Month: January 2026

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Oiltanker
Venezuela

U.S. uses military force to seize oil and strangle Venezuela’s economy

January 8, 2026 Gary Wilson
Another line has been crossed in the U.S. imperialist assault on Venezuela. By seizing oil tankers on the high seas, including a Russian-flagged vessel, the United States has moved from economic warfare to open military […]
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In the U.S.

A mile from George Floyd Square, Trump’s ICE thugs execute a legal observer

January 7, 2026 Sharon Black
Less than a mile from where Minneapolis police lynched George Floyd in 2020, the U.S. government has claimed another life in the same streets. On a quiet residential block, in the middle of protests against […]
Prisontorture
In the U.S.

From Attica to Rikers to Brooklyn: death behind bars in New York

January 7, 2026 Lallan Schoenstein
The detention of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and revolutionary leader Cilia Flores — prisoners of war and political captives of U.S. imperialism — inside a Brooklyn jail in New York State draws urgent attention to […]
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In the U.S.

New Orleans marches for Palestine at start of Mardi Gras

January 7, 2026 Struggle - La Lucha
New Orleans, Jan. 6 – Marchers under the banner of “New Orleans for a Free Palestine” filled the street ahead of the Joan of Arc parade, the first of the Mardi Gras season. With a […]
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Around the world

Burkina Faso: coup attempt against Traoré defeated as people mobilize to defend the revolution

January 7, 2026 Colby Byrd
On Jan. 3, while the fascist pigs in Washington brutalized the Venezuelan people, Burkina Faso was shaken by an attempted coup backed by the fascist pigs in Paris.  This marks a new addition to the […]
Maduro Flores
Venezuela

Who are Nicolás Maduro and Cilia Flores — and why Washington kidnapped them

January 5, 2026 Gary Wilson
On Jan. 3, 2026, the Trump administration carried out one of the most brazen acts of imperialist aggression seen in Latin America in decades. U.S. forces invaded Venezuela and seized its elected president, Nicolás Maduro, […]
D12
Venezuela

Venezuela and the U.S. Black community

January 5, 2026 December 12th Movement International Secretariat
  Statement from the December 12th Movement International Secretariat The December 12th Movement denounces the kidnapping of President Maduro and First Lady Cilia Flores; the bombing of Venezuela and the murder of at least 40 […]
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Venezuela

Oil wealth, class power, and imperialist siege in Venezuela

January 5, 2026 Gary Wilson
The political durability of the Bolivarian Revolution is grounded in material gains won by the working class and the poor. It is anchored in a concrete social contract that transforms Venezuela’s oil wealth into improvements […]
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Around the world

From the Monroe Doctrine to Caracas: how a declining empire turns to force

January 5, 2026 Gary Wilson
The jets over Caracas in the early hours of Jan. 3 were not an aberration. They were a signal. By the time the sun rose, Venezuela’s president had been kidnapped by U.S. special forces and […]
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Cuba

Cuba reports 32 fighters killed in U.S. attack on Venezuela

January 5, 2026 Struggle - La Lucha
The Cuban government announced Jan. 4 that 32 Cuban citizens were killed during the U.S. military strike on Venezuela in the early morning hours of Jan. 3. The fighters were serving missions on behalf of […]