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The dark shadow spreading across Latin America

Trump and the global far right have made serious progress in Latin America. The next big battle against this neofascist wave has already begun in Brazil, writes Ana Cristina Carvalhaes.
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Colombia and Latin America: A new stage of the struggle

Far right politician Abelardo de la Espriella will soon be sworn in as president, but Colombia is far from being under the control of the United States, reports Ted Zuur.
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Ecology, Trump’s new colonialism and a non-dogmatic theory of imperialism: An interview with Ana Cristina Carvalhaes

Ana Cristina Carvalhaes argues for a non-dogmatic theory of imperialism, which incorporates ecology, understands Trump’s aggressive neo-colonialist shift and recognises sub-imperialist countries.
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Trumpism, Mamdani and the revolutionary party we need

Paul Le Blanc responds to criticism of his recent text on the situation in the United States, “Defining Trumpism, defeating Trump”.
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On Trump and Trumpism: Inventory versus state form

Anthony Teso contends that socialist analysis must identify the structure it confronts and the organisation capable of defeating it, rather than registering dangers and applauding resistance.
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Defining Trumpism, defeating Trump

Paul Le Blanc looks at the underlying ideology and social forces behind the Trump regime, and explores the strengths and limitations of the growing anti-Trump resistance.
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Trumpism: A patrimonial Bonapartism regime

Anthony Teso argues why Trumpism represents a form of patrimonial Bonapartism and how this analysis can help the left understand what it must do differently in response.
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Bolivarian twilight: The recolonization of Venezuela

Realignments since January 3 have served to strengthen US control over Venezuela, but the conditions for recolonization were set in place years before, contends Luís Bonilla-Molina.
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Former Chávez VP: Venezuela needs a new ‘struggle for liberation’

Elías Jaua explains Trump’s plan for Venezuela, and how the people have responded. Jaua also discusses the Maduro government, the United Socialist Party of Venezuela, the communes and solidarity with Venezuela.
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Militarised accumulation and the irrational rationality of the Iran war

At the level of the global economy, the Iran war appears deeply irrational. It has disrupted trade, raised energy prices and fed inflation. Yet it continues. Dmitry Pozhidaev explains why.
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Palantir’s ‘The Technological Republic’: A digital fascist manifesto

Palantir’s manifesto reveals we face a new form of fascism whose tools of violence and repression are algorithms, big data and AI, writes Rezgar Akrawi.

Trump’s kidnapping of Maduro: Meaning and consequences

Peter Rosset, Lia Pinheiro Barbosa and Edgardo Lander debate the meaning of Maduro’s kidnapping, how the left should judge the Bolivarian project, and how to show solidarity with Venezuela.