The Hypocrisy of a Leftist “No to War” that Comes Too Late

Ramiro Gomez “Now, the people of Donbass will be able to leave their shelters and play in a park with their children, without fear of blowing themselves up, for the first time in 8 years.” I am writing this trying to contain the rage and indignation I feel at the reactions of the Western left…

Canada: Multi-Ethnic Protesters, Ottawa Residents, Challenge Mainstream Media and Counter-Revolutionary – COINTELPRO Left Claims of Racism

Jamil Jivani Jamil Jivani Stop Calling the Truckers Racist. Many Black Canadians Support Them! In fact, appropriate for the month of February, the trucker convoy is actually a Black history moment. Liberal politicians and mainstream media corporations want you to believe that the trucker convoy in Ottawa is racist. The first line of attack on…

Interview with Aleida Guevara, Internationalist Doctor: ‘I Do It Because I’m Cuban’

Rania Khalek sat down with Aleida Guevara, the daughter of Ernesto “Che” Guevara, in Havana, Cuba. They discussed Che’s legacy, his impact on her decision to become a doctor, her earliest memories about his personality in the home, how people treated her after his death, her time serving in Cuba’s revolutionary medical missions in Nicaragua,…

Marxism and the Black Caribbean

Transcript Onye: The main impact of anti-communism and online left discourse has been serious strikes to principled anti imperialism, particularly in Western nations like the United Snakes. You get to the point where China, for example, or Cuba or Vietnam have clearly managed the pandemic much better: have prioritized the health and well-being of their populations,…

The Venceremos Brigade Continues US Solidarity with Cuba

Siempre Con Cuba Members of the National Coordinating Committee of the Venceremos Brigade with a representative from the Cuban Institute of Friendship with the Peoples (ICAP) Members of the national coordinating committee of the Venceremos Brigade, made up of US citizens in solidarity with Cuba, affirmed the continuity of the project begun in 1969 and confirmed…

Internationalist Solidarity from Turtle Island to Palestine

Chandni Desai This past year, in the weeks leading up to the May 15 anniversary of the Nakba — the 1948 ethnic cleansing and mass exodus of the Palestinian people from their homes and lands — the people of East Jerusalem experienced the worst unrest in years. Racist Israeli settlers backed by Israeli police and…

The Palestinian Left Will Not Be Hijacked

Samar Al-Saleh and L.K. “American Imperialism is the Bitter Enemy of the Palestinian People,” from the Palestine Poster Project Archives. A Critique of Palestine: A Socialist Introduction The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine’s political program, Strategy for the Liberation of Palestine (1969), emphasized the indispensable role of political thought in the Palestinian national…

Latin America: The Continent that Never Ceases to Amaze Us

Hussam AbdelKareem With such leaders that the continent of Marquez produces, the poor would not have to steal in order to feed the children. Latin America never ceases to amaze us. Its ability to “produce” “extraordinary” leaders continues across generations. Guevara and Castro are the most famous in the twentieth century, and before them, Simon…

Colombia: Duque’s Neo-Nazi Security Law

Horacio Duque The Colombian Congress, the Presidency of the Republic and the Ministry of Defense have issued a Law of supposed citizen security. In reality, it is a statute to establish a series of provisions and institutions that reshape the political regime to fully establish a neo-Nazi dictatorship to crush social movements and political organizations…

“The Common Sense of Humanity Is On Our Side”: Meet the Plan to Save the Planet

Abdul Rahman A host of research organizations and political platforms, including the International Peoples’ Assembly, have drafted a Plan to Save the Planet which will be submitted to the UN to be adopted as a resolution In the face of a series of global crises, research organizations and political organizations across the world launched the…

Venezuela’s Efforts to Overcome the Pandemic, Political Crisis, and Sanctions: Interview with Carlos Ron

On the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York, Peoples Dispatch spoke with Carlos Ron, Venezuela’s Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs for North America. From positive advances in the dialogue process between the constitutional government and the opposition forces, to strengthening regional unity in the CELAC summit, to bringing together 18 countries…

Declaration Issued in NYC by 18 Countries of UN Anti-Sanctions Group

Misión Verdad The First Ministerial Meeting of the Group of Friends in Defense of the United Nations Charter, also know as the UN Anti-Sanctions Group, was held this Thursday, September 23, in New York, USA, at the Venezuelan Diplomatic Mission to the United Nations. The meeting was attended by representatives of 18 countries that promote…

As Slogans Die, Dots are Joined

Harry Glasbeek A man walks beside a mural portraying a person wearing a gas mask, Milan, Italy. Photo from Shutterstock. To return to a normal that endangers the planet may come to be seen as madness. Hopefully a promising new front has been opened I have lived in a number of cities in different countries:…

India: Thousands of Farmers Hit the Streets on ‘Save Agriculture, Save Constitution Day’

Ravi Kaushal ‘What we witnessed in the past seven months and experienced first-hand reminds us of the Emergency 46 years ago. Today, it is not just the farmers’ movement that is facing repression…’ the farmers’ memorandum read. In a spectacular show of strength, farmers’ organizations on Saturday protested in front of the houses of governors…

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…

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…