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
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- Another Tigray War? Key Background Readings, by Alex Thurston – 9 June 2026
- A Surprise Vote in Bolivia Disrupts Politics as Usual, by Huáscar Salazar Lohman – 28 August 2025
- Rethinking Race and Ethnicity in Imperial China. Lecture by Shao-yun Yang – 1 November 2021
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