A U.S. Supreme Court decision last week has fundamentally changed the American political system, stopped lower court cases against former president Donald Trump, and raised the prospect that if he is reelected to a second term, he will have dictatorial powers. All of this as President Joe Biden, 81, seems to be declining physically and mentally and, since a calamitous debate performance, is falling in the polls. At the moment, things are grim.
After the Landslide: Resistance and Realignment
6 July 2024, by“The significant vote to Labour’s left shows there is potential for resistance to its moderate policies. We must support every struggle or resistance to the policies of this social-liberal government.”
Time for a new united left alliance to topple Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael
5 July 2024, by“To overcome their opposition and actually implement the ecosocialist change necessary to resolve the crises faced by people would require a left government basing itself on people-power mobilisation from below.”
When the accusation of antisemitism becomes a weapon in the hands of neofascism
4 July 2024, by“A very telling case in relation to all this is the announcement by Amichai Chikli, one of Netanyahu’s ministers and a member of his Likud Party, that the entire Israeli government rejoiced for the victory achieved by the Le Pen’s party in the first round of the French parliamentary elections last Sunday. ”
An election without electors in Iran
3 July 2024, byIn the Islamic Republic of Iran, elections are always held outside the ballot box. Admittedly, the accidental death of the President of the Republic, Ebrahim Raissi, triggered early elections, but above all it rekindled speculation about the succession of the Leader Ali Khamenei. But this does not change the nature of the regime.
The real power is in the hands of the Leader, those close to him and the Guardians of the Revolution. The Council of Guardians of the Constitution has validated (…)
Combating the major risk
2 July 2024, byThe far right is on the brink of an absolute majority following the first round of early parliamentary elections in France.
Against Macron and the far right, unity in the streets and in the ballot box
1 July 2024, byThe results of the European elections sounded like a thunderclap. The score of the far right, followed by Macron’s announcement of the dissolution of the National Assembly, made it vital for the whole left - the parties, the unions and all the organizations of the workers’ movement - to unite and mobilize to give a voice to the aspirations of the working classes.
