with a moral panic about falling birth rates resulting in increases in ‘pronatalism’, and attacks on abortion rights.

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.

Fisherman Gabriel Barreto stands on the shore of the Magdalena river, the longest and most important river in Colombia,

El Niño adds fuel to the fire of climate catastrophe

Isidora Duran Solidarity Ireland 26 June, 2026

The World Meteorological Organisation is warning that a rare Super ‘El Niño’ is on its way – spelling floods, mudslides, droughts, crop failures, wildfires, skyrocketing temperatures and general climate volatility. There is an 80% chance for almost every part of the globe to reach above-average temperatures in June and July, and a 90% chance that the impacts of El Niño will be felt all the way into November, and potentially beyond.

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.