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A dual block-and-build approach means both exposing the hypocrisy and violence of the current regime and showing real ways in which people can find themselves in our politics and help shape something new. There must be room for both practical approaches and far-reaching visions....

Trump's draconian immigration policy represses the vital need for immigrants in harvesting, hospitality and construction. Ms. Tyson, the chief economic advisor under Obama, is a professor at UC-Berkeley...

What does Donald Trump want?... The economic uncertainty caused by Trump's protectionism is considered by economists to be an important factor that could contribute to an economic slowdown or even recession in the US. Companies and corporations cannot make reliable calculations, trade between the US and China has largely come to a standstill, and supply bottlenecks are almost inevitable....

Capitalism as a death cult animated by the fetishism of capital, as a secular religion demanding human sacrifice, comes into its own here. Through suffering, through sacrifice—preferably of the weakest and most vulnerable members of society—Germany is to regain the favor of capital in its contradiction-driven momentum as an automatic subject....

Behind the façade of regulatory rhetoric, a system has established itself that protects wealth, organizes redistribution to the top, and systematically undermines democratic influence. We are experiencing a system that serves the interests of a financially powerful minority – not the common good....

Background to Trump's authoritarian deportation policy Even migrants who had shown up for regular interviews with immigration authorities had been arrested, including those with children who are American citizens. Many immigrant families in the US currently fear being torn apart....

Just as a cult can only exist through its believers, every conspiracy, large or small, needs believers. The cult needs people who are faithful, inauthentic, & unfree. By identifying with the conspiracy, I become its victim. There is hardly any room left for my vision of the “good life” because I feel controlled and dependent on circumstances....

The rise of the new hard right is a product of the regime of the neoliberal “extreme center.” This has marginalized the political representation of social issues, or rather, of socio-ecological issues, while the dismantling of the welfare state for which it is responsible has increased social inequality. This was and is the dismantling of democracy....

China's strength lies in the broad industrial base that the country has built up over the past decades, making it the world's largest producer of goods. This position is supported by extensive supply chains and established trade relations with almost all countries in the world....