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Throughout the world, the Trump forces are gathering steam. In Britain, in a fit of national chauvinism and anti-immigrant sentiment, the majority if Brits voted to leave the European Union (“Brexit”) in order to prevent foreign workers from entering the country. In Myanmar (Burma), there has been a wave of attacks on the Muslim minority known as the Rohingya. Throughout Europe, far right racist and chauvinist parties are on the rise. And to this we must add what is happening in the Islamic world, where Sunni and Shia have been attacking each other with a vengeance. What is happening in our world? There are three main factors: - *The first is the breakdown of the “world (capitalist) order”.* For 50 years, the world was dominated by the competition between the capitalist world and the Soviet Union and its allies. This competition forced the capitalist world to huddle together behind the leadership of US capitalism. Then, for a short time after the Soviet Union collapsed, US capitalism dominated the world without a rival. We went from a “bipolar” world to a “unipolar” world. And now? Let us allow the editors of the Wall St. Journal <https://www.wsj.com/news/article_email/SB11394256107670264387204580580180985146768-lMyQjAxMTE1MzI5NjQyMjY1Wj?mod=wsj_share_email> speak: “*For 20 years and through administrations of both parties, the U.S. managed to contain the emergence of such regional threats (to US domination). But that containment has broken down in Europe, the Middle East and East Asia…*” Two other factors are the economic crisis and the weakening of the working class as a coherent political force. We also need to consider how revolutionary socialists orient towards the movement that is developing in response. https://oaklandsocialist.com/2017/02/08/donald-trump-and-the-world-capitalist-crisis/ -- "No one is going to give you the education you need to overthrow them." Asata Shakur Check out:https:http://oaklandsocialist.com and // www.facebook.com/WorkersIntlNetwork?ref=stream _________________________________________________________ Full posting guidelines at: http://www.marxmail.org/sub.htm Set your options at: http://lists.csbs.utah.edu/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
