Five hundred days of Trump in power. No more forever wars – except there is a war. The biggest paychecks in history – except hundreds of millions of Americans say the cost of living is the worst they can ever remember. And thirty-four percent of young Americans now hold a favourable view of communism.

In this week's episode of Against the Stream, Victor Murray and Fred Weston take stock of Trump's second term so far, discuss the shifting consciousness of the American working class, and how communists need to fill the vacuum on the left.

The episode traces the roots of Trump's appeal to the long-term decline of US capitalism, the betrayals of the Democrats, and the lessons of lesser-evilism in Italy and asks: with Minneapolis, Mamdani, and the growing RCA, is a genuine revolutionary alternative beginning to take shape in the belly of the beast?

New episodes of Against the Stream every Thursday at 6pm GMT on YouTube.

📖 RECOMMENDED READING 📖

Lesser-evilism, Italian style – and how it destroyed the left

🔗 https://marxist.com/lesser-evilism-italy.htm

Italy: Meloni becomes lame duck premier after referendum defeat

🔗 https://marxist.com/italy-meloni-becomes-lame-duck-premier-after-referendum-defeat.htm

The RCA’s third national congress: preparing for the next American revolution

🔗 https://marxist.com/the-rca-s-third-national-congress-preparing-for-the-next-american-revolution.htm

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