Jean Malifaud was for many years a member of the leadership of the LCR in France. Until the end of his life he was active in international solidarity and a committed trade-unionist.
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Obituary
Jean Malifaud 1945 - 2026
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Marxism
On Ernest Mandel’s Contributions
15 January, by“Kellner offers the following critical appreciation: ‘One hopes that many more people will be inspired by Mandel’s verve and let themselves be motivated to live his kind of life, yet without succumbing to ungrounded political confidence or to some of his more questionable ideas.’”
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Obituary
Eleni Varikas: the years with the FI in Greece
13 January, by ,Further to the appreciation by Alan Wald “Eleni Varikas (1949-2026)”, contributions from Greek Fourth Internationalists.
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Obituary
Eleni Varikas (1949-2026)
11 January, byEleni Varikas, a revolutionary Marxist-Feminist French-Greek professor of political philosophy, best known for her pioneering use of the concept of gender in French research, died of heart failure in Paris in early January 2026. She was 76 years old and the life partner of Michael Löwy, the French-Brazilian Marxist sociologist and philosopher. Both were contributors to AGAINST THE CURRENT and good friends of its sponsoring organization, Solidarity.
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Venezuela-Bangladesh
On the Situation in Venezuela
4 January, by“At this critical moment, international solidarity must be people-centred, anti-imperialist, and politically independent. It must oppose imperialist aggression clearly and unequivocally, while refusing to provide uncritical support to policies that undermine popular interests.”
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Venezuela-South Africa
Build solidarity with the people of Venezuela - Reject US imperialist aggression
4 January, by“As we enter the most flagrant era of US imperialist aggression in decades, whatever our differences, progressive forces, especially socialists, must stand together. We must defend the countries of Latin America from US aggression, with all the resources at our disposal. This is an existential fight for survival – not just for Venezuelans, but for all of us.”
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Venezuela-Mexico
Stop Washington’s imperialist escalation! Solidarity with the peoples of Venezuela and Latin America!
4 January, by“In Mexico, we can consider that Trump is announcing military operations similar to those he is carrying out against Venezuela. Since the start of his second term, the US president has been threatening to carry out military operations on Mexican territory against the drug cartels.”
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Venezuela-Sri Lanka
US Hands Off Venezuela!
4 January, byThe Socialist People’s Forum (SPF), Sri Lanka section of the Fourth International, shares the outrage and horror of people of conscience around the world, at the gangsterism of the United States of America (US) in Venezuela on 03 January 2026.
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Venezuela
The United States takes Venezuela’s territory and government by storm
4 January, by“The democratic, progressive, left-wing and revolutionary sectors need to build a broad and diverse global alliance that places anti-imperialism and the struggle for the sovereignty and self-determination of the people as a global priority, in the era of Trumpism and its doctrine of national security.”
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Portugal-Venezuela
Portugal ‘doesn’t need to wait for Europe’ to condemn attack on Venezuela
4 January, byReacting to Trump’s attack on Venezuela, Catarina Martins argues that the role of a President of the Republic is to make an unequivocal condemnation of the violation of international law and do everything to protect the Portuguese community in that country.
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