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Díaz-Canel signs the Book of Condolences in Tribute to the Heroes and Martyrs of Venezuela and Cuba
Loyalty "to the legacy of our heroes, Fidel and Chávez," was reaffirmed on Tuesday afternoon by the President of the Republic of Cuba, Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, in the Book of Condolences in Tribute to the Heroes and Martyrs of Venezuela and Cuba who gave their lives in defense of the sovereignty of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela. The tribute was also attended by other senior leaders of the Revolution. Photos via : Estudios Revolución By Alina Perera Robbio, translate

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Jan 142 min read


“When we are united, no one can defeat us!”: Bolivian workers defeat gasolinazo and win new rights
Several weeks after it was introduced, the Paz government repealed the elimination of fuel subsidies in response to the organized struggle of workers, Indigenous people, teachers, and other social movements. Bolivian workers rally at a roadblock during the strikes -- image via X By Pablo Meriguet, People's Dispatch After several weeks of mass marches and road blockades, Bolivian workers succeeded in forcing the recently inaugurated neoliberal government of Rodrigo Paz to repe

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Jan 143 min read


Communists denounce hypocritical stance of the Dutch government towards US Venezuela attack
Dutch Prime Minister Dick Schoof with the Trump at the NATO Summit in June, 2025 -- public domain image The unacceptable, hypocritical stance of the Dutch government and House of Representatives towards the imperialist intervention of the US in Venezuela International Commission of the Central Committee of the New Communist Party of the Netherlands On 8 January, the bankrupt outgoing Schoof cabinet held a debate with the House of Representatives on the imperialist interventio

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Jan 142 min read


Seis puntos para navegar por la situación actual en Irán
Image from the riots via X By Vijay Prashad Irán está sumido en el caos. En todo el país se han producido protestas de diferente magnitud, con un aumento de la violencia que ha llevado a manifestantes y policías a la morgue. Lo que comenzó como paros laborales y protestas contra la inflación reunió a una serie de descontentos, con mujeres y jóvenes frustrados por un sistema incapaz de garantizar su sustento. Irán ha estado sometido a un prolongado asedio económico y ha sido a

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Jan 149 min read


Six Points to Navigate the Turmoil in Iran
Image via X By Vijay Prashad Iran is in turmoil. Across the country, there have been protests of different magnitudes, with violence on the increase with both protesters and police finding themselves in the morgue. What began as work stoppages and inflation protests drew together a range of discontent, with women and young people frustrated with a system unable to secure their livelihood. Iran has been under prolonged economic siege and has been attacked directly by Israel an

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Jan 138 min read


Venezuela and the Return of Dictatorial Power Politics
Trump on January 6 -- public domain image By D. Raja, General Secretary, Communist Party of India The year 2026 has begun with a dangerous alarm for the future of the world, showing the blood-stained fangs of imperialism. The United States, under President Donald Trump, carried out a terrible attack on Venezuela, forcibly captured the incumbent President of Venezuela Nicolás Maduro and transferred him to the United States to face prosecution. This was not a covert operation a

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Jan 135 min read


Daily LIFT #1848
Mao plaque, People's Republic of China, c. 1969 -- Daily LIFT #1848 The rim inscription reads “Warmly celebrate the successful convening of the Ninth National Congress of the CPC”.

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Jan 131 min read


Opportunist Reasoning and the Politics of Fear
CC BY-SA 2.5 via Wikimedia Commons By Shadab Murtaza It is often assumed that the collapse of clerical authoritarianism in Iran would inevitably result in the establishment of a government subordinate to the United States. This assumption overlooks a fundamental historical reality. In the 1979 revolution, the Iranian people dismantled not only the rule of the Pahlavi monarchy but also the system of domination through which US imperialism exercised decisive influence over Iran

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Jan 136 min read


KKE denounces ban on the Communist Party of Poland
The International Relations Section of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Greece (KKE) condemns the unacceptable ratification of the ban on the Communist Party of Poland by the Polish authorities. In its statement, it notes the following: “The KKE condemns in the strongest terms the unacceptable decision of the Warsaw Regional Court to remove the Communist Party of Poland from the register of political parties. This decision implements a previous anti-communist

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Jan 132 min read


Swaziland Communists demand the release of Comrade Bonginkosi Nkambule
Image via the Communist Party of Swaziland on Facebook Statement: Today marks two full years since the incarceration of cde Bonginkhosi Bongo Nkhambule, a steadfast son of the working class, loyal member of the CPS, and a committed revolutionary. On 10 January 2024, agents of the Tinkhundla regime descended on his home area in Mbabane, abducting and arresting him for his unwavering commitment to the struggle for freedom, democracy, socialism to achieve genuine people’s power

