Faced with record-low approval ratings from all sides of the political spectrum, Trump knew just the thing to cut across the mass discontent: a $2,000 check, straight into the pocket of every (non-high-income) American.
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The Democrats’ Broken Healthcare System
The US government is facing its deepest-ever debt crisis. Roughly 27% of federal expenditure is on healthcare, making it a prime target for austerity. Some 24 million Americans rely on Affordable Care Act subsidies.
Minnesota Workers Showcase Class-Struggle Ingenuity
January 23 revealed the deep groundswell of support for mass strike action to kick out ICE among the working population of the Twin Cities. So, where do we go from here?
Ten Theses on the 2026 Minnesota General Strike
The ICE murder of Renee Good set off an explosive anti-ICE movement, culminating in a de facto general strike. The subsequent murder of Alex Pretti threatened to spread the movement nationally, forcing Trump to back off, at least temporarily. What conclusions can we draw from this experience?
The 2026 Minnesota General Strike: A Historic Turning Point
Minneapolis has yet again become the epicenter of the class struggle in the US. The city that sparked the 2020 George Floyd uprising has seized the attention of class-conscious workers and youth across the country.
Carney’s Extraordinary Speech at Davos: Canada and the New World Order
Carney’s speech at the World Economic Forum meeting in Davos explained that the new world situation is one where “great powers abandon even the pretense of rules and values for the unhindered pursuit of their power and interests.”
Welcome to America’s “Golden Age”: One Year Since Trump’s Inauguration
Trump has vacillated wildly on domestic and foreign policy. Meanwhile, he’s been damaged by the Epstein scandal and growing economic unease, threatening to tear his cross-class MAGA coalition apart. What follows is a ledger of the attacks, retreats, promises, blunders, and contradictions that Trump has laid bare.
Could City-Owned Stores Lower the Cost of Groceries?
The scourge of hunger is spreading across America. The problem is especially intense in New York City. Zohran has proposed bringing down food prices by establishing a network of city-owned grocery stores, starting with a pilot program of five stores, one per borough.
What Would It Take to Provide Universal Child Care?
For working-class families in New York, paying for childcare often costs more than the rent on an apartment. No wonder 80% of NYC families said they couldn’t afford it in 2024.
ICE Murders Renee Good: Who Are the Real Terrorists?
Workers must meet ICE terror with militant class defense, and the struggle against ICE must be a struggle against the system as a whole.
Ruling Class Scapegoats Immigrants—Billionaires Are the Enemy
As economic and political storm clouds gather, the Trump administration is trying to divert mass anger away from its failures and onto the most vulnerable and marginalized layers of the working class.
The Communist: Voice of America’s Communist Generation
The Communist is the official newspaper of the party of the Revolutionary Communists of America. It is different from any other publication you’ll find in the US today. Behind this newspaper, there’s a vast network of communist activity from coast to coast. It is a tool for organizing in the streets, at protests and strikes, for building communist cells in our neighborhoods, workplaces, and campuses.
The RCA is on a mission to carry Bolshevism into the political arena of a country that’s ripe for it. Yes, we’re Bolsheviks living in the digital age, and we also use social media and our podcast to spread the communist program. But we’re not the kind of internet leftists who stay inside and “do politics” online. That’s why we need something we can carry with us into the streets and put into people’s hands. The physical paper is an instrument for building a real-life organization—a genuine Communist Party of fighters.