What happened to Bernie Sanders?
It is easy to despair about Donald Trump’s America. The most reactionary president in modern US history has survived more than a year in office and maintains a significant base of support. Surrounded by a sea of far right and semi-fascist advisers, Trump pumps out vile tweets threatening n...CONTINUE READING
How do socialists take on gun fundamentalism?
“Enough is enough.” “The time for change is now.” “Never again.” These are some of the signs that have appeared at the protests that erupted since the school shooting in Parkland, Florida. Their gut-wrenching urgency shows how deeply this nightmare has affected American politics. But do wh...CONTINUE READING
Get Palestinian children out of military detention
“I had barely fallen asleep when I woke to find an armed Israeli soldier hovering over my bed. He told me to get up quickly and put on a jacket. Half asleep, I was handcuffed, thrown into an army jeep, and taken to be interrogated. They had already taken my 16-year-old cousin, Ahed, the ni...CONTINUE READING
How the global elite rips off the world
“The few at the top get richer and richer and the millions at the bottom are trapped in poverty wages.” That’s the verdict from Oxfam executive director Winnie Byanyima, based on a new report from the humanitarian group, which found that a staggering 82 percent of all wealth generated in 2...CONTINUE READING
Why Australia is an imperialist country
The recent announcement by the Turnbull government of plans to set aside nearly $4 billion for Australia’s arms manufacturers and turn the country into a top 10 global arms exporter has pushed Australian militarism back into the spotlight. Despite its limited population and evident lack of...CONTINUE READING
Capitalism is costing the Earth
Today’s environmental crisis is neatly summed up by New Yorker cartoonist Tom Toro. Three children and a man in a tattered suit are sitting around a small fire in a post-apocalyptic urban landscape. The man says to the children: “Yes, the planet got destroyed, but for a beautiful moment in...CONTINUE READING
The return of great power rivalry
Two documents published by the US government in the past two months spell it out loud and clear: the US is on the warpath against emerging big power rivals China and Russia. The National Security Strategy and National Defense Strategy, released in December and January respectively, reflect...CONTINUE READING
Trump accelerates attacks on immigrants
On top of US president Donald Trump’s blocking of immigrants from six majority-Muslim countries and his derision of countries in Africa, and Haiti and El Salvador as “shitholes”, his Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency is stepping up deportations of immigrant rights activists...CONTINUE READING