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Eric Toussaint — As the United States launches a new war against Iran it is important to analyse, from a historical perspective, US foreign policy.

Malfred Gerig — The problem with the it’s “all about oil” thesis is that it obscures the other economic and geopolitical objectives of Washington’s regime change operation in Venezuela.

Franck Gaudichaud — The attack against Venezuela in early January are part of the new US strategy within the broader reorganization of the world and of inter-imperialist power relations.

Rafael Ramírez reflects on the trajectory of Venezuela’s resource economy, its changing geopolitical orientation, and the future of the Bolivarian cause.

Pedro Gellert — Cuba’s destruction is the price it must pay for thumbing its nose at the US behemoth. That’s why the left must do all we can to defend Cuba.

Dave Holmes — Sixty seven years after the initial victory of the Cuban Revolution, it faces perhaps its greatest ever challenge as Washington moves in for the kill.

The pace at which the counter-revolution in Venezuelan politics has unfolded since January 3 is incredible. Luís Bonilla-Molina summarise what has happened so far.

Michael Roberts — “Venezuela in Crisis” brings together “some of the most important Marxist, socialist, and anti-capitalist thinkers in Venezuela, representing a range of left political traditions and organizations.”

Luís Bonilla-Molina — The new unified capitalist class has gone further than even the capitalist class of the Fourth Republic in shedding any nationalist character and accepting the colonial protectorate status that the US seeks to impose.

Ana Cristina Carvalhaes, Israel Dutra, João Machado & Manuel Rodríguez Banchs — This is not “just” a war against Cuba and its revolutionary tradition but a war against the sovereignty of all Latin American countries and Latino peoples within the US.

Ashley Smith speaks with Federico Fuentes about the coup, Maduro’s regime, and the urgency of building anti-imperialist resistance against Trump’s vicious new imperialism.

Malfred Gerig looks at why the January 3 US military assault occurred, what the new Delcy Rodríguez government represents and what it all means for Venezuelan sovereignty.