Stop the Wars at Home and Abroad!

Venezuela, Even More Than Palestine, Is the Linchpin of a Consistent Radical Left in the Era of Global Neofascism Led by the U.S.

by Ajamu Baraka, published on Black Agenda Report,  January 7, 2026 Solidarity with Palestine tests morality, but solidarity with Venezuela tests politics. The recent U.S. intervention demands a radical left moving from moral outrage to a material confrontation with its own state. Palestine is the moral heart of global anti-colonial politics. It exposes the brutality of settler colonialism in its[…]

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Venezuela, Palestine, And The End Of International Law

by Craig Mokhiber, published on Popular Resistance, January 8, 2026 Ushering In The Age Of Impunity. On January 3, 2026, without provocation, cause, or legal justification, the U.S. bombed Venezuela, invaded its capital, killed dozens of people, and violently abducted the President and First Lady of the country, binding, blindfolding, and spiriting them off to the United States. Surely, such[…]

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The United States’ War Against Venezuela began in 2001

by Vijay Prashad, published on Socialist Action, December 31, 1025 The United States had no problem with Venezuela itself, nor with the country or its former oligarchy. The problem the U.S. government and its business class have is with the process initiated by President Hugo Chávez’s first administration. In 2001, Chávez’s Bolivarian process passed a law called the Organic Hydrocarbons Law,[…]

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China’s Special Envoy Reaffirms Unbreakable Brotherhood With Venezuela Against US Naval Blockade and Piracy

by Staff at the Orinoco Tribune, January 3, 2026 Editor’s Note: An interesting aside.  The day before the U.S. bombed Caracas and kidnapped Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, he met with a group of Chinese diplomats regarding economic commitments.   At the same time, U.S. President Trump pulled the trigger after meetings with Benjamin Netanyahu and Volodomyr Zelensky about our support for[…]

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China / United States – Latin America and the Caribbean: The people have their say.

by By Sergio Rodriguez Gelfenstein, published on Workers World,  December 30, 2025 As if by fate and unplanned twists of history, at the very moment that Trump was threatening Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) and Marco Rubio was making clear his conviction that the Western Hemisphere is Washington’s property, thus reviving the Monroe Doctrine and its Trump corollary for[…]

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Stand with Venezuela

Resist US-Led War Movement Stands with Venezuela, Statement, January 3, 2026 The Resist US-Led War Movement stands in solidarity with the people of Venezuela, the Bolivarian revolution and the Venezuelan people’s right to resist and defend their sovereignty! The US’ criminal bombardment of Caracas and the kidnapping of President Nicolás Maduro under the fabricated pretext of “narco-terrorism” is a blatant[…]

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A Unified Venezuela Strongly Condemns US Threat of Blockade, Gains International Backing

Published on Socialist Action, December 18, 2025 Caracas (OrinocoTribune.com) In an escalation of the US empire’s ongoing illegal sanctions on Venezuela, US President Donald Trump has announced a “full blockade” of the sovereign nation and its oil tanker fleet. He claimed the measure would remain in place until Venezuela “returns all the oil, land, and other assets” he alleged were[…]

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This is Not a Ceasefire: The Israeli Genocide Continues

by Vijay Prashad, produced by Globetrotter, December 29, 2025 On 19 January 2025, a ceasefire took effect to halt the Israeli bombing of Palestinians in Gaza. This ceasefire emerged from a mediation process by Egypt, Qatar, and the United States, which had been sealed in June 2024 with United Nations Security Council Resolution 2735. However, the Israelis rejected the agreement[…]

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Trump Isn’t Planning to Invade Venezuela. He’s Planning Something Worse

by Michelle Ellner, published on Common Dreams, December 25 2025 The loudest question in Washington right now is whether Donald Trump is going to invade Venezuela. The quieter, and far more dangerous, reality is this: he probably won’t. Not because he cares about Venezuelan lives, but because he has found a strategy that is cheaper, less politically risky at home,[…]

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WFTU Statement on the Occasion of the New Year 2026

The World Federation of Trade Unions, December 26, 2025 As we welcome the year 2026, the World Federation of Trade Unions (WFTU) addresses its militant and class-oriented greetings to workers, trade unionists, and progressive peoples across the globe. The new year finds the international working class confronted with old and new challenges, but also armed with experience, organization, and the[…]

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