Elon Musk goes mask-off in global politics

Democracy under capitalism is capitalist rule. And it’s the most stable form of capitalist rule: by allowing for elections and the peaceful transfer of power between parties, the masses can express their political dissatisfaction, while real power stays in the hands of capital.

The Trump era and the agony of the liberal status quo

Trump, with his populist indictment of liberalism and its organized system of hypocrisy, is jeopardizing the illusions that capitalist rule depends on. He is exposing the dictatorship of Capital under which we really live.

What is behind Trump’s threat to annex Canada?

The idea that the United States would annex Canada might initially seem to be beyond absurd. But there is most definitely a method behind Trump’s madness. 

Trump’s empire of chaos and the delusion of ‘fortress America’

World capitalism is in serious trouble, and American capitalism is at the heart of the rot. Trump’s unenviable task is to manage the systemic crisis of capitalism, and in particular, US imperialism’s relative decline.

The hellfire of capitalism engulfs Los Angeles

The ferocious blaze threatening to swallow America’s second largest city is a product of the capitalist system in terminal decline.

Tectonic shifts in world relations provoke volcanic explosions

What we see is not the struggle to establish a more just world system, but rather the struggle between different imperialist robbers for the division of the loot.

Class Hatred and the Assassination of UnitedHealthcare’s CEO

Three shell casings found at the scene reportedly had the words “deny,” “defend,” “depose,” written on them, presumably a reference to the labyrinthine nightmare that companies like United present to their “customers” during some of their darkest moments.

Trump vs the ‘deep state’

By all indications, Trump and his candidates are all determined to take a machete to the heart of the state, to cut down their opponents and put their own hand-picked nominees in place.

The return of Trump: What it means for Canada

The election of Trump puts Canada’s ruling class between a rock and a hard place.

An angry old man, a deranged Ukrainian and World War III

For the sake of their individual interests, Biden and Zelensky are dangerously escalating the war.