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As Donald Trump returns, it’s also worth returning to Lenin’s analysis of imperialism, writes MATT WILLGRESS
PROTECTING THE INDEFENSIBLE: ProPalestine campaigners calling for an end to arms sales to Israel are forcibly removed by police during a protest outside the Thales factory in Govan, Glasgow, in May 2024

EVIDENCE on all fronts shows we’re in the midst of global economic, social, political, military and climate crises that are on a scale unprecedented in their severity and depth in many of our lifetimes.

Into this scenario enters the returning Trump, launching a new phase in the ongoing war of US imperialism against the majority of humanity.

This is reflected internally in a deeply reactionary agenda, spearheaded by billionaires with radical plans to make it easier to sack workers, targetting already pitiful levels of public spending in terms of health and welfare; and a barrage of hate against black and migrant communities, women, disabled and LGBTQ+ people that involves revoking years of hard-won steps towards equality.

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