Venezuela – Maduro chances a ‘Galtieri’ gamble

Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro takes part in a video conference with members of the military in Caracas [Reuters/Miraflores] By Tom Harrison What does a dictator do when he's down on his luck and in danger of having to make a quick getaway from the presidential palace? Obviously, he plays the patriotic card! After all, it's …

“The world needs to be aware that human rights are being trampled on in Nicaragua”

Above: Ortega, now a murderous dictator BY JEUNES ANTICAPITALISTES (JAC) first published in International Viewpoint In recent years, Daniel Ortega’s regime has continued its authoritarian escalation, ultimately betraying the ideals of the Sandinista revolution. As part of the youth camp of the Fourth International, Jeunes anticapitalistes (JAC - Belgium) spoke with Katherine Ramírez, a Nicaraguan exiled …

Remembering the coup in Chile

Santiago, Chile, September 1973: after the coup, soldiers force people at gunpoint to remove Unidad Popular wall texts. Photograph: © Koen Wessing / Nederlands Fotomuseum Dave Kellaway (at Anti*Capitalist Resistance) reflects on the significance of the fascist coup in Chile that took place 50 years ago this week and on the mass solidarity campaign that developed …

The Unbearable Manicheanism of the “Anti-Imperialist” Left

New York City, 2023: "anti-imperialists" back Putin's propaganda. Credit: Brenda Ryan By William Robison at The Philosophical Salon (h/t: Anti*Capitalist Resistance) JD notes: this article examines the contradictory logic and regressive politics of the contemporary "anti-imperialist" left that opposes capitalist exploitation by the West but turns a blind eye to repression by non-Western states opposed …

Indian Marxist talks with US Ukraine Socialist Solidarity Campaign

From John Reimann's Oakland Socialist blog: On Oct. 23, the Ukraine Socialist Solidarity Campaign met with Indian Marxist, Kavita Krishnan. (See the announcement of this meeting for a short biography of Kavita.) This was a small but hugely important step towards reviving a genuine socialist movement, one that sees the world as it is today rather than …

40 years on: the Falklands war, the British left and “anti imperialism”

HMS Antelope sinking on 24 May 1982, during the Battle of San Carlos. By Sean Matgamna The two month "Falklands War" between Britain and Argentina in 1982 was a freak event. It was part of no larger conflict; no issue other than possession of the islands was involved. Both Argentina and Britain were bourgeois states. Neither of them …

Chile – victory for the Left

Above: supporters of Chile's President-elect Gabriel Boric, of the "I approve Dignity" coalition, celebrate his victory in the presidential run-off election, in Santiago, Chile, Sunday, Dec. 19, 2021. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix) The victory of leftist former student activist Gabriel Boric in Chile’s presidential election follows a fraught campaign against the far-right candidate José Antonio Kast. At …

Bolivia: Evo Morales resigns amid ‘civic coup’

Morales addresses the media at the presidential hangar in the Bolivian Air Force terminal in El Alto, Bolivia [Carlos Garcia Rawlins/Reuters] By Bill Weinberg (at Countervortex) On Nov. 10, Bolivia's besieged president Evo Morales flew from La Paz to the provincial city Chimoré in his traditional heartland of Cochabamba department, where he issued a televised statement announcing his resignation. The …

Here’s that “Exclusive” that Skwawkbox now doesn’t want you to read

Above: Jeremy and Karie in happier days Last Tuesday (October 8th) the notoriously untrustworthy, pro-Brexit/'Lexit' Skwawkbox  website carried the following post, in the wake of their friend Karie Muphy's removal from Corbyn's office: Exclusive: senior Labour insiders accuse McDonnell of trying to take control of Corbyn https://t.co/2jiTqhswBP pic.twitter.com/NCFO9Q7xDb — The SKWAWKBOX (@skwawkbox) October 8, 2019 Thanks to Paul Canning , who retrieved it …

Socialists and the fight for democracy in Venezuela

From the US SocialistWorker.org (nothing to do with the British SWP): The U.S. and its allies are increasing the pressure against the Venezuelan government after National Assembly President Juan Guaidó declared himself to be president of the country against the elected President Nicolás Maduro last month. Gonzalo Gómez is a Venezuelan revolutionary, member of the …