Britain’s shifting political contours

The referendum vote to leave the EU has thrown Britain’s capitalist establishment into disarray. The new Tory government, with no electoral mandate of its own, is split from top to bottom. Right-wing Labour continues to plot Jeremy Corbyn’s downfall. Rumours of political realignments are rife. HANNAH SELL examines this volatile scene.

The futile search for capitalist stability

Donald Trump’s election under the banner of ‘America First’ adds a new volatile ingredient to world relations but he will face the same objective situation as Barack Obama before him – a weakened US imperialism in a multi-polar world, with the prolonged era of stagnation eating at the very possibility of stable capitalist rule. Analysing world perspectives, we are carrying here extracts from a draft statement of the International Executive of the Committee for a Workers’ International (CWI), written in early November by PETER TAAFFE.

US lessons for Corbyn

The election of Donald Trump was met with protests by thousands of workers and young people in opposition to the racism and misogyny of the billionaire winner. His election is also leading to widespread discussion on how to create another weapon crucial to his defeat: an effective political alternative. Learning the lessons from Trump’s election will be vital not just in the US but internationally, including for supporters of Jeremy Corbyn in Britain. HANNAH SELL writes.