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Growing Convergence of the Anti-Trump movement in the US

Kay Mann — 2026-03-13T15:41:00Z

The upcoming mass No Kings! demonstrations planned for March 28 and ambitious plans for May Day mobilizations point to the growing convergence of anti-Trump forces. This convergence takes place against the backdrop of Trumps' destructive assault on democratic rights in the US and the sovereignty of nations abroad, most recently his reckless aerial attack on Iran, and plummeting approval ratings in the polls.

- IVP614 - March 2026 / United States (USA), Protest movements

Resisting Trump's Assault on Democratic Rights and the Sovereignty of Nations

Kay Mann — 2026-01-22T11:02:08Z

“The efforts to defend immigrants from ICE raids have all the markings of an authentic nascent social movement. ”

- IVP612 - January 2026 / United States (USA), Migration

Mamdani's Victory: what way forward to build the US socialist movement?

Kay Mann — 2025-11-29T06:30:30Z

Zohran Mamdani's victory in the New York city mayoral elections has energized the left, enraged Trump (who seems to be trying to coopt him after denouncing him as a “communist” and threatening to cut off federal funding to New York), and stimulated debate on the left regarding independent political action and the use of the Democratic party ballot line.

- IVP610 - November 2025 / United States (USA)

Class, Race, and Gender in the 2024 elections

Kay Mann — 2025-03-20T11:40:39Z

Kamala Harris' loss to Donald Trump in the 2024 presidential elections was due in large part to declining support for the Democratic candidate from union members, African Americans, and Latino/a s suggesting a decline in class consciousness, working class solidarity, and the strengthening of masculinist and white racial identities. These are shocking not only because of Trump's hostility to unions, working class problems, and his overt racism and sexism, but because these groups have long been part of the Democratic party voting bloc.

- IVP602 - March 2025 / United States (USA), Women, LGBT, Racism and Islamophobia

Trumps' first days in power: Is the US heading toward fascism?

Kay Mann — 2025-02-15T09:36:00Z

Trump's narrow victory in the popular vote in the November 2024 US presidential elections has given rise to speculation that the US is headed towards authoritarianism and even fascism. While a full discussion and definition of fascism is beyond the scope of this article, and the Trump presidency at this writing is only one week old, a flurry of presidential decrees issued within the first few days give an indication of what can be expected.

- IVP601- February 2025 / United States (USA)

US Presidential Candidates offer little to the 99%

Kay Mann — 2024-09-10T08:41:00Z

The US presidential election has been upended this summer by a series of dramatic events that reversed the electoral fortunes of the Democratic and Republican parties while left-wing third-party candidates such as Green Party USA Ecosocialist candidate Jill Stein and radical intellectual Cornell West fight for ballot access in many states.

- IV596-September 2024 / United States (USA)

Reactionary uprising against the Parliament

Kay Mann — 2021-01-08T13:35:10Z

“Trump found that government control does not give absolute control over the levers of the state.”

- Debate / United States (USA), Debate section

US Presidential Elections: Requiem for a threatened coup d'état

Kay Mann — 2020-11-05T08:37:32Z

Vote-counting in the US presidential elections is not yet over although Biden seems to be close to victory. A view from the US. [IVP]

- IV550 - November 2020 / United States (USA)

Class and Race Inequality, Health, and COVID-19

Kay Mann — 2020-04-15T08:01:06Z

The demographic data collected and reported in the media for sickness and mortality rates due to COVID-19 has focused on age and to a certain extent gender. While mass hardship from unemployment has been widely reported, we have heard little about sickness or mortality rates by class or race for the coronavirus. There is nonetheless, clear evidence that class and race, and health and disease in general are closely linked. It is very likely therefore that sickness, recovery, and mortality rates for the Coronavirus pandemic will closely mirror class divides within countries and between rich and poor countries. Individual and household incomes, which reflects the class structure in a general way will be a key factor in how different classes experience the pandemic and its aftermath. Workers and the poor and people of color will likely suffer at greater rates than more privileged class and racial groups.

- IV543 - April 2020 / United States (USA), Covid-19 Pandemic

Epidemics, working-class self-organization and socialism

Kay Mann — 2020-03-29T07:17:22Z

The COVD-19 pandemic and the attendant economic crisis raise big-picture questions of great importance to socialists. Disasters, natural, human-made or a combination of both, such as wars, famines, economic depressions and epidemics, often trigger great political and social crises affecting all areas of life. This brief article offers reflections on the ways that crises have raised the question of the relationship between self-organization and socialism.

- IV542 - March 2020 / United States (USA), Covid-19 Pandemic