Jeffrey Epstein may be dead, but he continues to haunt Donald Trump, threatening to tear MAGA—and possibly the entire ruling class—apart.

Two interlinked crises are tearing into the guts of the regime in Ukraine. On the one hand, the front is unravelling. The battlefield situation is deteriorating by the day, if not by the hour. On the other, an enormous corruption scandal threatens to engulf Zelensky and his whole regime. Kiev and western capitals are descending into panic.

The biggest crisis of Trump’s second term is unfolding over the Epstein files. Having initially promised to release the trove of documents detailing Epstein’s crimes and his rich and powerful customers, Trump – one of those customers – quickly changed his tune once in power.

One month after the explosive demonstrations and general strike of 3-4 October, it is necessary to take stock of the situation.

20 November marks the 50th anniversary of the death of the dictator Franco, one of the most sinister and despicable figures in Spanish history. But he was nothing more than the representative of the military caste and the social class that elevated him to his position: the big Spanish bankers, industrialists, and landowners. 

When the BBC aired a doctored video of Donald Trump appearing to directly encourage violence during the 6 January Capitol riot of 2021, it was aiming to influence the 2024 US election.

Last weekend, 1,200 communists gathered for Revolution Festival 2025, the largest openly communist event in Britain in decades. Youthful energy, a burning desire to study Marxism, revolutionary optimism, and theoretical clarity all made this a landmark event. 

Has communism ever been a serious force in the Middle East? Are Marxists in favour of shrinking the economy to save the environment? Has there been a shift to the right in society?

2025 marks 126 years since what is known as the Philippine-American War. But to characterise it as a war is deeply misleading, as it suggests a conflict between two roughly equal forces. In reality, it was a massacre of genocidal proportions conducted by US imperialism against the Filipino masses.

On the weekend of 8-9 November, the Organización Comunista Revolucionaria (OCR), the Spanish section of the RCI, held its first national Marxist School in Madrid. It was a great success. This marks an important step in the development of our section as it was the first time that we have held two major national events in the same year.

The Russian revolutionary Vladimir Lenin once remarked that, in world history, there are decades where nothing happens, and weeks where decades happen. This is one of those decades.

Danish politicians live on another planet. They busy themselves taking selfies, slinging mud at each other and propagandising ahead of the local elections.

Days after a self-described democratic socialist won the New York mayoral election, over 300 communists sang a rousing rendition of “The Internationale” to conclude the third and final installment of the RCA’s 2025 Marxist School series.

A major corruption scandal is rocking Ukraine. Cabinet ministers and one of Volodymyr Zelensky’s own business partners are implicated in a war profiteering scheme worth more than 100 million dollars. Meanwhile, on the front, the situation is getting even worse. Pokrovsk – a key defensive position in the Donbass – is falling to the Russians. Zelensky’s days are numbered.

On 29 October, thousands of Tanzanians came out across the country to reject intensifying repression and an election without an opposition. With chants of “We do not want CCM”, demonstrators, led by the youth, stormed and burned police stations, polling stations, and the properties of regime cronies. Roads were blocked with burning tyres, and for three days, they clashed with police.