Trump’s victory and the debacle of American democracy
Such is the level of political crisis in the United States that it has elevated an obscene charlatan and billionaire demagogue to the highest office in the land.
Joseph Kishore•
The 2016 US Elections
Race, class and the election of Trump
The lack of enthusiasm for Clinton was fundamentally a class response to a crony of Wall Street with a record of militarism and corruption.
Barry Grey•
Obama's legacy of war, repression and inequality
For Obama and the privileged social layers that surround the Democratic Party, a legacy can be crafted with honeyed phrases and clever marketing. Millions of people, however, will judge the administration by its actions.
Joseph Kishore•
After the election of Trump: The realignment of US politics
The Democratic Party leadership is moving very rapidly to align itself with Trump, based on a program of economic nationalism and trade war.
Patrick Martin•
Joseph Kishore, David North•
Patrick Martin•
Andre Damon•
The predictable and pathetic end of Sanders’ “political revolution”
The Sanders campaign has provided a major political lesson to millions of young people and workers attracted to his call for a “political revolution” against the “billionaire class.”
Patrick Martin•
Sanders and the left feint in capitalist politics
Sanders is not the representative of a working class movement. He is rather the temporary beneficiary of a rising tide of popular opposition that is passing through only its initial stages of social and class differentiation.
Patrick Martin•
Bernie Sanders, the Democratic Party and socialism
Sanders proposes nothing that is genuinely socialist, combining a series of modest reform proposals with a defense of capitalism and support for imperialist war.
Joseph Kishore•
Sanders in the Democratic debate: A “political revolution” that stops at the water’s edge
The attitude taken by the candidates toward the questions of war and US imperialism’s role in the world is the touchstone for understanding the real character of their politics.
Bill Van Auken•
Patrick Martin•
Tom Hall, Barry Grey•
Tom Hall•
Tom Hall•
Barry Grey•
The election of Donald Trump: The political issues facing workers and youth
The Socialist Equality Party and the International Youth and Students for Social Equality are holding meetings throughout the country on the origins and implications of the US elections.
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Socialism vs Capitalism and War conference
SEP candidate for West Virginia House of Delegates Naomi Spencer speaks on the social crisis in Appalachia
Spencer reviewed the experience of her campaign in one of the poorest areas of the country, which has been devastated by mass unemployment, the drug and suicide epidemic and government indifference.
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Socialism vs Capitalism and War conference
SEP’s vice presidential candidate Niles Niemuth reviews lessons of the Sanders campaign
Niemuth called on young people and workers who backed Sanders to join the SEP and fight to build a genuine socialist movement against social inequality and war.
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SEP candidate Jerry White on Trump's election victory
Millions of workers and young people are shocked and outraged at the election of Donald Trump. How is it possible that this billionaire demagogue and reality TV star, who personifies everything that is rotten and backward, will occupy the highest elected office in the country?
Jerry White•
Patrick Martin•
our reporters•
Andre Damon•
Andre Damon•
Joseph Kishore, David North•
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