Venezuela
Applying/misapplying Gramsci’s passive revolution to Latin America
Steve Ellner — A distinction needs to be made between critical support for the Pink Tide and the passive revolution analysis that gets translated into frontal opposition to those governments.
Venezuela: Opposing the blockade is our main task
Chris Slee — Activists in Venezuela have every right to criticise government policy. But for socialists in the imperialist countries, our priorities should be different.
Venezuela after the presidential election: ‘This is not a left-wing government’
Atenea Jiménez & Simón Rodríguez — More and more leftists, including former Bolivarian activists, are forming new coalitions and campaigns against the government.
Postcard from a Venezuelan feminist in Caracas
Ariadna Mogollón — Venezuela is not the same country it was in 2017, or 2018 when there was a very intense economic crisis due to the blockade imposed by the US. There has been an economic recovery, but its a recovery that has deepened class divisions.
The Latin American left amid China, the United States, late progressivism and the far right
Eric Toussaint — Claudio Katz's new book, Latin America at the Global Crossroads, concentrates on the continent’s relations with China and with US imperialism.
Venezuela: The US blockade and the election — a response to Edgardo Lander
Chris Slee — The US government will use the claimed falsification of election results as a pretext for continuing and intensifying its economic war against Venezuela. The left must oppose this.
Against authoritarianism and neoliberalism in Venezuela: A view from the critical left
In this conversation, Edgardo Lander seeks to move beyond the dogmatic, schematic and sectarian views that characterise much of the international flow of information and analysis on Venezuela.
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.
Venezuela’s presidential elections: Attempted coup or fraud? An interview with Reinaldo Iturriza
Reinaldo Iturriza looks at the competing — and inadequate — narratives surrounding Venezuela’s July 28 presidential election.
Antonio González Plessmann breaks down the country’s July 28 presidential election and its fallout from an anti-capitalist perspective.
Venezuela’s diverse lefts need internationalist solidarity
Yoletty Bracho — Amid the polarized conflict between the government and opposition, critical leftist voices struggle to advance their own political demands.
Ana Cristina Carvalhaes & Luís Bonilla-Molina — Unlike what had happened for the past 25 years with Venezuela's elections, the presidential vote on July 28 split the broad Latin American left from top to bottom.