Debating Venezuela
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.
‘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.
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.
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.
Venezuela: ‘In times of retreat, the priority should be preparing the counteroffensive’
Reinaldo Iturriza looks at the political situation in Venezuela after the January 3 US attack, the state of Chavismo and the communes and why talk of “betrayal or loyalty” when it comes to the Delcy Rodríguez’s government makes little sense.
Venezuelan leftist: ‘Recuperating sovereignty and control over our resources is essential’
Luis Fernando Marquez discusses recent developments in Venezuela, the people’s reactions and challenges for the left.
Regime change for oil? The real motivations behind the US military intervention in Venezuela
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.
Oil wars: An interview with Venezuela's former Minister of Energy Rafael Ramírez
Rafael Ramírez reflects on the trajectory of Venezuela’s resource economy, its changing geopolitical orientation, and the future of the Bolivarian cause.
Venezuela: Forty days of accelerated counter-revolution
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.”
