American imperial arrogance has already claimed thousands of lives in Iran and Lebanon. It now threatens millions more lives.

The history of the United States is a history of violence, oppression, speculation, theft, enslavement, and war. But there is far more to American history than this. It is also a history of mass resistance, sacrifice, and revolutionary expropriation.

Although these are terms of surrender, they are the best US imperialism can hope for!

The appearance of Israel dictating to America has given grist to the mill of antisemitic conspiracy theorists. However, this strange relationship does deserve an explanation, which, it turns out, is much simpler than a conspiracy.

Nine years ago, when Trump last had a state visit to China, Beijing strove to assert and convince that it was a great power of similar standing to the US. This time, it had no need to do anything of the sort.

These are mafia-like tactics: gangsters visit you to offer protection for a fee; if you refuse to join their racket, they break your legs, trash your shop, or you end up riddled with bullets.

Just like Biden, Trump is unable to resolve the crisis of the capitalist system he presides over.

Donald Trump is now in an impossible position in which any action he takes will be wrong.

The ruling class seems completely unable to comprehend this anger.

The ceasefire is very fragile and could fall apart at any minute. But whether it holds or not, this is a serious defeat for the US and Trump personally.