Description
The authors of the World Socialist Web Site argue that Trump’s presidency is not an anomaly but a symptom of the profound decay of American capitalism. His reelection in 2024 marked a violent realignment of American politics to meet the needs of an oligarchy whose wealth and ambitions for imperial power are fundamentally incompatible with democratic forms of rule.
In unflinching critiques of the Democratic Party, the authors show how the way was paved for Trump’s authoritarianism through decades of bipartisan policies of imperialist war, suppression of labor struggles, mass surveillance and austerity.
Highlighting the growing resistance from the working class as a key element of the weakness of the oligarchy and the turn to fascistic rule, the collection makes a powerful case for the building of a mass socialist movement to challenge the capitalist system that has produced Trump and his ilk internationally.
