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Why Does Trump Like Communist Vietnam? Because It’s Capitalist.
Trump wants North Korea to become a member of the global neoliberal community, just like Vietnam.
![A group of women have a meeting in an office](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2019/05/2019_0506-worker-coop-400x300.jpg)
Capitalism Has Failed Immigrants. Can Worker Cooperatives Do Better?
Worker-owned cooperatives are transforming the economic landscape for immigrants.
![A woman stands in front of the National Executive Committee of the Labour Party holding two signs. One says "Brexit: Not going well is it?" and "Stop the Brexit Mess!" while wearing a Union Jack Flag on her back.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2019/04/2019_0501-Brexit-400x300.jpg)
In US and UK, the Working and Middle Classes Are Under Attack
Capitalism's dysfunctionality for the mass of the people is coming to a head amid growing political turmoil.
![Trump's "America First" policy is a classic divide-and-conquer strategy of capitalists and imperialists.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2019/04/GettyImages-130766445-400x300.jpg)
A New Socialist Movement Must Oppose Both Capitalism and Imperialism
Trump's "America First" policy is a classic divide-and-conquer strategy of capitalists and imperialists.
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Bernie Sanders Made a Lot of Money — and He Wants It Taxed
Sanders is volunteering to deflate his bank account and wants the rich to be required to do the same.
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Policing Worsens Public Safety for Puerto Rico’s Most Vulnerable
Policing in Puerto Rico deepens inequalities stemming from domination by the U.S. and failed development.
![An F-35 Lightning II sits on stage during the United Kingdom F-35 delivery ceremony on July 19, 2012, at Lockheed Martin Corporation in Fort Worth, Texas.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2019/04/2019_0411-f-35-400x300.jpg)
The F-35 Fighter Jet Will Cost $1.5 Trillion. It’s Time for New Priorities.
Ours is a society that condones and even celebrates organized, profitable, global murder.
![A dumptruck drives up a mined mountain as a forest is seen in the background](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2019/04/2019_0403-mine-dump-truck-400x300.jpg)
US Capitalism Was Born in the Destruction of the Commons
The commons is more than a place of redistribution and resources, it's a place of resistance.
![Donald Trump with his fists up departing plane in Florida](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2019/03/2019_0328-donald-trump-400x300.jpg)
Trump’s 2020 Budget Rewards the Wealthiest Individuals
The only logic behind the budget is to steal most of our resources on behalf of the few, says Gerald Epstein.
![Current surveillance technologies have greatly increased employers' power over workers, says scholar Ivan Manokha.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2019/03/2019_0324-polychroniou-400x300.jpg)
Workplace Surveillance Is Central to Capitalist Exploitation
Current surveillance technologies have greatly increased employers' power over workers, says scholar Ivan Manokha.