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America’s Trade Deficit Is Not Afraid of Donald Trump

Yanis Varoufakis Project Syndicate
If the US president-elect’s efforts to eliminate America’s trade deficit succeed, real-estate prices in Miami and Manhattan will crash, the cost of servicing government debt will skyrocket and the Dow Jones will plummet.

The Big Union Contract Fights Coming in 2025

Joe DeManuelle-Hall, Keith Brower Brown Labor Notes
In some of the most exciting fights of 2024, strikers shut down ports on the East Coast and backed up plane orders on the West. The coming year is full of expiring contracts that could keep the strike wave rolling.

Knowing Fascism Requires Understanding Economic Forces

Taylor Dorrell Jacobin
Behind the confusion and debates about fascism lies a simple truth: it’s a power game driven by economic elites. Communists recognized that fascism’s form is shaped by class dynamics — an insight we shouldn’t forget.

What Dreams May Come

Charlotte Muse At the Corner of Hope and Despair: an Anthology for the Trump Era
California poet Charlotte Muse digs into the open grave which is Gaza.