International Viewpoint - online socialist magazine

In the time of predators

Antoine Larrache, Franck Gaudichaud, Héctor A. Rivera — 2026-03-05T14:52:00Z

The attack against Venezuela in early January and the abduction of Nicolás Maduro and Cilia Flores are part of the new U.S. strategy within the broader reorganization of the world and of inter-imperialist power relations. This aggressive strategy notably involves increased economic pressure and direct military interventionism toward Latin America.

- IVP614 - March 2026 / Venezuela, Cuba, Latin America

The process of accumulating wealth in the formation of a new Venezuelan bourgeoisie (2002-2026)

Luís Bonilla-Molina — 2026-02-14T19:59:35Z

Since 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.

- IVP613 - February 2026 / Economy, Venezuela

Venezuela after the coup

Ashley Smith, Federico Fuentes — 2026-02-12T11:03:04Z

“Some … have argued that as the government is still largely intact, nothing has fundamentally changed. But … the balance of forces on which this government rests has fundamentally changed.”

- Features / Venezuela

Redemocratise society and politics to overcome the colonial situation

Luís Bonilla-Molina — 2026-02-06T10:50:00Z

“To tell the truth, however painful it may be, there are no possibilities at this time for unified mobilisations that demonstrate anti-imperialist national unity. Maduro's regime has led us to this disaster.”

- IVP613 - February 2026 / Venezuela

Epitaph for a Revolution?

Luís Bonilla-Molina — 2026-01-24T16:46:40Z

“The central task is to defend the homeland's sovereignty with anti-imperialism from those who live by their labour—that is, every step in defence of the Republic must be accompanied by the demand for redemocratisation of Venezuelan society and wage justice. There is no territorial sovereignty without political sovereignty.“

- IVP612 - January 2026 / Venezuela

Venezuelan trade unionists speak to us

Collective — 2026-01-14T17:09:15Z

The International Trade Union Network of Solidarity and Struggles is passing on information received from trade union comrades in Venezuela. With Venezuela, as with Palestine, as with Ukraine, as with Sudan, as everywhere else in the world, nothing can replace direct contact between workers. For our social class, it is the best source of information and the best way to build common struggles.

- News from around the world / Venezuela, Trade unions/workplace organizing

Trumpist recolonization and the coming resistance in Venezuela

Luís Bonilla-Molina — 2026-01-09T07:44:00Z

“Up to 2 January, the main task of revolutionaries was to recover the minimum democratic freedoms that would allow the working class to express its opinion and organize itself to confront the imperialist offensive and the authoritarian drift of the Maduro government. Since 3 January, and after the White House's announcements of turning Venezuela into a gringo colony, the priority has become the defence of national independence with the broadest regime of political freedoms for patriotic forces. The facts will tell if the situation evolves towards a stage of national liberation.”

- IVP612 - January 2026 / Venezuela

On the Situation in Venezuela

CPBML — 2026-01-04T20:43:32Z

“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.”

- Venezuela 2026 / Venezuela, Bangladesh

Build solidarity with the people of Venezuela - Reject US imperialist aggression

ZASO — 2026-01-04T20:01:25Z

“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.”

- Venezuela 2026 / Venezuela, South Africa

Stop Washington's imperialist escalation! Solidarity with the peoples of Venezuela and Latin America!

Liga de Unidad Socialista — 2026-01-04T18:41:40Z

“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.”

- Venezuela 2026 / Venezuela, Mexico