Who are the Tea Party, what is Mr. Pence, and why has Trump been sucking up to Russia?

In proposing a de-facto trade war with the PRC, the new American administration proceeds on a path leading to direct confrontation with China. The recent break in protocol with Trump receiving a congratulatory call from the President of Taiwan is then seen through a considerably more ominous prism. And, just like Britain worked to secure Russia as an ally on the eve of World War I; so too, the United States dreads facing a united Russian-Chinese front in this new confrontation.

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Trump and The Right to Oxygen

The main political event of November 2016 was the election of Donald J. Trump as the next President of the United States. This has triggered various forms of speculation around the globe and across the ideological spectrum as to what the consequences of a Trump presidency will be. It is also this November that the first part of the English translation of Sergey Kurginyan’s landmark article has been published. Dr. Kurginyan states that much of what is happening in the world can be explained by a fundamental conflict within capitalism.

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