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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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Some Lessons About the Empire in These Days of January
Cubans at a mass rally in solidarity with Venezuela on January 3 -- image via the Communist Party of Cuba By Llanisca Lugo González In these early days of January, we have had to witness what hoped never to see, though it comes as no surprise: the kidnapping of a legitimate sitting president through a criminal act of aggression by the United States. The initial bewilderment that followed in the first hours after the US military operation has given way to actions of denunciati

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2 days ago5 min read


Chronicle of a foretold coup: The Attack on Venezuela and the Narco-Terrorism Fairy Tale
Mass rally in Caracas January 7 demanding the release of Maduro -- image via X By Daniela Ortiz and Gisela Cernadas Current developments in Venezuela may appear to be unfathomable—until one recalls the long history of imperialist interference in Latin America and the Caribbean. The events of the first week of January constitute an escalation of a long-standing campaign to overthrow the Bolivarian Revolution and resume control on the country with the largest known oil reserve

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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

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Nov 28, 20255 min read


Most International Airlines Servicing Venezuela Suspend Flights as US Intensifies Pressure
Simón Bolívar International Airport By Ricardo Vaz Multiple international airlines have suspended flights to and from Caracas amidst a heightened US military presence in the Caribbean, after the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) issuance of a Notice to Airmen (NOTAM) Friday. Iberia (Spain), TAP (Portugal), LATAM (Chile), Avianca (Colombia) and Turkish Airlines (Turkey) were among the companies to cancel upcoming flights connecting the Venezuelan capital to internation

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Nov 27, 20254 min read


Vertières, with the V for Victory
Haitian monument honouring the battle By Guillermo Barreto This year marks the 222nd anniversary of the Battle of Vertières. It took place on November 18 south of Le Cap, in what was then known as Saint Domingue. In that battle, which lasted five hours, Napoleon Bonaparte’s elite troops were defeated by battalions of former slaves led by Jean Jacques Dessalines, who consolidated the independence of what would henceforth be called Ayti or Haiti. Haiti is always mentioned in th

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Nov 18, 20255 min read


Rage Against the ICE Machine
Trump’s ICE forces are facing militant and organized opposition everywhere they turn. Screenshot via X By Sonali Kolhatkar A New York City woman wearing a navy blue polka-dot dress has gone viral for her defiant resistance to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents during a raid in lower Manhattan on October 21, 2025. Appearing as though she was on her way from work—the woman wore a navy blue blazer and brown shoes and carried a large handbag—the “polka-dot dress wo

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Oct 29, 20256 min read


Does Brazil Have an App That Can Upend Digital Finance?
Washington’s unease is rising as Brazil’s Pix bypasses U.S.-dominated payment networks. The country’s digital payment revolution may soon be impossible to contain as other countries adapt their own models. By John P. Ruehl The Trump administration’s July 2025 decision to have the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) investigate Brazil’s “ attacks on American social media companies as well as other unfair trading practices ,” followed by the launch of 50 percent tari

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Oct 22, 20257 min read


India’s American Dream in Tatters
Modi and Trump at the White House, February 15, 2025 -- public domain image By Srujana Bodapati The last couple of months have exposed the humiliating realities of the subordinate alliance that India has been gradually sliding into with the U.S. over the last three decades. The imposition of 50 percent tariffs on Indian exports to the U.S., calls on the European Union to impose 100 percent tariffs on India, the revocation of the U.S. sanctions waiver for the operation of Iran

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Oct 13, 20254 min read


Understanding APEC: Trump’s Tariff War
Trump signs off on his initial round of tariffs, April 2025 -- public domain image By Welyn Lau and Jeongeun Hwang Decades from now, our...

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Oct 9, 20255 min read


“We Will Blow You Out of Existence”, Trump’s Caribbean Spectacle
Image via X By Carlos Ron On 23 September 2025, US President Donald Trump delivered a dramatic address, explicitly threatening those...

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Oct 3, 20256 min read


Fascists Don’t Deserve Space: Our Humanity Is Not up for Debate
In the wake of Charlie Kirk’s killing, centrist liberals have lionized the white supremacist, paving the way for a greater assault from...

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Sep 20, 20255 min read


How Student Loans Became America’s Financial Catastrophe
From hopeful beginnings to a broken system, student loans reveal how policy choices turned higher learning into a lifelong financial...

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Sep 14, 202514 min read


Can We Protect Our Children From the US Government?
As part of back-to-school preparations, teachers are patrolling their schools against ICE arrests of students and their families. ICE...

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Aug 26, 20255 min read


NATO: The No-Exit Trap of Hotel California?
By Biljana Vankovska My analysis of the beginnings of cracks in NATO had been published with a short delay, just enough to become...

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Jul 26, 20254 min read


Public Funding is the Solution to Media Bias, Not the Driver
The billionaire class has its sights set on an ignorant populace that would be more receptive to its morally bankrupt ideology....

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Jul 25, 20255 min read


A primeira trinca na fortaleza da OTAN? O referendo da Eslovênia sobre a aliança
Public domain image By Biljana Vankovska Na recente cúpula da OTAN em Haia (24-25 de junho), os líderes da aliança anunciaram...

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Jul 25, 20254 min read


The First Crack in NATO’s Fortress? Slovenia Opens the Referendum Conundrum
Public domain image By Biljana Vankovska At NATO’s recent summit in The Hague (24–25 June), alliance leaders triumphantly announced a...

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Jul 21, 20254 min read


The Corporate Takeover of Housing
Corporate ownership remains a relatively small percentage of American housing. But a growing number of financial firms, tech platforms,...

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Jul 13, 20258 min read


Trump and Republicans Want US Taxpayers to Fund Their Pet Project: Private Schools
A proposal for a nationwide federally supported school voucher program is just another of President Trump’s schemes to give advantages to...

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Jun 6, 20257 min read
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