Republican Party
Super Tuesday Confirms Trump, Biden Faceoff in November
As predicted, Biden and Trump won big on Super Tuesday, all but guaranteeing their nominations. However, even these primary results show a presidential campaign marked with contradictions.
Tristan Taylor
March 7, 2024The Organic Crisis in 2024: This Year’s Election Is a Battle for the Hearts and Minds of U.S. Workers
The battle between Trump and Biden is being shaped by a crisis of the political regime, requiring the intervention of both the judiciary and the union bureaucracy. The battle for the presidency is a battle for the working class and a battle over which approach to imperialism is best for competing with China and reestablishing US hegemony. As usual, the Democrats are taking up the cudgel of democratic rights in order to rally disaffected voters.
Sybil Davis
February 23, 2024New Hampshire Shows Trumpism Hasn’t Been Stopped as the Crisis that Created It Rages On
Donald Trump cruised to a victory in the New Hampshire primary. His strength in the primaries shows that Biden wasn’t able to resolve the crisis that gave birth to Trumpism.
Sybil Davis
January 28, 2024Capitalist Disagreements Over Immigration Erupt in Eagle Pass, Texas
A dispute over federal immigration policy has erupted, with 26 governors openly challenging the Supreme Court. This is part of a broader crisis of stability for the U.S. state and shows the power of the Far Right.
Samuel Karlin
January 26, 2024Iowa Shows Trump’s Strength, but Biden Is Not the Answer
Trump predictably sailed to victory in the Iowa Caucuses. Biden will position himself as the lesser evil, but the only way out is the self-organization of the working class.
Sybil Davis
January 16, 2024Texas Governor Greg Abbott Declares Open Season on Immigrants
Governor Greg Abott's new law will make crossing the Texas border even more difficult and dangerous for immigrants.
Daniel Nath
January 8, 2024The House Has a New Trumpist Speaker, but the Republican Civil War Isn’t Over
Mike Johnson, a strong social conservative and Trumpist, has been elected Speaker of the House, bringing to an end the chaos that erupted after Kevin McCarthy’s downfall. Johnson is but a bandage on the deeper crises of the Republican Party and the larger crises of the regime.
Sybil Davis
November 1, 2023The Solution to the Political Crisis Is in the Hands of the Working Class
The dramatic ouster of House Speaker Kevin McCarthy is just the latest iteration of an unfolding and rapidly developing political crisis that has unsettled the traditional parties and opened the door for a whole host of ideological monstrosities. Solving this crisis will require the independent action of the entire working class.
James Dennis Hoff
October 13, 2023The UAW Strike Is the Most Important in Decades
One of the most ambitious and combative labor struggles in decades, the UAW strike reflects the growing power of the U.S. working class in a period of increasing political crisis.
Daniel Alfonso
October 2, 2023Far Right Imposed Shutdown Represents Deeper Crises Only Workers Can Resolve
The United States is on the verge of a government shutdown. The fact that a minority far right in Congress has forced this, largely over disagreements with military spending, shows that the U.S. regime is in a historic crisis. Now more than ever, workers must intervene for their own interests.
Samuel Karlin
September 29, 2023