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February 15, 2025

Trump’s Tariffs Are a Gift to Capital, Not Workers

An interview with Vivek Chibber Jacobin

Donald Trump has championed tariffs as a way to revive American manufacturing. But without a real industrial strategy, Catalyst editor Vivek Chibber argues, they’re little more than a handout to capital.

February 15, 2025

Nationwide Economic Blackout on February 28

Suzanne Blake Newsweek

What to Know About Boycott

February 15, 2025

Trump’s Threats Expose Canada’s Utter Dependency on the US

Adam D.K. King interviews Sam Gindin Socialist Project

The immediate task is to address delinking from the United States and the American Empire. This is not about aiming for a nationalist form of sovereignty but one based on collectively and democratically determining what kind of society we want.

February 15, 2025

‘Occupation: Organizer’: How Anti-Politics Becomes Anti-Democracy

Emma Tai Convergence

To build formations capable of advancing both political and economic democracy, we need to grapple with the enduring footprint of anti-political thought in our organizations.

February 15, 2025

The Final Days and the Struggle Continues: A Tribute to Diana Caballero and Reminder for Unity Today

By Diana Caballero, with a foreword by David Duhalde Socialist Majority

As we enter into Trump's second term, stories such as this and heroes like Diana Caballero remind us that change is possible under difficult circumstances; so we must not succumb to the temptation to abandon mass work and turn on each other.

February 15, 2025