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Dec 2024
50m 58s

Crisis in the USA: The next chapter

Revolutionary Communist Party
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This year’s US election was one of the most turbulent in history. It came amidst rising class contradictions and great instability on the world stage. Never before has American bourgeois democracy been so discredited, and never has it been confronted with so many challenges to its position as the world imperialist power. While neither candidate could solve t ... Show More
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