Hands Off Iran – all out against Trump on 4 June!
In recent weeks US President Trump has deepened his administration’s policy of applying “maximum pressure” upon the Iranian government and Iranian people.
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Trump’s coup attempt in Venezuela intensifies: sanctions, military threats and political pressure
The Trump administration is attempting to bully the Venezuelan people into submission through a combination of economic sanctions, military threats and intense international political pressure.
Bolsonaro, Trump and the growing axis of climate change denial
The rise of Jair Bolsonaro in Brazil represents a terrible blow in the international struggle to prevent runaway climate change. According to the international scientific community, the window of opportunity is rapidly [Read more]
Trump’s ‘America first’ versus Xi Jinping’s ‘global community’: how China is outthinking the West
The general direction of Trump’s foreign policy was clear from the very beginning. His campaign slogans were well known: ‘America First’ in order to ‘Make America Great Again’; and rhetoric against multilateral agreements and threats of protectionist trade measures had been etched into his election campaign.
Even the IMF rejects Trump’s false claim that the US economy is growing fast
US growth during the present business cycle is the slowest in any business cycle since World War II.
US growth under Trump is the slowest under any US President since World War II
This US propaganda claim of ‘strong growth’ is in fact the reverse of the facts. The reality is that far from US growth under Trump being ‘strong’ it is in fact the lowest under any US President since World War II!