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The battle for the midterms is exposing fundamental questions of American politics

9th March 2021 shoreditchadmin2 0

The Republicans are fighting to reduce voting rights to increase their prospects for winning seats in next year’s midterm elections to the US Senate and House of Representatives.
The prospect of a stern defence being mounted against this offensive at present looks grim.

NFL protests & victory of Steve Bannon’s candidate in Alabama shows deepening US political polarisation

6th October 2017 Socialist Action 0

Two recent events in the US – the victory of Steve Bannon backed candidate Roy Moore in the Alabama Republican Senate primary and the huge dispute around NFL players kneeling during the national anthem – confirm the deepening polarisation in US politics. The background which is driving this is the very slow growth in the US economy.