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The real victims of “national security” secrets are the American people, who are denied knowledge of the crimes committed by the American government.
Patrick Martin•
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez pledges to “put aside” differences with Democratic leadership after Republican concessions to far right
In the first days of 2023, the reactionary and repulsive dynamic of American capitalist politics has been on full display. The Democratic Socialists of America and its congressional representatives play a critical role in this right-wing process.
Eric London•
On second anniversary of Trump’s failed coup
Republicans elect House Speaker on 15th ballot, Biden praises police and “patriotic” Republicans
In the aftermath of the November midterm elections, media pundits proclaimed a “victory for democracy” and “return to normalcy” in American politics. The events of Friday, however, the second anniversary of the January 6, 2021 storming of the Capitol by a fascist mob incited by the sitting president, have well and truly exploded all such fantasies.
Barry Grey•
Two years on, the January 6 coup continues
Two years after former president Trump and his Republican allies tried to overturn the Constitution, the aspiring dictator and the social and political forces that supported him remain free and are openly plotting their next coup.
Jacob Crosse, Joseph Kishore•
Patrick Martin•
Jacob Crosse•
Dominic Gustavo•
Fred Mazelis•
Barry Grey•
Trump “hush money” cover-up trial opens in Manhattan
The trial may shed light on the corrupt methods of Trump and bourgeois politics as a whole, but it does not address his real crimes.
Patrick Martin•
The hush money trial of Donald Trump and the crisis of class rule in America
The opening of the trial marks a new stage in an intense crisis at the highest levels of the American state that has been building for 50 years. This August will mark the 50th anniversary of the resignation of Richard Nixon in 1974 as a result of the crisis stemming from his campaign’s break-in at the Watergate headquarters of the Democratic National Committee.
World Socialist Web Site Editorial Board•
Soldiers’ testimony at House hearing on January 6 belies attempts to whitewash military role in Trump coup attempt
In an explosive hearing, four former senior soldiers in the D.C. National Guard, none of whom were formally interviewed by the January 6 House Select Committee, accused US Army Generals Walter Piatt and Charles Flynn, and senior civilian Pentagon officials, of blocking them from protecting Congress as it was being overrun by Trump radicals.
Jacob Crosse•
Civil War without politics or social context
Alex Garland’s film provides violent images of a civil war in America, divorced from any examination of the social forces that would produce such a conflict.
Jacob Crosse, Patrick Martin•
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Patrick Martin•
Jacob Crosse•
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