02/05/2026
does not command a mass fascist movement. He seeks to carry out what the coup failed to accomplish five years ago by using the armed forces of the executive branch to establish a presidential dictatorship. The obstacle to this is not the but the , the vast majority of the American population.
The would-be dictator fears the mass movement that erupted in against the murderous invasion by and agents, and the intensification of the class struggle shown in the coast-to-coast wave of nurses’ strikes and the impact of mass layoffs and falling living standards on working class consciousness.
The threat of dictatorship cannot be fought through the Democratic Party, which like the upholds the interests of the financial oligarchy and American imperialism. It requires the independent political mobilization of the working class.
The growing strikes, and calls for a point the way forward. Preparations must be consciously made to unite across industries, regions and national lines in a general strike aimed at defeating Trump’s drive to dictatorship. The working class must build an independent political movement whose goal is to break the power of the financial oligarchy and overturn the capitalist system that is driving society toward dictatorship and war.
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In a series of remarks this week, the US president has repeated his lies about the “stolen election” of 2020 and called for Republicans to “take over” the running of elections in Democratic-controlled states.
