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• Former US Secretary of State Kissinger points to danger of “catastrophic” conflict between US and China
• Seeking to cultivate fascistic base, Trump pardons two war criminals and promotes a third
• Roger Stone conviction affirms he lied about having connections with WikiLeaks
• United Auto Workers declares sellout Ford contract ratified amidst widespread opposition
• Morales’ MAS in talks with Bolivia coup regime on how to quell unrest

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Race and Class in America

• An interview with historian James McPherson on the New York Times’ 1619 Project
• Amazon-led corporate purge of Seattle City Council fails
• The “Irrepressible Conflict:” Slavery, the Civil War and America’s Second Revolution
• The New York Times’ obsession with race expands to its food commentary
• Slavery and the American Revolution: A Response to the New York Times 1619 Project

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The Trump Presidency

• Former US Secretary of State Kissinger points to danger of “catastrophic” conflict between US and China
• Seeking to cultivate fascistic base, Trump pardons two war criminals and promotes a third
• The Trump impeachment and US policy in Ukraine
• Popular resistance mounts against Bolivian coup
• Leaked emails reveal Trump aide Stephen Miller’s fascist politics

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US Politics

• Former US Secretary of State Kissinger points to danger of “catastrophic” conflict between US and China
• Seeking to cultivate fascistic base, Trump pardons two war criminals and promotes a third
• Roger Stone conviction affirms he lied about having connections with WikiLeaks
• The Trump impeachment and US policy in Ukraine
• Leaked emails reveal Trump aide Stephen Miller’s fascist politics

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United States

• Former US Secretary of State Kissinger points to danger of “catastrophic” conflict between US and China
• Seeking to cultivate fascistic base, Trump pardons two war criminals and promotes a third
• Roger Stone conviction affirms he lied about having connections with WikiLeaks
• United Auto Workers declares sellout Ford contract ratified amidst widespread opposition
• Strike against Asarco copper enters second month

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Editorials

• As contract vote approaches, DSA defends sellout by Chicago Teachers Union
• Pabloites prepare new betrayal of the Chilean working class
• Growing inequality risks social revolution, hedge fund chief warns
• 240 Fried chicken sandwiches
• One year since the first Boeing 737 Max 8 crash

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Recent Perspectives

• The Trump impeachment and US policy in Ukraine (16/11/2019)
• The Spanish election crisis and the treachery of Podemos (15/11/2019)
• Bloomberg and his fellow oligarchs lay down the law: Not a penny more in taxes (14/11/2019)
• The US-backed coup in Bolivia (13/11/2019)
• The Spanish elections and the rise of the fascistic Vox party (12/11/2019)

Most Read Over the Past 7 Days

1. Chelsea Manning imprisoned without charge for six months for refusing to testify against Julian Assange (21/09/2019)
2. Ford Kentucky Truck workers speak out against contract: “The people on the floor don’t trust the UAW” (12/11/2019)
3. Bolivia’s Evo Morales forced out by coup (12/11/2019)
4. The US-backed coup in Bolivia (13/11/2019)
5. UAW officials try to bully workers for opposing Ford deal at Michigan meeting (08/11/2019)

The Editor recommends

• For a worldwide campaign to prevent Julian Assange’s rendition to the US! (20/06/2019)
• Roger Waters to perform in London Monday in defense of Julian Assange (31/08/2019)
• IYSSE holds meetings in defence of Assange at Australian universities (31/08/2019)
• Australia: NSW Greens pass motion “defending” Assange, but MPs remain silent (30/08/2019)
• The Political Origins and Consequences of the 1982–86 Split in the International Committee of the Fourth International (03/08/2019)
• Halil Celik, a fighter for socialism (1961-2018) (01/02/2019)
• The Strategy of International Class Struggle and the Political Fight Against Capitalist Reaction in 2019 (03/01/2019)
• The specter of Marx haunts the American ruling class (06/11/2018)
• Eighty Years of the Fourth International: The Lessons of History and the Struggle for Socialism Today (09/10/2018)
• The struggle for socialism and the importance of history: David North interviewed on Radio Sri Lanka (12/10/2018)
• Vadim Rogovin and the sociology of Stalinism (25/09/2018)
• Workers Party in Argentina seeks to “refound” Fourth International in alliance with Stalinism (07/06/2018)
• Lenin, Trotsky and the Marxism of the October Revolution (19/03/2018)
• The CIA takeover of the Democratic Party (13/03/2018)
• An interview with David North—Socialism or Barbarism: Reflections on Global Disorder (03/01/2018)
• The bicentenary of Marx’s birth, socialism and the resurgence of the international class struggle (03/01/2018)
• Final reflections on the centennial year of the October Revolution (30/12/2017)

Russian Revolution Centenary

• Socialism and the centenary of the Russian Revolution: 1917-2017
• Lecture 1: Why Study the Russian Revolution
• Lecture 2: The Legacy of 1905 and the Strategy of the Russian Revolution
• Lecture 3: World War and Revolution: 1914-1917

Lectures and Essays by David North

• Socialism and the centenary of the Russian Revolution: 1917-2017 (01/03/2017)
• Georgi Valentinovich Plekhanov (1856–1918): His Place in the History of Marxism (12/05/2016)
• Philosophy and Politics in an Age of War and Revolution (10/25/2016)
• A Quarter Century of War: The US Drive for Global Hegemony 1990–2016 (07/11/2016)

Socialism and the Struggle Against War

• ICFI Resolution: Socialism and the fight against war (02/18/2016)
• SEP (US) Resolution: The fight against war and the political tasks of the SEP (08/25/2014)
• SEP (Australia) Resolution: The Socialist Equality Party and the fight to build an international anti-war movement (07/27/2016)
• SEP (Sri Lanka) Resolution: The political struggle against war and the tasks of the Socialist Equality Party (04/30/2016)
• PSG(Germany) Resolution: The struggle against war and the tasks of the PSG (11/14/2014)