Trump's rise to power didn't come out of the blue, argues Ashley Smith. It's a feature of a new crisis-ridden era. The original version of this article appeared as a discussion document for this summer's convention of the Tempest Collective. We expect to share more of these documents in the coming months. We have entered a new epoch of global capitalism. It is characterized by crisis, imperial rivalry, authoritarian nationalism, and episodic, explosive resistance from below. The Trump (…)

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Follow up report on the 2026 international antifascist conference in Porto Alegre, Brazil. The previous one can be see here. The most important success of the 2026 antifascist conference in Porto Alegre was the one I know I felt as a participant. It was a tremendous achievement of the organizing committee to bring together a mass gathering of militants to chant, march, talk, debate, learn, and celebrate together. The connections we made in the streets of Porto Alegre and the halls of its (…)

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Au lieu de nous conformer à l'optimisme du pouvoir, nous devons nous mobiliser face à la menace de l'extrême droite Photo : Davi Alcolumbre et Flávio Bolsonaro lors du vote sur le projet de loi dit « de dosimétrie ». (Geraldo Magela/Agence Sénat) La semaine dernière, Lula a essuyé deux lourdes défaites au Congrès, l'une contre la nomination de Jorge Messias à la Cour suprême et l'autre lors du rejet de son veto sur le projet de loi dit « de dosimétrie » [ouvrant la voie à la révision des (…)

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