US imperialism
Trump’s actions against Iran, Venezuela and Cuba have few parallels in modern history. Steve Ellner argues they call for a reevaluation of analysis and strategy on the left.
‘Our oil’: Venezuela, Trump and the brutal logic of 21st century imperialism
Opposing US intervention is necessary, but doing so without analysing the limits of the Maduro regime risks reducing politics to reflexive allegiance, writes Sankha Subhra Biswas.
How can Venezuela recover its sovereignty?
Responding to Venezuelan leftist Luis Fernando Marquez, Chris Slee writes the left needs to be able to explain how US imperialism can be defeated.
The US and Israel have waged war on Iran. Russia has reaped the benefits, using fossil fuel profits to bankroll its war on Ukraine. Frieda Afary, Denys Pilash, Alexandra Zapolskaya and Ashley Smith discuss the impacts on Iranians and Ukrainians.
Denis Ospino looks at the situation facing Venezuelan workers, the regime of “tutelage” imposed by Trump after January 3, the growing wave of trade union protests and the issue of anti-imperialist solidarity.
Despite his country’s critical situation, Silvio Rodríguez insists he has not succumbed to despair: “I am sure many Cubans would be willing to defend our country with weapons.”
The Western media prefers to promote those who back the monarchy, the regime or Western imperialism. For the fight against these evils to succeed, we must support the invisible majority of Iranians who reject all these powers. writes Nasrin Parvaz.
The myth of the ‘miscalculation’: Why the war on Iran was no accident
The message of the NYT’s report, “How Trump Took U.S to War with Iran,” is clear: this war could have been avoided if better judgement prevailed. Ali Keshtkar says this framing carries a fundamental problem.
Cuba’s dilemma: Reform and overcome the crisis or collapse
Carlos Alzugaray Treto — Cuba must find the road toward its own reforms. Otherwise, Cubans run the risk of an unacceptable setback that we do not deserve after so much sacrifice.
Eduardo Sánchez discusses the recent economic measures announced by Venezuela’s Acting President Delcy Rodríguez and the rising protest movement for decent wages and pensions.
The Bolivarian hypothesis: An interview with PSUV deputy Roy Daza
Roy Daza analyses the Bolivarian revolution’s trajectory, the economic, financial, and military pressures to which the country has been subjected, and how domestic policymaking has tried to cope with them.
No to war, no to distortion: A critique of ‘limitless unity’ within the anti-Iran war movement
Mitra Mahmoudi discusses the dangers of blurring political boundaries between the anti-war movement and Islamic Republic supporters in the name of “broad unity”.
