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Is Trump now unstoppable?
Behind the superficial glitter of the Republican election campaign, lie big money interests and an assortment of extreme right-wing groups – including white supremacists, anti-semites and bizarre conspiracy theorists, warns JOHN GREEN
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The Islamic Republic’s suddenly weakened regional position exposes the nation to grave threats from US imperialism
DONG XUE explains why US tariffs hold no significant threat to China
ANSELM ELDERGILL asks whether artificial intelligence may decide legal cases in the future, in place of human judges, and how AI could reshape the legal landscape
Like pieces on a chess board, centrist parties lose ground as they accommodate rather than challenge far-right agendas — socialists must play things better, warns MATT KERR
Yanis Varoufakis and Jeremy Corbyn laid out a roadmap for peace, justice and equality as they celebrated the legacy of inspirational socialist Tony Benn, reports LINDA PENTZ GUNTER
The NEU’s annual conference promises heated debate, with motions on international politics, curriculum reform and union amalgamation likely to provoke strong reactions and challenge the status quo, writes Education for Tomorrow editor ROBERT POOLE
WITH Joe Biden’s reluctant withdrawal from the race for the next US presidency and, barring any unexpected earthquakes, it is looking like a very safe bet that Donald Trump will be the next president.
There have been a number of US presidents who were clearly not up to the job and who were completely out of their depth. One only needs to think back to Ronald Reagan and George Bush Jnr as perhaps the two most infamous, but Donald Trump is in another league altogether.
The mainstream media treat Trump as a cartoon figure, a hapless accident-prone clown, while our political leaders try and pretend he doesn’t exist and reiterate the mantra that “our relationship with the USA will remain solid” irrespective of who is president.
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