Name: The Battle for Global Hegemony: Trump and the US China Rivalry
Start: 2025-07-05T13:00:00-0500
End: 2025-07-05T14:30:00-0500

Saturday July 5, 2025 1:00pm - 2:30pm CDT

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Donald Trump’s regime has abandoned Washington’s grand strategy of superintending global capitalism for an America First imperialism targeting China first and foremost. This panel will explore the nature of the rivalry, its impact on the Asia Pacific, why the international left should not side with either power, and how we can build international working class solidarity against rising militarism and threats of great power war.

Speakers

Tobita Chow

Tobita Chow is the founding Director of Justice Is Global, a special project of People’s Action to build a just and sustainable global economy and defeat right-wing nationalism. He is an organizer, a political educator, and a leading progressive strategist and critic regarding the... Read More →

Carmen Phanuelle Delgra

Carmen Phanuelle Delgra is a climate justice activist currently engaged as a campaigner for the Asia-Pacific Movement on Debt and Development (also known as Jubilee South), a regional network of organizations working for social and ecological justice.

Ashley Smith

Ashley Smith works for Spectre Journal and is a member of the Tempest Collective. He has written in numerous publications including Socialist Worker (US), The International Socialist Review, Against the Current, Spectre, Truthout, Jacobin, New Politics, and Tempest. He is co-author... Read More →

JM Wong

JM Wong is a Seattle-based community organizer with the Massage Parlor Organizing Project. They have been active in international solidarity work with Chinese and other Sinophone activists for years.

Saturday July 5, 2025 1:00pm - 2:30pm CDT
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Imperialism and Anti-Imperialism