A WIN discussion January 2025. Listen to the YouTube recording HERE. "The golden age of America begins right now… We will be the envy of every nation". The Trump era part 2 started this Monday, and the world is waiting with baited breath in dread of the consequences. It began with the immediate release from jail of his mob of 1,600 rioters from 2021, and an inaugural address packed with … [Read more...]
Archives for January 2025
The truce between Israel and Hamas has begun
By ISL Coordination, Asian Marxist Review, Courtesy International Socialist League Israel finally reached an agreement with Hamas on the first ceasefire since it launched its genocidal offensive in Gaza, and an exchange of prisoners has begun. The Palestinian people celebrated in the streets the end of the bombings and an agreement that they consider a victory of their heroic resistance. … [Read more...]
SYRIA: THE DOWNFALL OF A DICTATOR
A WIN discussion, January 2025. Follow it HERE. Less than a month ago, Syria's bloodthirsty dictator Bashar al-Assad fled the country for Moscow. He and his father Hafez al-Assad had ruled it for over half a century, but Bashar was in such a hurry he didn't leave a word of explanation, written or spoken. Assad's brutal regime had survived thirteen years of civil war, but within days its army had … [Read more...]
Don’t repeat the mistakes of the ’30s
Take Trump and Musk's threats very seriously! By Yorgos Mitralias While Trump multiplies his warmongering declarations against Panama, Greenland, Canada or the Palestinians, chancelleries and the international media limit themselves to talking about the...tactical maneuvers of the new American president. And worse, part of the international left continues to celebrate Trump the peacemaker … [Read more...]
THE MIDDLE EAST IN TURMOIL
A WIN discussion January 2025. See the recording HERE. In a world already facing its most unstable prospects for eighty years, its most volatile region of all is now rocked by new convulsions: Israel’s war of outright genocide in Gaza, intensified repression on the West Bank, military devastation in Lebanon and the weakening of Hezbollah, a tottering regime in Iran, the collapse of the bloody … [Read more...]
Michael Roberts – Economic Forecast 2025: Roaring or Tepid
It’s time to make some forecasts on what will happen to the world economy and its major countries in 2025. Many people reckon that it is waste of time making such forecasts as they are never accurate and quite often the opposite happens. Of course, forecasts are wrapped in error, given the many variables involved that drive economies. Weather forecasts are still difficult to make and … [Read more...]
The war on the people of Gaza and Israel’s ‘disintegration’
by John Pickard republished from Left Horizons website Notwithstanding the fall of the Assad regime in Syria, in itself a momentous event, it is Israel, more than any other Middle East state, which faces unprecedented historical challenges and ultimately a transformation. Israel’s military has mercilessly battered the Gaza Strip; its air force has reduced Hezbollah in Lebanon to a … [Read more...]