Oil, natural gas and capitalism War in Ukraine and the Middle East plays into the hands of the US oil and natural gas imperialists, warns ZOLTAN ZIGEDY
Wednesday 21st Apr 2021 Official: two-thirds of US want major political change A new poll shows record numbers think that their leaders are corrupt, have little faith in the political system or want more direct influence. Time for the left to unpeg its nose and ride this wave of popular disgust, argues ZOLTAN ZIGEDY
Wednesday 10th Mar 2021 Is the new normal the old normal? Will the opportunities afforded by the defeat of the odious Trump administration be wasted by a Democratic Party that refuses to countenance meaningful change, asks ZOLTAN ZIGEDY
Saturday 13th Feb 2021 Games people play Portraying the ‘GameStop rebellion’ as an assault on the forces of economic tyranny is simply absurd – and a distraction from the crippling insecurity faced by those who work for a living, writes ZOLTAN ZIGEDY
Tuesday 02nd Feb 2021 It’s now Biden’s cold war It is China’s challenge to US economic and political hegemony that drives Washington’s hostility – and history shows that challenges to imperialist powers create the conditions for war, says ZOLTAN ZIGEDY
Monday 18th Jan 2021 2021: An arresting start Trump was an enemy of the security services from day one — did they hasten his decline by allowing January 6 to happen? ZOLTAN ZIGEDY reports on the next phase of US politics with the Democrats firmly in control
Friday 18th Dec 2020 Is Trumpism dead? Donald Trump appeared large on the national political scene five years ago and soon he will be gone. Or will he? ZOLTAN ZIGEDY warns that a neoliberal 'return to normalcy' under Biden is no answer to right-wing populism
Wednesday 28th Oct 2020 Politics in the rear-view mirror A nostalgia for a false golden age pervades US politics and most of the left is adrift in a sea of old and failed ideas. It is a new future that must be fought for, argues ZOLTAN ZIGEDY
Friday 09th Oct 2020 And they call this democracy? Why doesn't the average citizen's desire for Scandinavian-style social democracy find its expression in elections? Because what little popular sovereignty the US had has been savagely undermined year upon year since the civil rights era, explains ZOLTAN ZIGEDY
Thursday 10th Sep 2020 The shifting sands of US politics As the presidential elections approach we see that fear and confusion reign when people sense a loss of direction and an absence of clarity, writes ZOLTAN ZIGEDY
Tuesday 21st Jul 2020 Dismantling DiAngelo's 'White Fragility' — racial equality or racial exorcism? ZOLTAN ZIGEDY destroys the arguments of the race-oil salesmen peddling expensive white-centric etiquette and manners training instead of asking us to confront real, material racial inequality: pay, housing, gentrification and injustice