In this first dossier edited by the Heatwave media collective, we present a series of short articles by communists from various countries about the local impacts of the second Trump administration’s international policies — focusing specifically on the tariffs.
TRUMP II: Trade War Gone Global, by 闯 Chuǎng – 3 June 2025
Tariffs as a Class Offensive, by Jamie Merchant – 29 May 2025
An Epochal Turning Point?, by Raffaele Sciortino – 27 May 2025
The Great Détournement-The Miran Doctrine and the Trump Shock, by the Réalité Working Group – 22 May 2025
The Trump Tariffs: Some Notes from the Antipodes, by the Clearinghouse Research Collective – 19 May 2025
More content from this blog
- How Moroccan Jews Challenged Israel. Interview with Asaf Elia-Shalev – 7 June 2024
- Migrant Women and the War: New Discriminatory Laws [in Russia], by Anna Azyalova – 12 November 2025
- Solidarities, after Socialism, by Dasha Kuletskaya – March 2025
- Germany, Ukraine, and the Changes in German Memory Culture Since Russia’s Full-Scale Invasion. Interview with Franziska Davies – 9 May 2026
- The Ghost in the Machine: Iranian Society and the Failure of Opposition Politics, by Mina Khanlarzadeh – 1 April 2026
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