Before the attack Luis Bonilla-Molina “The Imperialist Threat and the Possible Courses of the Conflict” and after “The United States takes Venezuela’s territory and government by storm”. Responding to the attacks, Radical Socialist, India “Resist Yankee Imperialist Invasion of Venezuela and Support Venezuelan Working People”, Anticapitalistas, Spanish State “US out of Venezuela!”, NPA-l’Anticapitaliste, France “Yankees Go Home! No to imperialist aggression against Venezuela!”, presidential candidate of Left Bloc, Portugal “Portugal ‘doesn’t need to wait for Europe’ to condemn attack on Venezuela”, Socialist People’s Forum, Sri Lanka “US Hands Off Venezuela!”, LUS, Mexico “Stop Washington’s imperialist escalation! Solidarity with the peoples of Venezuela and Latin America!”, ZASO, South Africa “Build solidarity with the people of Venezuela - Reject US imperialist aggression”, CPBML, Bangladesh “On the Situation in Venezuela”. Ukraine stands in mutual solidarity with Venezuela, Sotsialnyi Rukh “What is wrong with US aggression against Venezuela?”.
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- 4 January – Solidarity with Venezuela
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USA-Venezuela
Trump Abducts Maduro in Violent Attack, Says U.S. Will Run Venezuela and its Oil
4 January, by Dan La Botz“Trump, who calls himself “the president of peace” and promised he would end “forever wars,” seems rather to be following in a long tradition of U.S. coups, armed interventions, and wars in Latin America. ”
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URGENT - Venezuela
Stop the imperialist aggression against Venezuela!
3 January, by Fourth International Bureau“We demand an end to the military aggression and respect for the territorial and political sovereignty of Venezuela and Latin America!”
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Iran
Iran on fire: rebellion returns to the streets
2 January, by Bella Beiraghi“Don’t be afraid, we are all together”—the chant rings out inside Tehran’s grand bazaar. A young woman, bravely unveiled, leads a march of hundreds through one of the oldest markets in the world.
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Ukraine
Is Ukraine endangered by elections?
1 January, by Vitaliy DudinWhat will be the election race in war-wounded Ukraine - a collapse of statehood or a breath of fresh air in a roughly sealed system adjusted to the service of oligarchs? The language, first and foremost, is about the parliamentary elections.
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Chile
Rise of the Far Right in Chile
31 December 2025, by Oscar Mendoza“How did Chile move from the euphoria of Gabriel Boric’s triumph in 2021, with a 10-point lead over Kast, to a far right-wing victory?”
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...and the rest of the current issue
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Tunisia
Support the prisoners, stop the repression in Tunisia
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Portugal
Big success for general strike in Portugal
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Mali
Wagner’s atrocities in Mali
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USA
Racial Injustice Inferno
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China
What is left of the Chinese Left?
Recently posted Features
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Venezuela-Bangladesh
On the Situation in Venezuela
4 January, by CPBMLread article...“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 ZASOread article...“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 Liga de Unidad Socialistaread article...“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, by Socialist People’s Forumread article...The 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.
Support for the struggle of the people of Iran!
The collapse of the national currency and the economy, hyperinflation and wage stagnation are the ingredients of the massive mobilisation that started on Sunday 28 December in the Tehran bazaar and spread to many towns and universities.
- read article...Solidarity Against Communal Violence, Fundamentalism, and State Complicity
This Joint Political Statement by the Communist Party of Bangladesh (Marxist–Leninist) and Radical Socialist (India) was issued on 25 December 2025.
- read article...Against arbitrariness and repression: Freedom for our comrade Lyes Touati!
“Although he is outraged and indignant at his arbitrary imprisonment, he has not lost his legendary smile despite the deep sense of injustice [hogra in Arabic].”
- read article...Call for donations to ESSF’s Asia 2026 Solidarity Fund - A time of youth revolts, people’s power, and ecosocialist alternatives
“We face a deadly spiral of combined crises (the ’polycrisis’), to which the established political and economic powers are offering no response. Poverty and widespread insecurity continue to spread. However, in recent months, in the face of humanitarian disasters, protest movements have taken on a new dimension, with impressive demonstrations and uprisings. Asia is at the heart of these developments, including Pakistan, Bangladesh, Indonesia and the Philippines, where our partners are based.”
- read article...Freedom for Lyes Touati and all political prisoners
Lyes Touati, a member of the Parti Socialiste des Travailleurs (PST), was arrested yesterday in Aokas (Algeria) and remanded in custody. We do not know the reasons for his arrest or the charges against him.
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