Nearly one million workers have been laid off so far this year. While AI and automation are driving job cuts, they are just one factor among the broader economic downturn and market unpredictability.
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Ice Terror, War, and Economic Meltdown: America Needs a Revolution
While liberal scaremongers see Trump’s immigration crackdowns as the first step towards impending dictatorship, workers across America have shown a fearless willingness to stand up to ICE. Far from being decisively crushed, the working-class movement has barely started to flex its muscles.
Zohran Mamdani Wins: What’s Next in the Fight against the Billionaires?
Zohran’s election is a symbolic victory against capitalism and Zionism. But now is not the time to get complacent. A long, hard battle against New York’s capitalists and the entire US ruling class awaits.
What the Stock Market Bubble Can Tell Us about the State of the US Economy
The only ones who have benefitted from the past 18 years of economic measures have been a tiny handful of parasitic billionaires whose wealth, buoyed by the stock market bonanza, has increased exponentially. And the rest of the world is paying the price.
Both Parties Resort to Redrawing Maps as their Popularity Plummets
The crisis of capitalism narrows the options of the bourgeois state. Increasingly, capitalist politicians find themselves at odds with even the limited “democracy” by which they govern and maintain legitimacy.
Democrats and Billionaires Rein Zohran In
Zohran’s primary win in June was a breath of fresh air for millions who hate establishment politics. But by not breaking with the Democrats, he has allowed those hated politicians to bring him into their fold.
The Government Shutdown Is a Bipartisan Attack on Workers—Where Are the Labor Leaders?
The government shutdown is a bipartisan attack on the working class. A workers’ leadership worthy of the name would be sounding the call for an almighty fight back and taking practical steps to ensure victory.
Trump Claims America Is Now in a “Golden Age”—But Is It?
As Trump reveals his complete inability to solve any of the real problems facing the US workers, they will be left with nothing but empty rhetoric of the kind we witnessed during his speech to the UN.
Charlie Kirk Assassination Creates a Martyr for MAGA
Charlie Kirk was a vile, bigoted reactionary. Communists stand against everything he stood for. But we must state clearly that his assassination will have reactionary consequences.
Capitalism’s War On Philly Public Transit
Massive cuts to SEPTA, Philadelphia’s transit agency, are an act of class war by the capitalists and both of their political parties.
Why the Ruling Class Hates Zohran
A section of the ruling class is dead set on keeping Zohran Mamdani out of office. They’re terrified of what his primary victory represents: the boiling anger against the Democratic establishment.
Zohran Could Turn US Politics Upside Down: Here’s What It Would Take
Zohran’s Democratic primary win revealed an underlying frustration with the political establishment and a desire to fight back. He talked specifically about the problems of the working class and young people, and was the only candidate who appeared to be outside of the Democratic establishment.
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.