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Biden abandons the race: can switching horses in midstream stop Trump?

Biden abandons the race: can switching horses in midstream stop Trump?

In Defence of Marxism


Tuesday, 23 July 2024 

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Biden abandons the race: can switching horses in midstream stop Trump?

In yet another dramatic twist in the tragicomic soap opera of American politics, Joe Biden has ended his reelection campaign. Coming just 108 days before the election, this is the latest a one-term president has ever made such a decision. The closest historical analogy was in 1968 when Lyndon Johnson declined to seek a second term under pressure from anti-Vietnam War protests. Genocide Joe’s stay at the White House has been marked by inflation and war, and he will end his tenure with an unfavorability rating of around 56%.


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France: deadlock in NFP – take the fight to the streets!

Weeks after the second round of the legislative elections saw the left take the highest number of seats in the Assembly, internal negotiations within the New Popular Front (NFP) are logjammed. A division between the NFP’s left and right wing is preventing agreement on a candidate for Prime Minister. Meanwhile, Macron and the far-right are courting more conservative elements of the bloc to shut out La France Insoumise (LFI), block the NFP’s programme, and seek an absolute majority. Only militant struggle outside of parliament can break this impasse!


الذكاء الاصطناعي: حبل خلاص الرأسمالية أم مجرد فقاعة أخرى؟

يستثمر الرأسماليون المليارات في الذكاء الاصطناعي، ويسيل لعابهم لاحتمال حدوث طفرة اقتصادية ناجمة عن الذكاء الاصطناعي، ويحرصون على انتزاع قطعة من تدفق الذهب الجديد. لكنه لا يوجد حل تكنولوجي للتناقضات الجوهرية التي تعاني منها الرأسمالية، ومن الحتمي أن يعقب حفل الاستثمارات هذا أزمة عميقة.


Φοιτητικό κίνημα στο Μπαγκλαντές: κάτω η κυβέρνηση και το δολοφονικό καθεστώς!

Μαζική οργή έχει ξεσπάσει στο Μπαγκλαντές, μετά τις δολοφονίες δεκάδων φοιτητών από αστυνομικές και παραστρατιωτικές ομάδες της κυβέρνησης του Συνδέσμου Αουάμι και της πρωθυπουργού Σεΐχ Χασίνα.