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Weaponizing the dollar: Trump’s tariff tactics as economic warfare

February 3, 2025 Gary Wilson
On Feb. 1, President Donald Trump imposed sweeping tariffs on imports from Mexico, Canada, and China, signaling the start of a potential global trade war. Dubbed “Tariffs to Protect Americans,” the policy sets a 25% […]
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‘First they came’: Migrants, trans people are first targets of Trump’s fascist rule

February 1, 2025 Melinda Butterfield
Jan. 31 – The first 12 days of the new Trump administration have seen an avalanche of attacks on the working class and oppressed peoples of the United States and the whole world. Federal workers, […]
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Trump blames workers as military operations lead to deadly Reagan Airport crash

January 31, 2025 Gary Wilson
A catastrophic mid-air collision on Jan. 29 sent a commercial jet and a military helicopter crashing into the Potomac River, killing all 67 people on the jet and in the helicopter. The disaster is now […]
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Nazi billionaires: Fascism in the Elon Musk family tree

January 26, 2025 Lev Koufax
It’s not a secret that Elon Musk embraces fascist and reactionary political movements. He makes no attempt to hide his political leanings. Musk’s support not just for Trump, but also for the German neo-Nazi party, […]
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Like David Duke before him, Trump’s goal is to reverse hard-won rights

January 24, 2025 Sam Marcy
Following is a piece by U.S. Marxist leader Sam Marcy on the 1991 gubernatorial campaign of neo-Nazi David Duke in Louisiana. We have already re-published Marcy’s “Message to the workers of Louisiana” and argued that […]
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U.S. Senate votes unanimously to confirm warmonger Rubio

January 23, 2025 Stephen Millies
On the same day that Donald Trump was inaugurated as a wannabe dictator, every U.S. senator voted to confirm Florida Sen. Marco Rubio as Secretary of State. There wasn’t a single no vote. Rubio is […]
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Thousands protest Trump’s coronation, vow to fight billionaire oligarchy

January 23, 2025 Jace Carter
Washington, D.C., Jan. 20 – Despite below-freezing temperatures and strong winds, a thousand or more people took to the streets today during President Donald Trump’s inauguration to demonstrate that the movement for Palestine and for […]
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Baltimore rallies for sanitation workers and against genocide

January 23, 2025 Penny Pinotti
The chill of winter and impending rain showers did not faze the Baltimore community as roughly 60 people gathered for a rally and march to commemorate Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on Jan. 18, 2025. […]
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Stop funding wars, start funding climate action

January 22, 2025 Scott Scheffer
Unprecedented twin infernos have devastated Los Angeles, with Pacific Palisades and Altadena bearing the brunt. The blazes – the city’s most destructive ever – have claimed 27 lives, left dozens missing, and turned 12,000 homes […]
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Racism and exploitation: Incarcerated firefighters and a burning city

January 22, 2025 Lev Koufax
The State of California boasts one of the highest minimum wages in the country at $16.50 an hour unless you’re a prisoner. The reality of pay beneath minimum wage is no different for the hundreds […]