It’s the dramatic rise of China with its burgeoning economy that has put the Trump administration into a frenzy – with major implications both at home and abroad, argues MICHAEL BURKE
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The state of the States
The chasm between US Establishment politics and the daily struggles of working-class Americans continues to grow – but tactical errors by the left have led to worrying outcomes in recent elections, writes GLYN ROBBINS
DR DAVID GORDON SCOTT tells the story of the North Sands Massacre, Sunderland, as part of the ongoing work of remembrance of those killed by soldiers during the 1825 Seafarers Strike and the bicentennial commemorations on Sunday August 3
MATT KERR charts his bike-riding odyssey in aid of the Royal Marsden charity and CWU Humanitarian Aid
JOHN CALLOW tells of the rise, fall and rise again of a young martyr to the early French republic, Joseph Bara, whose short life was elevated by Robespierre and, later, others for its emotional and ideological appeal
April 9 1928 – July 26 2025
OLIVER SNELLING, a south London stonecarver and yeoman stonemason, relates how he is helping bring about a new festival next month
WATCHING CNN recently summed up the true state of US society. On the main screen, chatter about the continuing wrangling in DC, the vacuous Cop26 summit and Donald Trump’s idiocy.
Running on a ticker tape along the bottom, updates on the latest industrial dispute in what’s been termed “Striketober” and seems likely to become “Strikevember”!
The chasm between Establishment politics — reflected in the mass media — and the daily struggles of working-class Americans continues to grow.
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