Federico Fuentes

Behind Trump’s spiralling tariff war: An interview with Marxist economist Michael Roberts
Michael Roberts explains the recent raft of tariffs announced by US President Donald Trump, how they fit into his broader project to reassert US global hegemony, and what a left response could look like.

‘Even silence is viewed as dissent’: An interview with Russian trade unionist Pavel Kudyukin
Pavel Kudyukin discusses the situation of workers and trade unions in Russia, the differing stances among Russian leftists towards Russia’s war on Ukraine, and the campaigns to free political prisoners held in Russian jails.

Venezuelan Communist Neirlay Andrade: ‘An authoritarian regime is never the better option’
Neirlay Andrade argues that the Maduro government’s refusal to publish election results means it ‘is crossing a line of no return and rapidly imposing a reactionary regime.’

The end of Venezuela’s Bolivarian process? An interview with community activist Gerardo Rojas
Gerardo Rojas discusses the July 28 presidential election, the current state of community organising in the country and why we might be witnessing the Maduro government’s final break with the Bolivarian process.