Ashley Smith analyzes the surreal, chummy meeting between the authoritarian Trump and NYC Mayor Elect and self-described democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani and argues that building mass class and social struggle is the only way forward. It was the most anticipated meeting at the White House since Donald Trump's confrontation with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. Would Trump dress down and insult New York City Mayor Elect Zohran Mamdani? Would Mamdani give as good as got and (…)

While Mamdani's victory in the New York mayoral race signals a growing radicalism and challenges to Trump's agenda, his chummy meeting on November 21 with Trump at the White House sends a different message about what the Democrats are unwilling to do to stop Trump. Here the Tempest National Committee notes that the Democratic capitulation on the budget bill is just another indication that the Party has no solutions to the economic, social, political, and ecological crises facing the working (…)

Par son ampleur, cette manifestation a pris le pays par surprise. À commencer par le gouvernement et la majorité, mais aussi ses organisateurs de la droite réformiste. Dans la nuit de dimanche à lundi, de 60 000 à 90 000 personnes, selon les estimations, sont descendues dans la rue devant le « triangle du pouvoir » (parlement, conseil des ministres, présidence de la république) à Sofia. Des milliers de personnes ont aussi manifesté dans les grandes villes du pays : Plovdiv, Varna, Bourgas, (…)