Yves Engler Canada is supporting US efforts to overthrow Nicaragua’s government. A recently leaked USAID document highlights “the breadth and complexity of the US government’s plan to interfere in Nicaragua’s internal affairs up to and after its presidential election in 2021.” The stated aim is to replace president Daniel Ortega with “a government committed to…
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Borotba: Workers Should Put an End to Crisis in Belarus
Minsk: Rally in Lenin Square in defense of Belarusian government, Aug. 16. Borotba (Struggle), a revolutionary Marxist organization banned by the U.S.-backed government of Ukraine, issued the following statement on Aug. 25. Borotba activists continue their work from exile, in the anti-fascist Donbass republics, and underground in Ukraine. Translated for Struggle-La Lucha by Greg Butterfield….
Underreported New Cold War Battleground in Belarus May Spark Dangerous Conflagration Between U.S. and Russia
Jeremy Kuzmarov Protests in Minsk [Source: BBC News] Belarus is looking like a new Cold War battleground since protests broke out following the disputed election of Aleksandr Lukashenko on Sunday, August 9th. Lukashenko won the election with 80 percent of the vote, though his opponent, Svetlana Tikhanovskaya, who garnered 10 percent of the vote, stated…
US Imperialism and the Anti-Imperialist Struggles of the 21st Century
Ramón Grosfoguel Cochabamba, Bolivia, November, 2019 Brief presentation of eight theses in the International Cycle “Our America in the Plans of Imperialism” meeting “A View from North America” held on August 25, 2020, organized by the Movement of Social Scientists “Simon Bolivar” of Caracas.. THESIS 1: The cycle of US hegemony in the world-system has…
U.S.-NATO Hands Off Belarus!
Greg Butterfield Six years after the U.S. government helped to engineer a right-wing takeover of Ukraine using mass protests, another former Soviet republic — Belarus — is now in the gunsights of Washington and the European Union. It is urgent for the anti-war movement here to raise the demand: U.S.-NATO hands off Belarus! On Aug….
US Imperialism, Climate Catastrophe and the New Cold War: Interview with Senior Nicaraguan Minister Paul Oquist
Fiona Edwards It is clear that humanity is facing several extremely serious threats. The stakes in the struggles that are set to define the next decade will have seismic implications for the future of our species. I met with Dr Paul Oquist, Nicaragua’s Secretary of the Presidency and National Policies and long-time representative of Nicaragua…
Mutual Aid and Survival as Resistance in Puerto Rico
Isa Rodríguez Soto Faced with an onslaught of disasters, government mismanagement of life-threatening crises, and the injustices of colonialism, Puerto Rican communities have bet on their own survival. Their mutual aid efforts testify to both the power of grassroots organizing and the scale of state neglect. I grew up hearing a common saying in Puerto…
A Century After U.S. Military Intervention in Ceiba and the Return of Territorial Concessions
Zaha Hadid Architects unveils Roatán Próspera housing complex for Honduras On August 17, it was a century since the arrival of the USS Sacramento to the port of La Ceiba, with the purpose of protecting the interests of the brothers of “Sicilian” Vaccaro and his banana company the Standard Fruit Company, which was confronting a…
Colombia and its Imaginary Democracy
Pablo Jofre Leal Colombia is a beautiful country, endowed with a diversity of natural wonders in its different territories: on the coast, in the plain, the jungle and the mountains. Rich in natural resources, with a friendly and joyful people suffering the pain and consequences of a deep political and social crisis. A crisis that…
The USA and Nicaragua Now: An Interview with S. Brian Willson
Tortilla con Sal Tortilla con Sal: We’re here with Brian Willson, Viet Nam veteran and onetime criminal lawyer. Brian has written extensively about US imperialism and its effects around the world and what people in Nicaragua are especially interested in right now Brian is what’s happening in the United States as a result of the…
Mexico: First the Poor
Roger Stoll Por el bien de todos, primero los pobres (“For the good of all, first the poor.”) —AMLO Mexico is a semi-colony with a population of 129 million. Its political, financial and business elites are bound to the US, which receives 80% of Mexican exports. International corporations feast on Mexico’s cheap labor and resources,…
The Tribulations of Triangulation: Few Options for Belarus Amid a Color Revolution
Roger D. Harris A “color revolution” is a media term for a movement based on legitimate grievances only to be co-opted into a regime change operation backed by the US and confederates. There have been so many – Georgia in 2003, Ukraine in 2004, Kyrgyzstan in 2005 – that they have run out of colors….
