This report was delivered by Eric London, a leading member of the Socialist Equality Party (US), to a meeting of the International Youth and Students for Social Equality (IYSSE) at Wayne State University in Detroit on March 6, 2025.
Trump directs US military to take control of much of US-Mexico border
A 60-foot strip along the land border will be handed over to the Pentagon, running from the Pacific Ocean to the Rio Grande.
Patrick Martin•
A dragnet of repression
Trump administration revokes student visas at Cal State Long Beach as part of fascistic crackdown on dissent
The Trump administration has launched a sweeping crackdown on international students across the United States.
Marc Wells•
Trump’s persecution of Mahmoud Khalil for “thought crimes” is the spearhead of dictatorship
The direct precedent for the Trump administration’s positions is the concept of Willensstrafrecht (“punishment of the will”), developed by the Nazi regime of Adolf Hitler.
Niles Niemuth•
In federal court, Trump administration refuses to return or acknowledge existence of Abrego Garcia
The position of the US government is that under the Alien Enemies Act the president can disappear people to a foreign gulag and then claim they are outside any judicial review.
Jacob Crosse•
Luke Galvin•
Jacob Crosse•
Joanne Laurier•
Johannes Stern•
Jacob Crosse•