Politics – Page 187 – People's World

Right-wingers in Europe use Trump to justify higher military spending

December 20, 2024 By Nick Wright

Former Maoist and Portuguese Prime Minister José Barroso is one of the key figures working to put Europe on a war footing.

‘President’ Musk gets his lapdog Trump to push for government shutdown

December 19, 2024 By Mark Gruenberg And John Wojcik

Musk, who purchased the president-elect for half a trillion dollars in campaign contributions, also threatens GOP reps with primaries if they don’t go along with lifting the debt ceiling now.

General Motors’ 1991 Christmas Massacre: 21 plants, 74,000 jobs gone

December 19, 2024 By Special to People’s World

At Christmastime in 1991, GM boss Robert Stempel became the new Ebenezer Scrooge.

1951: Truman launches propaganda campaign to distract from ‘We Charge Genocide’ petition

December 18, 2024 By John Pittman

As William L. Patterson and Paul Robeson were about to expose the crimes of the U.S. government against Black Americans, the Truman administration lied, telling the world that Black life was great in America.

Freeland resignation in Canada more proof that capitalist policies are failing working people

December 18, 2024 By Dave McKee

Corporations, right-wing pundits, and, of course, Conservative Party leader Pierre Poilievre are all lining up at the microphones to demand an election now.