Debating Venezuela
Gabriel Hetland — The immense harm caused by US sanctions should not mean leftists give Maduro's repressive and predatory government a free pass.
Demonising Nicolás Maduro: Fallacies and consequences
Steve Ellner — Failure to contextualise errors and transcend binaries when it comes the Maduro government leads to underestimating the US sanctions and undermines solidarity.
Marea Socialista: Against bureaucratic authoritarianism and capitalist exploitation in Venezuela
Marea Socialista — Venezuelan workers must reclaim their political independence and forge an agenda for struggle against bureaucracy and capital.
The pro-Maduro left’s blind spots: Against the ‘nuancing’ of Venezuela’s disaster
Emiliano Teran Mantovani argues Steve Ellner’s defence of Venezuela’s Maduro government reflects a tendency on the left to defend decaying regimes rather than chart out alternative paths rooted in popular struggles.
Steve Ellner — Gabriel Hetland’s article “Capitalism and authoritarianism in Maduro’s Venezuela” presents a one-sided and decontextualised view of Venezuela under Maduro.
Capitalism and authoritarianism in Maduro’s Venezuela
Gabriel Hetland — Maduro’s authoritarianism has garnered significant attention, but there has been less notice of the transformation in Maduro’s class base.
Atenea Jiménez explains the origins and objectives of the Alliance for Sovereignty and Democracy, how the new Donald Trump presidency might impact Venezuelan politics and the need for solidarity with Venezuela’s left.
Comunes — With Chávez, we were moving in a revolutionary and popular direction. But in the past 10 years, the Bolivarian Revolution has lost protagonism and is no longer expressed in government policies. The results are in plain sight.
Luís Bonilla-Molina — The July 28 presidential election marked the start of a new phase within Madurismo, one of deepening authoritarianism in order to stabilise its pro-capitalist regime.
The Venezuelan working class under Maduro (2013-24): Part I — Introduction
Luís Bonilla-Molina — To understand the situation of the Venezuelan working class, it is important to analyse the Maduro government and Madurismo in three phases.
María Alejandra Díaz — Caught between two warring parties intent on continuing head-on towards a collision, we must insist on doing politics and defending transparency, popular sovereignty and the Constitution.
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.’