The movement against ICE in Minneapolis is not just any ordinary protest – it is a microcosm of the revolutionary events that will shake the United States in the period ahead. With their class struggle methods, culminating in the first general strike in America in 80 years, the workers of Minneapolis not only forced Trump to retreat, they have also inspired millions across the country and the world.

These events are a living and breathing lesson in the mechanics of revolution. They also show how, under the surface, the conditions for revolution – and particularly the consciousness of the classes – can develop undetected, before bursting to the surface in the form of dramatic events, which Trotsky described as the molecular processes of socialist revolution.

With more revolutionary shocks inbound, we as communists need to study and explain what is going on. In this episode of our Marxist current affairs podcast, Against the Stream, Fred Weston and Hamid Alizadeh delve into the events playing out in the US, and address how we can intervene in the struggle and prepare for the battles ahead.

New episodes of Against the Stream air every Thursday at 6pm GMT on YouTube.

📖 RECOMMENDED READING 📖

United States: the 2026 Minnesota general strike – a historic turning point

🔗https://marxist.com/united-states-the-2026-minnesota-general-strike-a-historic-turning-point.htm

Welcome to the American Winter – The Atlantic

🔗https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/2026/01/minneapolis-uprising/685755/

Minneapolis Makes History: Now Spread the General Strike! [Podcast] – Revolutionary Communists of America

🔗https://youtu.be/nFi3sJCU1AY?si=r40nsT37QGFPZq1o

ICE Terrorizes Minneapolis: GENERAL STRIKE in the air [Podcast] – Revolutionary Communists of America

🔗https://youtu.be/EGBrOxhSqjs?si=5Eq9ycZ_E5xP7_qA

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Donald Trump has bulldozed his way into 2026. Now, he has put the acquisition of Greenland at the top of his new year’s wishlist, sending the Europeans into panic and jeopardising trans-Atlantic relations even further.

Why does Trump want Greenland? What would such a prospect mean for Europe on the world stage? And how are Trump’s actions abroad tied to the crisis at home, where the ICE murder of Renee Good has sparked an explosive movement. In this episode of our Marxist current affairs podcast, Against the Stream, Jorge Martín and Hamid Alizadeh discuss these questions and more, highlighting the underlying capitalist crisis that is driving all of these disasters.New episodes of Against the Stream air every Thursday at 6pm GMT on YouTube.📖 RECOMENDED READING 📖United States: anti-ICE rage surges in Minnesota — prepare for a general strike!https://marxist.com/united-states-anti-ice-rage-surges-in-minnesota-prepare-for-a-general-strike.htmAmerican imperialism increases pressure to take over Greenlandhttps://marxist.com/american-imperialism-increases-pressure-to-take-over-greenland.htm

2026 is only a few weeks old, yet world events are already unfolding at breakneck speed. From Donald Trump’s kidnapping of Nicolás Maduro in Venezuela, to the killing of Renee Good and the protests against ICE in Minneapolis, and now the growing mass movement and the prospect of US intervention in Iran, huge events are shaking up the world situation.

In the first episode of the new season of our current-events podcast Against the Stream, Jorge Martín and Hamid Alizadeh unpack what these developments mean. They focus in particular on Iran: what is really happening on the ground, how today’s crisis is the product of centuries of imperialist meddling in the region, and what position communists should put forward in response.

Against the Stream is the Marxist current-affairs podcast of the Revolutionary Communist International. New episodes air every Thursday at 6pm GMT on YouTube.

📖 RECOMMENDED READING 📖

Iran:

Imperialists and Pahlavis – hands off Iran!

🔗https://marxist.com/imperialists-and-pahlavis-hands-off-iran.htm

After Ruining a Treasured Water Resource, Iran Is Drying Up - Yale E360

http://e360.yale.edu/features/iran-water-drought-dams-qanats

The effect of international sanctions on the size of the middle class in Iran - ScienceDirect

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0176268025001090

How Iran’s economic pain sparked explosion of unrest – Financial Times

http://www.ft.com/content/770dc40f-66be-4542-a584-3b6144117314

Venezuela:

Donald J Trump’s New Year’s gift to the world

🔗https://marxist.com/donald-j-trump-s-new-year-s-gift-to-the-world.htm

Trump’s attack on Venezuela: condemn this act of criminal aggression! – RCI statement

🔗https://marxist.com/condemn-criminal-us-attack-on-venezuela.htm

A week from US military aggression: where is Venezuela going?

🔗https://marxist.com/a-week-from-us-military-aggression-where-is-venezuela-going.htm

[Podcast] Hands off Venezuela

🔗https://marxist.com/podcast-hands-off-venezuela.htm

ICE:

United States: ICE murder of Renee Good – who are the real terrorists?

🔗https://marxist.com/united-states-ice-murder-of-renee-good-who-are-the-real-terrorists.htm

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