Important new developments in the international Marxist movement
A number of recent events highlight important new initiatives in the international Marxist movement which are undoubtedly connected to recent international political developments.
International
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s victory – the advance of the US left
On 26 June Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez achieved a sensational victory in the primary election to be the Democratic Party’s candidate for New York’s 14th Congressional district at this November’s midterm elections.
Great news from Mexico!
The huge victory of Andrés Manuel López Obrador in Mexico’s Presidential election is: Good for the Mexican people ….
Tories’ Brexit and Trump will only damage the economy
US President Trump seems to be stumbling towards a trade war. At the same time a large section of the current UK government seems intent of crashing out of the EU without a deal.
The new shape of world politics – disorder in the West, stability in the East
The following article on ‘The New Shape of World Politics – Disorder in the West, Stability in the East’ analyses the reasons for the Trump administration introducing tariffs against China and the background to the recent G7 and Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summits.
Argentina and Brazil in turmoil
When the left in Latin America suffered a series of electoral setbacks and other defeats in major countries on the continent, including Brazil and Argentina, the pro-imperialist media of course rushed to claim that the Latin American right was now sweeping all before it after the failure of the left – of the ‘pink tide’ which has pushed most countries in the continent to the left in the period after 2000. This was always a delusion.