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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

The Left Chapter
Jan 134 min read


Swaziland Communists denounce US arms package with Taiwan
CPS calls for global mobilisation denouncing USA arms deal with the Taiwan region illegitimate separatist administration 29 December 2025 The Communist Party of Swaziland (CPS) strongly condemns the recent United States $11.1 billion arms package to the Taiwan region of China. This provocative act constitutes a blatant violation of the One-China principle and undermines regional stability and global peace. It is common cause to believe that the USA is either effectively dona

The Left Chapter
Dec 30, 20252 min read


China imposes sanctions on dozens of US weapons manufactures over arms sales to Taiwan
Ignoring repeated Chinese warnings and their own expressed commitments to the one-China policy, successive US administrations have been selling arms to Taiwan and supporting separatist forces there. By Abdul Rahman, People's Dispatch On Friday, December 26, China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced sanctions against US weapons manufacturing firms and their high-level officials over Washington’s decision to allow billions of dollars of arms sales to Taiwan. The 20 weapons

The Left Chapter
Dec 30, 20253 min read


Provoking China Again: Macedonia’s Unlearned Lessons
Milososki, Mizrahi and Bytyqi at a meeting with the Taiwanese delegation / Photo: RSM Assembly / Facebook By Biljana Vankovska A familiar drama has resurfaced in Skopje. While I was still in Beijing attending the CASS academic conference on the Belt and Road Initiative, news broke that the Vice Speaker of the Macedonian Parliament, accompanied by two MPs, formally received a Taiwanese parliamentary delegation. The visit came less than two weeks after the new Ambassador of

The Left Chapter
Nov 28, 20255 min read


Communist Party of Swaziland: Perspectives on the Taiwan Question in Swaziland
A representative of King Mswati III and the Taiwanese ambassador at a celebration on October 8 -- image via X Communist Party of Swaziland's (CPS) Perspectives on the Taiwan Question in Swaziland Overview of the Taiwan Question The Taiwan question is a significant geopolitical issue that has persisted since the end of the Chinese Civil War in 1949. The island of Taiwan operates under its own government, known as the Republic of China (ROC), while the mainland is governed by t

The Left Chapter
Oct 23, 20255 min read


Communists condemn Taiwan National Flag Day Celebration in Swaziland
The Taiwanese ambassador to Swaziland speaking at an event for Taiwan National Flag Day -- image via X The Communist Party of Swaziland (CPS) strongly condemns the celebration of Taiwan National Flag Day to be held on the 7th of October 2025 at the Happy Valley Hotel in Swaziland. This is a neo-colonial event that represents a deliberate attempt to entrench foreign domination and undermine the sovereignty of the Swazi people. The act of hoisting the so-called “Taiwanese flag”

The Left Chapter
Oct 8, 20253 min read


Swaziland monarch’s call for UN recognition of Taiwan is “not sovereign diplomacy, but imperial control”: Communist Party
Swaziland is the only African country to recognize Taiwan, which helps perpetuate the continent’s last absolute monarchy, enriching the...

The Left Chapter
Sep 30, 20253 min read


Final Declaration of the XXVII Meeting of the São Paulo Forum
Photo of the final plenary session of the XXVII FSP Meeting, June 27 -- photo via the FSP The XXVII Meeting of the leftist and...
Michael Laxer
Jul 2, 20249 min read


This Mother’s Day, Take a Stand Against War in Gaza and Everywhere
As a creative force, mothers must speak out now to counter the destructive force of war and violence. Palestinians flee Rafah -- Image...
Michael Laxer
May 12, 20244 min read


Elections in Taiwan: Does the Island Choose Further Confrontation With China?
By Wim De Ceukelaire On January 13, the residents of Taiwan, an island off the coast of China, will go to the polls to elect a new...
Michael Laxer
Jan 6, 20244 min read
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