Morten Hammeken goes “In Search of Russia’s Lost Opposition” and Ilya Budraitskis explains “Why Russia’s ruling class is obsessed with the West”. Tony Wood details why “Latin America Is the Prime Target for Trump’s Warmongering” and Federico Fuentes analyses “Venezuela after the coup ”.
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- 14 February – Russia, Latin America, Venezuela
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France
In Lyons, the regrettable consequences of the fascist atmosphere
17 February, by“More than ever, we need to build a united mass front capable of pushing back the fascists at the ballot box, but above all in the streets, in neighbourhoods and in workplaces.”
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Italy
Remigration and (it is) fascism
16 February, byTrumpism with an Italian twist is on the rise: don’t underestimate it, get organised to stop it!
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USA
A Victory for the Resistance to ICE and Trump
15 February, byThe resistance to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and to President Donald Trump’s mass deportation program won a victory last week when Trump and Border Czar Tom Homan announced that they were ending the ICE surge in Minneapolis.
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Venezuela
The process of accumulating wealth in the formation of a new Venezuelan bourgeoisie (2002-2026)
14 February, bySince the beginning of the 20th century, the exploitation of oil in Venezuela has shaped particular characteristics of capitalist development: the formation of social classes and their political representation, the model of bourgeois enrichment, and forms of social control. The Brazilian economist Celso Furtado defined the Venezuelan case as “underdevelopment with an abundance of foreign exchange,” manifested in deindustrialisation, corruption, rapid concentration of wealth in the hands of a few, and severe poverty crises.
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Cuba
In defence of Cuba against the neocolonial blockade and starvation imposed by Trump
13 February, by , , ,The neo-fascist in the White House is attempting to bring the Caribbean island and its government to its knees, strangling it economically once and for all, killing its people with darkness and scarcity. But this is not “just” a war against Cuba and its revolutionary tradition. It is the continuation of the war against the sovereignty of all Latin American countries and Latino peoples within the United States. Scheinbaum, Lula, Petro, Orsi and the social democratic governments must emphatically oppose this crime in all international forums and organisations.
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