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Iran and the US economy

20 March 2026 - by Michael Roberts

The Iran war rages on. Having failed to repeat his Venezuela option’’ ie decapitating the Iranian leaders and then getting Iran to surrender, US President Trump has been dragged into a long war. So far, he has opted for escalation, cajoled by (…)
Middle East Wars Are Still About Oil and Empire

17 March 2026 - by Gilbert Achcar

Gilbert Achcar explains how oil, US power, and regional rivalries have shaped decades of conflict in the Middle East — and why the confrontation with Iran fits a long imperial pattern. Why has the Middle East been so consistently wracked by (…)
Which BRICS bark at imperialism – and which are its running dogs?

16 March 2026 - by Patrick Bond

Three months before taking power in 1949, Mao Tse-tung wrote of the solidarity required for the Chinese people’s revolution, remarking that a “principal and fundamental experience” was to “unite in a common struggle with those nations of the (…)
In the time of predators The stakes of Trump’s imperialist intervention in Venezuela

11 March 2026 - by Franck Gaudichaud, Antoine Larrache, Héctor Rivera

The attack against Venezuela in early January and the abduction of Nicolás Maduro and Cilia Flores are part of the new U.S. strategy within the broader reorganization of the world and of inter-imperialist power relations. This aggressive strategy (…)
Western Hemisphere: A History of the United States Written by War

4 March 2026 - by Eric Toussaint

As the United States and Israel launched, starting on February 28, 2026, a new large-scale military aggression against Iran and Lebanon, while continuing the genocide in Gaza against the Palestinian people and the annexation of the West Bank, it (…)
Trump and the uninhibited imperialist domination of the Western Hemisphere

18 February 2026 - by Eric Toussaint

The publication of the National Security Strategy 2025 (NSS 2025), followed in January 2026 by the National Defence Strategy (NDS 2026), represents a major shift in the official formulation of US foreign policy. While the Monroe Doctrine has long (…)
Former Honduran narco-president Hernández pardoned, Maduro kidnapped: Trump’s cynicism

18 February 2026 - by Eric Toussaint

Between late November 2025 and early 2026, Donald Trump once again demonstrated the extent of his political and judicial cynicism. On 1 December 2025, he pardoned Juan Orlando Hernández, the former Honduran president sentenced to 45 years in (…)
China–United States: asymmetrical rivalry from a historical and internationalist perspective

6 February 2026 - by Eric Toussaint, Cyn Huang

Cyn Huang, a student at Berkeley (California) and active member of Democratic Socialists of America (DSA), where he co-chairs the Bread and Roses current, conducted an interview with Éric Toussaint. Cyn Huang: Can you explain the terms of the (…)
Kevin Warsh – Wall Street’s man

2 February 2026 - by Michael Roberts

Kevin Warsh, President Trump’s nominee to replace Jay Powell as Chair of the Federal Reserve next May, is the epitomy of a Wall Street, hedge fund insider. Educated at Stanford University and currently a fellow of its graduate school, he is also (…)
US economy: beneath the bombast

2 February 2026 - by Michael Roberts

Amid all the bombast and threats over Greenland in his Davos speech, US President Trump made a series of boasts about the success of the US economy, which was, of course, down to him. “Growth is exploding, productivity is surging, investment is (…)
The turning point : Minneapolis rises up, Trump falters!

29 January 2026 - by Yorgos Mitralias

As the tragic and shocking events in Minneapolis mean that the crisis in the United States under Trump now seems to be reaching both its peak and its point of no return, we must stop mincing our words in order to disguise the horrible reality of (…)
Trump, Europe and the international neo-fascist movement: from ideological support to political coordination

26 January 2026 - by Eric Toussaint

Abstract: Since Donald Trump’s return to the White House, US foreign policy towards Europe has undergone a significant transformation. During his first term, the Trump administration officially operated within the framework of the transatlantic (…)
Too big to fail? Will Trump force taxpayers to bail out AI tech companies?

