US imperialism

Luís Bonilla-Molina — If Maduro was already engaged in open negotiations with the US, why then the unprecedented military deployment against Venezuela?

Mau Baiocco takes an in depth look at the crisis in Venezuela as Trump ramps up US aggression.

Malfred Gerig looks at what has changed in the US’s Grand Strategy under Trumpism, particularly during his second administration.

Worker Democracy argues the case for opposing US-China military competition while continuing to support Taiwan’s right to self-defense.

Dmitry Pozhidaev — Reading Trump’s peace plan through Lenin’s method allows us to keep two planes in view at once: inter-imperialist rivalry and Ukraine’s national liberation struggle against an oppressor.

The Ukraine Solidarity Network denounces this latest attempt to impose a settlement that is not acceptable to the Ukrainian people.

William Jefferies — China’s Great Power status is contested by two groups of Marxists: those who view it as socialist and those who deny its challenge to US hegemony. Neither argument stands up to scrutiny.

Steve Ellner — Across Latin America, Donald Trump’s aggressive moves is uniting progressive forces in opposition and bolstering the left’s political prospects.

Rafeef Ziadah — Trump’s vision seeks to fold Gaza into Israeli, Egyptian and Gulf networks under US trusteeship, merging Gulf capital and Israeli technology while reducing Palestinians to obstacles to be displaced or bypassed.

Trump’s military deployment opens the door to a possible armed intervention by the United States in Venezuela.

Gabriel Hetland — Trump’s recent actions should be understood as part of a longstanding pattern of US aggression towards the Maduro regime. Yet there are also notable distinctions.

Ana Cristina Carvalhaes & Luis Bonilla-Molina — Trump wants to impose the rule that “the United States runs the planet.” But why are Mexico, Brazil and Venezuela his most immediate targets?