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.

Franck Gaudichaud — The attack against Venezuela in early January are part of the new US strategy within the broader reorganization of the world and of inter-imperialist power relations.

Rafael Ramírez reflects on the trajectory of Venezuela’s resource economy, its changing geopolitical orientation, and the future of the Bolivarian cause.

Álvaro García Linera — US invasions and bombings are not going to disappear, but they will become shorter in duration, devastating in their technical effectiveness, and without prolonged military occupations.

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.”

Luís Bonilla-Molina — The new unified capitalist class has gone further than even the capitalist class of the Fourth Republic in shedding any nationalist character and accepting the colonial protectorate status that the US seeks to impose.

Ashley Smith speaks with Federico Fuentes about the coup, Maduro’s regime, and the urgency of building anti-imperialist resistance against Trump’s vicious new imperialism.

Malfred Gerig looks at why the January 3 US military assault occurred, what the new Delcy Rodríguez government represents and what it all means for Venezuelan sovereignty.

Chris Slee — Several reasons explain US hostility to the Maduro government.

Markela Panegyres — The only force capable of making meaningful cracks in the imperialist and capitalist armour is a mass movement of international ecosocialism.

Luís Bonilla-Molina — The question everyone has asked is: could the January 3 imperialist attack on Venezuela spark a revolutionary response? Subsequent events have shattered that illusion.