Joe Biden
Why is Biden Escalating Tensions Between the U.S. and Russia?
Heightening tensions between Russia and the United States were on full display last week after a diplomatic row between the two countries. Like previous administrations, the Biden administration has quickly shown that it is unwilling to back down from U.S. imperialism’s aggressiveness.
Samuel Karlin
March 29, 2021The U.S.-China Summit: Containing China Is a Bipartisan Affair
The first Biden-era meeting of U.S. and Chinese government officials was marked by political theater. But the summit demonstrated that Biden, with his hostile policy towards China, has more in common with his predecessor than he would like to admit.
Claudia Cinatti
March 25, 2021Biden’s Stimulus: A Real Anti-Poverty Bill or Just Capitalism Trying to Hold On?
Joe Biden and the Democrats have passed one of the largest spending bills in history. Many are hailing this as the anti-poverty bill of our generation, but the truth is more complicated.
Sybil Davis
March 13, 2021Biden Extends Executive Order Deeming Venezuela a Threat to U.S. Security
On Wednesday, Biden renewed an Obama-era executive order from 2015 which considers Venezuela an “unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign policy of the United States” in addition to maintaining the “maximum pressure” economic sanctions imposed by Donald Trump.
La Izquierda Diario Venezuela
March 4, 2021“Do You Miss Me Yet?”: CPAC Shows that Trumpism Is Here to Stay
Last weekend’s Trump-centered CPAC demonstrated that Biden’s project to “return to normal” is doomed to fail. Trumpism, far from having been defeated in November, is here to stay.
Otto Fors
March 2, 2021Democrats Never Cared About Minimum Wage
Last night, the Senate Parliamentarian ruled that a $15 minimum wage cannot be passed with a simple majority. Democrats have said that they will not challenge her ruling, making it clear that they will always prioritize the interests of big business over workers.
Olivia Wood
February 26, 2021So Much for the “Lesser Evil”: Biden Bombs Syria
In his first military action since inauguration, Joe Biden launched a series of airstrikes against Syria, signaling a renewed imperialist offensive in the region. With the power of the united working class, we must demand an end to imperialist aggression and sanctions in Syria, Iran, and the Middle East.
Samuel Karlin
February 26, 2021Detention Centers for Migrant Children Aren’t Summer Camp, They Are Concentration Camps
The Biden administration and the capitalist media are describing the detention camps for migrant children like summer camp. It's indicative of exactly what the Democratic Party is: brutality and repression dressed up with butterflies and rainbows.
Tatiana Cozzarelli
February 24, 2021The “Lesser Evil” Is Here, and Kids Are Still in Cages
The Biden administration’s promises of a softened stance on immigration are proving hollow, as the Department of Health and Human Services reopens a formerly shuttered detention camp for unaccompanied migrant children
B.C. Daurelle
February 24, 2021The Democrats Attempt to Buy Harriet Tubman’s Legacy with 20-Dollar Bills
Biden and the Democrats want to put Harriet Tubman on the 20-dollar bill. It’s a way to cover up that they’re champions of the white-supremacist cops and the capitalist system they protect. Harriet Tubman's abolitionist legacy cannot be bought or sold.
Jason Koslowski
February 24, 2021