To end these wars, the working class of both countries will have to wage a struggle against their own ruling class and overthrow the capitalist system, which is at the root of all bloodshed and terrorism.

As Trump’s prospects for delivering a better economy look increasingly bleak, he is trying to scapegoat immigrants as the real threat to the “American Dream.”

The task of achieving the students’ demands, of establishing a more just system in Serbia, and of overthrowing Vučić belongs to the working class of Serbia and no one else

Any talk of a ‘peace dividend’ has long gone. Instead, all the talk now is about rearmament and increased militarism.

The ‘woke’ brand of identity politics pushed by the liberal establishment is deeply discredited. Demagogues like Trump offer no alternative. Communists oppose both sides of the culture war divide, putting forward an independent, class programme.

Neither side will ‘win’ this trade war, they are two sides of a doomed capitalist system. But on balance, China actually has the better cards.

The withdrawal of America’s ‘protective umbrella’ reveals all the accumulated weaknesses of European imperialism, which have built up over decades of decline.

The liberal establishment lives in constant terror of this polarisation. They are straining every resource in a desperate attempt to shore up the disintegrating centre. But all their attempts will be in vain.

The unraveling of 80 years of trade integration is going to have massive implications for the world economy. All the benefits of world trade are under threat: greater productivity, cheaper products, etc.

Bourgeois economists declared ‘never again’ on protectionism. But like so many economic ‘never agains’, it has given way to real international and class antagonisms.