The outrageous scene in the Oval Office as Donald Trump ambushed Ukraine’s president Zelenskyy has stirred outrage and increased sympathy for Ukraine. Vile as Trump’s behavior is, it’s important to place it in the long history of US imperialist bullying and to resist the temptation to view the US’s previous position as liberatory for Ukraine.
The second Trump administration’s horrific attacks on immigrants, the oppressed, workers, and the public sector have been met with an encouraging wave of protest by the broad left. However the anti-Trump movement has also been mired in liberal patriotism and misplaced hope in the courts. By contrast, a truly effective resistance will pose a real threat to the ruling class.
Part of our perspectives series on major issues, this piece addresses mounting economic instability in the US, how it impacts workers, and what it means for revolutionaries. The financial shocks of the COVID pandemic, the concentration of wealth in the tech sector, and social reproduction in crisis are all contributing to long-term decline — and increased worker militancy.
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