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Donald Trump in his second term is a president like no other American chief executive. Dominating the Republican Party that controls Congress and with a compliant Supreme Court, he has as he promised unleashed political and economic chaos, shattering
As we go to print, we have learned of the U.S. attack on Venezuela, the seizing of Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, and Trump’s declaration that the U.S. will “run” Venezuela. New Politics unequivocally condemns this operation. We
Donald Trump is president, again. We will need to organize across sectors to resist the coming attacks on working people, immigrants, the LGBTQ community, and what he calls “the enemy within.” The Left is, of course, that “enemy.” Trump will
For months now we, like many people around the world, have been horrified and infuriated by Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza and the U.S. government’s support for it. Many in American society have condemned the Biden administration for its refusal
We are living in awful, yet hopeful, times. As we go to press, several wars are raging. One of them, Israel’s ferocious assault on Gaza and its systematic, genocidal massacre of Palestinians, is exacting a greater civilian toll than any
New Politics editors survey the current political landscape and introduces articles in the Summer 2023 issue.
New Politics editors provide an analysis of the political situations today and discuss contents in this issue.
We think readers of New Politics may want to know about (and participate in) the inaugural Historical Materialism East Asia conference (online).
In our last issue we noted that while we were greatly relieved that Trump was gone, we also recognized “any progress under Biden will be the result of militant pressure from mass social movements, including organized labor.”
As we are putting together this issue of New Politics, the United States is experiencing one of the greatest crises in its history. The country has lost more than 300,000 people to the coronavirus pandemic, which continues to run rampant.
Even though it is only half over, 2020 has already proved to be one of the most tumultuous—and inspiring—years in recent political history. It has been a year of dramatic swings backwards and forwards, with hope giving way to despair,
We have been slimed. An article by Ben Norton and Max Blumenthal on the recent Socialism 2019 Conference — which appears on their rancid website, The GrayZone, and is apparently being widely circulated — is a scurrilous attack not only
Former New Politics board member Gertrude Ezorsky died on April 19, 2019, at the age of 92. The New Politics board mourns her passing and offers some links to help us remember her.
Andrew Wengrad and Nanette Funk, “Gertrude Ezorsky,” New Politics
Andrew Wengrad and Nanette Funk, “Gertrude Ezorsky,” New Politics
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