Saheli Chowdhury, Gabriel Martínez Saldívar, Steve Lalla Since the election of Hugo Chávez in 1998, Venezuela has been subjected to a campaign of hybrid warfare at the hands of the US and its allies. In that span of time the Bolivarian Republic has weathered six coups attempts including the attempted assassination of its president, a…
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Caribbean Organizations Condemn Israeli Campaign of Ethnic Cleansing
CARIBBEAN ORGANIZATIONS CALL ON CARICOM, THE US, BRITAIN AND EUROPEAN UNION TO TAKE URGENT ACTION The Caribbean Pan-African Network (CPAN), the Network for Defense of Humanity, Caribbean Chapter, Organization for the Victory of the People (Guyana), The People’s Empowerment Party (Barbados) and the Caribbean Movement for Peace and Integration condemn what can only be described…
Ecuador: Facing a False Choice between Progressivism and the Indigenous Agenda
Ollantay Itzamná According to the results of the general elections of last Sunday, February 7, the people of Ecuador will have to go to the polls again on April 11 (the same day as the general elections in Peru) to define, in a second round, the new President and Vice-President of the country: Arauz-Rabascall (UNES)…
Parliamentarians: Another Test Passed
Ana Cristina Bracho During the last twenty-two years, the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela has experienced a hyperactive democracy. This is why it is a very rare country where, on average, there has been more than one election a year. However, none of its elections have been spared from being presented as the moment of definitive…
Against Hate: The Semiotics of Certain Low Passions
Fernando Buen Abad Domínguez Among all the many backwards and antiquated emotions with which we are forced to co-exist, hate stands out for its irrationality and stupidity. For the human species, it is a futile ambush, always counterproductive and degrading. Those who hate drastically lower their level of humanization, and accept a condition of mutilated…
MAS Won in 96% of Bolivian Municipalities
Alcides Flores In 95 of the country’s 342 municipalities, it won with averages ranging from 90% to 98% of the vote. In La Paz, it won in 85 of the 87 municipalities, in Cochabamba it only lost in Colcapirhua. In the rural area, it was overwhelming. Only in the capital cities did it suffer: it…
The Battle for the White House and Far Right Militias
Rafael González Morales Political violence in different forms and manifestations is present in the U.S. electoral arena. President Trump systematically promotes it, law enforcement agencies have increased police brutality against minorities, groups and movements of various kinds, and a state of siege has been declared in several cities in recent times. Domestic terrorist plans have…
Declaration of the Internationalist Festival of People’s Resistance 2020
IN DEFENSE OF LIFE ON THE PLANET, FOR PEACE AND SOCIAL JUSTICE, LET’S STOP TRUMP AND THE FAR RIGHT Imperialism is putting the future of life on the planet at risk, with its militaristic policies of intervention and aggression, and of catastrophic environmental degradation. We – movements and organizations of the youth, peasants, and women,…
Speech by President Nicolas Maduro at the Internationalist Festival of People’s Resistance 2020
My greetings to the Internationalist Festival of People’s Resistance for People’s Unity and Peace. In Venezuela, we are are in this battle, as you know, together with humanity, against this COVID-19 pandemic. We have resisted, despite the persecution by the Government of the United States, against all of the country’s money, against all of its…
The US Dictatorship of (White) Capital and its Tools of Bamboozlement
Glen Ford The New York Times and fellow corporate media discourage Americans from organizing against the rule of the rich by pretending that People Power is a fantasy. “The ruling class is very much aware that the only force capable of countering the power of Capital is the Power of the People in motion.” Like three card…
Rest in Power, Kevin Zeese
Margaret Flowers Above photo: Kevin Zeese speaks at a rally for Chelsea Manning. By Ellen Davidson. It is with a sad heart that I report the sudden and unexpected death of Kevin Zeese early Sunday morning. Kevin was working up until the end and died in his sleep of a possible heart attack. There will…
Haiti Government Accused of Collusion with Gangs to Manipulate Election
Haiti Rebel (Former Police officer, Jimmy Cherisier, better known as “Barbecue” accused of many massacre in the Capital of Haiti seen in this picture holding a rifle.) The executive secretary of the organization Together Against Corruption (Ensemble Contre La Corruption), Édouard Paultre, accuses the Haitian Government of colluding with armed gangs in the country, in…