21 January 2026 - by Fátima Martín

OpenAI is not trying to become “too big to fail” and is not seeking government backing for its debt, the startup’s chief executive, Sam Altman, said in an attempt to calm concerns about a possible public bailout by the Trump administration. (…)
Why Washington has made China its central strategic adversary?

19 January 2026 - by Eric Toussaint

For nearly three decades, China was seen by Washington as an essential economic partner from which it could benefit, destined to prosper within the US-dominated international capitalist order. This approach has been shattered. In the space of ten (…)
Trump in Greenland: old-fashioned colonialism and acceleration of the climate catastrophe!

18 January 2026 - by Yorgos Mitralias

Almost everyone is currently talking, and rightly so, about Trump’s clearly stated intention to occupy and annex Greenland “by hook or by crook.” However, no one has even mentioned what would be by far the most important and serious consequence (…)
Zohran Mamdani, or how to embody hope in these dark times!

13 January 2026 - by Yorgos Mitralias

But why, in these dark times, attach so much importance to what the new mayor of New York, Zohran Mamdani, says and does, while Trump bombs Venezuela and kidnaps Maduro and his wife? Or while Netanyahu and his Israel persist in exterminating the (…)
The new doctrine of US international policy under Trump, or neo-fascism at the helm of the world’s leading military power

11 January 2026 - by Eric Toussaint

The publication of the new US national security doctrine in early December 2025 marks a sharp break with the past due to its openly militaristic, authoritarian, and ideologically reactionary nature. Under the guise of strategic realism, the Trump (…)
CADTM strongly condemns the US aggression against Venezuela

3 January 2026 - by CADTM International

The CADTM International strongly condemns the United States’ aggression against Venezuela and will actively participate in demonstrations of solidarity with the Venezuelan people and for Venezuela’s sovereignty. CADTM International January (…)
Condemnation of U.S. Aggression Against Venezuela

20 December 2025 - by Conferência Internacional Antifascista- POA 2026

The First International Anti-Fascist Conference for the Sovereignty of Peoples’ Local Organizing Committee strongly condemns U.S. aggression against the Venezuelan people. This includes the closure of Venezuela’s airspace, the imposition of a (…)
German Chancellor Merz’s US ex-employer, BlackRock, will benefit most from ReArm Europe

19 December 2025 - by Fátima Martín

US giant BlackRock, the world’s largest asset manager and former employer of German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, is one of the major beneficiaries of the ReArm Europe program, the European Commission’s war policy. In fact, the North American (…)
Stagflation and the K-shaped economy

10 December 2025 - by Michael Roberts

The Financial Times points out that, on the campaign trail last year, Donald Trump vowed to “immediately bring prices down, starting on Day One”. Yet, since his return to the White House in January, inflation has remained elevated. As a result, (…)
Like South Africa, the BRICS suffer from Trump appeasement syndrome

1 December 2025 - by Patrick Bond

The U.S. now assumes leadership of the G20 until the Miami summit ends on December 15, 2026 – but not without having lost some crucial soft power. In the wake of Donald Trump’s farcical attacks on the host of last week’s G20 summit in (…)
Trump: Fortunes and misfortunes of a pyromaniac peacemaker!

27 November 2025 - by Yorgos Mitralias

The Trump-Mamdani meeting at the White House was not only “strange” and “surprising” given everything that had preceded it. Above all, it was highly instructive for the future of both protagonists. And the first lesson is that Mamdani clearly (…)
Towards the inevitable clash to the death between Trump and Mamdani!

12 November 2025 - by Yorgos Mitralias

Young, intelligent, talented, energetic, handsome, charismatic, a very good speaker, a hard worker, a skilled communicator, and so on. The media in our countries are not wrong when they attribute all these virtues to Zohran Mamdani. Zohran is all (…)
Mayor Mamdani’s Budget Can Add Up

11 November 2025 - by Nathan Gusdorf

New York’s incoming socialist mayor faces real fiscal constraints — but also real opportunities. With a strong tax base, modest reforms, and a clear political mandate, Zohran Mamdani has the tools to govern. Zohran Mamdani is just weeks away (…)