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President Donald Trump addresses the media at the White House Tuesday.

Trump’s Real Base Is the Ruling Class

Paul Street / Truthdig Mar 3, 2020 He might appeal to the white proletariat and talk tough on trade, but the only constituency to whom this president answers is the 1%. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

Is Trump the Worst of the Worst?

Paul Street / Truthdig Feb 13, 2020 Beyond the big headlines, he is acting on policies that hurt the poor, immigrants, his political enemies and human existence itself. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

President Donald Trump arrives in Davos, Switzerland for the World Economic Forum.

The Trump Coup to Come

Paul Street / Truthdig Jan 21, 2020 Tens of millions will vote to oust the president this November, but there's no guarantee he will honor the election's results if he loses. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

President Trump and First Lady Melania Trump walk by fighter jets in front of a big American flag

Is This Goodbye to the American Republic?

Paul Street / Truthdig Dec 20, 2019 As the U.S. teeters on the brink of fascism, more of the same ineffectual pushback and insincere leadership isn’t going to save the country. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence.

Trump’s Removal Can’t Wait for Impeachment

Paul Street / Truthdig Nov 20, 2019 Legal procedures designed by 18th-century slaveholders won't save us. Only mass civil disobedience can sweep our fascist regime from power. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )

Donald Trump Is Getting Off Easy

Paul Street / Truthdig Oct 17, 2019 Impeachment over UkraineGate won’t take care of the left's goals to end the criminal acceleration of ecocide and address rampant inequality. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

Protest Alone Won’t Save Our Planet

Paul Street / Truthdig Sep 27, 2019 If we fail to rebel radically and persistently, we will pass from the earth, killed off by our failure to confront our ruling class. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

The Racist Right Has Been Searching For Trump All Along

Paul Street / Truthdig Aug 20, 2019 Despite all of their disavowing, white supremacy is the primary tie that binds the president and his supporters. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

Trump May Be a White Nationalist, but American Racism Is Bipartisan

Paul Street / Truthdig Jul 19, 2019 Despite its rhetoric and appearance of diversity, the Democratic Party is deeply complicit in the nation’s structural and institutional racism. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

There Are No Democratic Adults in the Room

Paul Street / Truthdig Jun 20, 2019 After losing in grotesque fashion to Donald Trump in 2016, our “inauthentic opposition” is making the same mistakes all over again. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

The Only Solution to America’s Political Crisis

Paul Street / Truthdig May 24, 2019 To stop Donald Trump and dismantle the corporate state, we must engage in unrelenting civil disobedience—even if he's defeated in 2020. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

The Many-Sided, Overlapping Meanings of May Day

Paul Street / Truthdig May 1, 2019 The working-class holiday has Marxist and anarchist industrial-era roots, but the significance of May 1 goes deeper than that. Dig deeper ( 11 Min. Read )

America Needs a Radical Dr. King, Not a New Obama

Paul Street / CounterPunch Jan 22, 2018 The real Martin Luther King—not a sanitized version—was a democratic socialist who believed the U.S. had to reconstruct its whole system. Dig deeper ( 12 Min. Read )