Issue 1139
26 January 2017
The new president and the new global order
What if Trumpism was made to serve the aims of US capital? Mike Macnair speculates
Donald Trump has been inaugurated and there was no ‘constitutional coup’ through the electoral college or otherwise; he has not been assassinated. Whatever the purpose of the leaking of the ‘Trump dossier’, it has not obstructed his taking office.
Letters
LRC hypocrisy; In reverse; Magic words; Overhaul; Artistic value; Coalfields
Trump threatens N-deal
It is time to reboot Hands Off the People of Iran, argues Yassamine Mather
Whole new ball game
The government insists that it will stick to its Brexit timetable come hell or high water, writes Eddie Ford
What kind of oppression?
Peter Manson reports on presidential rivals, changing political alliances and apartheid’s ongoing legacy
Marx’s concept of the human
Rex Dunn begins his three-part exploration of Marx’s essentialism, the nature of the epoch, decline and transition
Proof of US-inspired terror
Toby Abse reviews: Paolo Bolognesi (ed) Alto tradimento Castelvecchi, Rome, 2016, €18.50
Day of people’s wrath is near
The text of a leaflet issued by the Petersburg Mezhrayonka prior to January 22, 1917
Taking an independent stand
The election of Donald Trump has torn up the political rulebook - a reality that protestors must confront, argues Jim Grant
Not faltering
Robbie Rix thanks the readers who gave our fund some momentum
