The screaming about “tax grabs”, “death taxes”, “class war” and “communism” from the sorry brigade of start-up shysters, investors, small businesses, big capitalists, right-wing journos and politicians is an absolute festival of reaction.
The line being spun by New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani’s team is that his abject display of bootlicking in the White House was a strategic masterstroke that has put Trump on the backfoot. Yet Mamdani achieved not a single concession, not a single win.
Anti-sexists have a responsibility to stand up for a world in which human interactions are first and foremost about equality and mutual respect, not degradation and dehumanisation.
While a left critique of modern identity politics and its effects is necessary, it should in no way prevent us from opposing Trump’s attacks and from recognising their much broader implications.