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Jan 132 min read


Cuban heroes killed in Venezuela to return January 15
Via the Revolutionary Government of Cuba This Thursday, January 15, 2026, the mortal remains of the 32 combatants who fell heroically during the criminal attack perpetrated by the government of the United States against the sister Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela will arrive in the Homeland. In a military ceremony at the José Martí International Airport in Havana, they will receive the first posthumous tribute. They will then be transferred along Rancho Boyeros Avenue to the

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Jan 131 min read


How South Korea’s Billions Will Upgrade Trump’s War Machine
Trump with South Korean President Lee Jae Myung on October 29, 2025 -- public domain image Via Dae-Han Song In a flagrant disregard for international law and national sovereignty, the Trump administration invaded and kidnapped Venezuela’s President Maduro and First Lady Cilia Flores. Rather than being an isolated event, the increasing bravado of and remarks from President Donald Trump open the terrifying possibility that, if not opposed, Trump’s war machine will proliferate

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Jan 134 min read


What Does Venezuela Have to Do With Taiwan?
By Biljana Vankovska The New Year did not begin with hope or joy, except for the arms dealers. More precisely, for the military-industrial-media-academic-NGO complex that feeds on permanent war. Orders are flowing, profits are booming, and blood has once again become a growth sector. For any normal society, pirates belong in adventure films, not in the civilian power corridor. Yet Venezuela, more precisely, its legally elected president Nicolás Maduro, became the first trophy

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Jan 134 min read


Solidarity with the peoples of Cuba and Iran: British Communists
Britain's Communist Party has condemned the latest threats against Cuba and challenged the British government to uphold international law. At the party's Political Committee on Sunday (January 11) , general secretary Robert Griffiths was responding to President Trump's announcement that the 64-year long economic embargo embargo on Cuba would now include all exports of Venezuela oil to the Caribbean island. US forces have also hijacked Venezuelan and Russian-flagged oil tanker

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Jan 132 min read


Daily LIFT #1847
Spring Festival, painting, Huang Yung-Yu, People's Republic of China, 1956 -- Daily LIFT #1847

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Jan 121 min read


Broad-based public meeting in solidarity with Venezuela held in New Delhi
Image via the CPI(M) on Facebook A broad-based public meeting in solidarity with Venezuela was organised today (January 12) at the Harkishan Singh Surjeet Bhavan, New Delhi, to protest against U.S. aggression, the conspiracy to abduct the democratically elected President of Venezuela and the First Lady, and to express solidarity with the people of Venezuela. The meeting was addressed by leaders and Members of Parliament from several political parties, including: M. A. Baby [

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Jan 123 min read


WFTU calls for International Action Day in Solidarity with the people of Venezuela, January 22nd, 2026
Following the deployment of U.S. forces in the Caribbean with the pretext of war against drug trafficking and after the first land strike on a dock area inside the country, the USA uncontrollably escalates its aggression by conducting of a large-scale strike against Karakas, capturing of the President Nikolas Maduro and Cilia Flores. The US is intensifying its aggression against the sovereign people of Venezuela, threatening at the same time the whole region, reviving the Mon

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Jan 122 min read


There are no talks with the U.S. government: Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez
Image via the PCC Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez took to X and the Communist Party of Cuba website today (January 12) to stress that there are no ongoing talks between the governments of Cuba and the United States. Statement: There are no talks with the U.S. government, except for technical contacts in the field of migration. We have always been willing to engage in serious and responsible dialogue with the various US administrations, including the current one, on

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Jan 121 min read


Crucial Hours in Venezuela and Across the Continent
Venezuelans march in Caracas demanding the release of Nicolás Maduro and Cilia Flores, January 9 -- image via X By Manuel Bertoldi 10 Points for debate and political orientation of the popular forces of Our America One. The recent military aggression by the United States and the kidnapping of President Nicolás Maduro constitute the most serious and explicit attack that US imperialism has carried out in the entire history of the Venezuelan nation. At the same time, they repres

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Jan 127 min read


Cooperation Between Cuba and Venezuela: A War Target for the US
The relationship between Cuba and Venezuela transcends traditional diplomacy; it is a phenomenon of direct confrontation against imperialism and a model of cooperation between peoples that has transformed the geopolitics of the Caribbean and South America. This alliance is not a recent or improvised development; it has deep roots, and its destruction has become a primary strategic objective for the United States. Chavez and Castro meet, December 1994 By Carmen Navas Reyes Bac

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Jan 123 min read
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