Donald Trump

Russian wooden matryoshka dolls depict President Donald Trump, Vladimir Lenin, a Soviet politician and statesman and Russian President Vladimir Putin on the Red Square in Moscow

Trump’s peace, Lenin’s test: Class, empire and the price of a deal

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.
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Ukraine Solidarity Network (US): Oppose Trump’s surrender plan for Ukraine

The Ukraine Solidarity Network denounces this latest attempt to impose a settlement that is not acceptable to the Ukrainian people.
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United States: The key characteristics of Trump’s second term

Paul D'Amato outlines some of the key features of Trumpism and how they are playing out in the first year of Trump’s tumultuous second presidency.
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Trump’s provocations are bolstering Latin America’s left

Steve Ellner — Across Latin America, Donald Trump’s aggressive moves is uniting progressive forces in opposition and bolstering the left’s political prospects.
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The context and significance of María Corina Machado’s Nobel Peace Prize

Luís Bonilla-Molina — María Corina Machado's Nobel Peace Prize has sparked an unusual debate on social media. Understanding its implications requires a structural analysis to comprehend the political operation behind it.
Donald Trump delivers remarks to the Venezuelan American community at the Florida International University Ocean Bank Convocation Center on February 18, 2019, in Miami, Florida.

With Trump, polarization among Venezuelans reaches new heights

Steve Ellner — Washington’s Venezuela policy has intensified divisions within the opposition, revealing class divides and fears over the fallout from a potential US invasion.
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Trump’s ‘peace’ in the Middle East: A retrocolonialism built on sand

Kevin B. Anderson provides a preliminary assessment of the consequences of the Gaza war and the future.
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Trump at the Knesset and Sharm el-Sheikh: A festival of obsequiousness

Gilbert Achcar — If the scenes of Trump’s celebration at the Israeli Knesset and in Sharm el-Sheikh were staged for cinematic exploitation, they would undoubtedly rank among the worst productions in history.
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Venezuelan socialist groups: Stop imperialist aggression against Venezuela! Trump’s troops out of the Caribbean and Latin America!

Trump’s military deployment opens the door to a possible armed intervention by the United States in Venezuela.
US President Donald Trump and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth announced that they bombed another boat in the Caribbean on October 3, 2025. (Photo: screenshot/Donald Trump/Truth Social)

Murder in the Caribbean: How should we interpret the dramatic escalation in US policy towards 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.
Montage by Global Voices, featuring U.S. President-elect Trump (image from Flickr, under CC BY-SA 2.0) and the map of Latin America

Latin America: The target of Trump’s neocolonial offensive

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?
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Gaza after October 7: A bitter account two years into the catastrophe

Gilbert Achcar provides an account of two years of genocidal war and its potential outcome.

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