Venezuela

Popular protagonism in Venezuela’s transition to socialism: A conversation with Michael Lebowitz

By Cira Pascual Marquina

July 12, 2020 — Links International Journal of Socialist Renewal reposted from Venezuela Analysis — Michael Lebowitz is a professor of political economy, researcher, and prolific writer. He is the author of Beyond Capital: Marx's Political Economy of the Working Class (1992), The Socialist Imperative: From Gotha to Now (2015), and the upcoming Between Capitalism and Community (2021). From 2006 to 2011, Lebowitz was Development Director in the Program in Transformative Practice and Human Development at the Centro Internacional Miranda, in Caracas. In this interview, he explores the importance of participation and democracy in the construction of socialism, while reflecting on the internal contradictions of the Bolivarian Process.

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Washington intensifies its collective punishment of Venezuelans

By Kevin Young

Venezuelans under siege

August 10, 2019 - U.S.

Capital paralysis: The scope and impact of Washington-imposed sanctions on Venezuela in the context of international law

By Richard Balzano, 

Venezuela — Interview with Stalin Pérez Borges: “It will be very difficult to defeat us.”

March 3 2019 — Links International Journal of Socialist R

Venezuela: Taking a look at the anti-Maduro narrative

Venezuela and disaster capitalism

By Reinaldo Iturriza López, translation by Nicolas Allen February 10, 2019 — Links International Journal of Socialist Renewal reposted from Verso Blog — On Monday, January 28, the Department of the Treasury of the United States announced it was placing a “block” on all of Petróleos de Venezuela’s (PDVSA) assets under US jurisdiction, prohibiting its citizens from engaging in any type of transaction with the Venezuelan state-owned oil company.[1] Secretary Steve Mnuchin added that “if the people of Venezuela want to continue to sell us oil”, we will only accept it on the condition that our money goes to “blocked accounts”, which would later be made available for the “transition government”.[2]

Venezuela defines the future of the region

By Claudio Katz, translation by Nicolas Allen

Regime change in Venezuela: “Made in the USA”

By Steve Ellner

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