January 2026 – Page 8 – Struggle

Palestine Action activists on hunger strike reach ‘critical phase’ in British jail

January 10, 2026 The Cradle

Supporters warn that prisoners are ‘wasting away’ and facing ‘irreversible’ harm as British ministers refuse to meet with the activists News Desk Jan. 8, 2026 British doctors warned on Jan. 6 that Palestine Action-linked prisoners […]

Chronicle of a foretold coup: The attack on Venezuela and the narco-terrorism fairy tale

January 9, 2026 Daniela Ortiz and Gisela Cernadas

Current developments in Venezuela may appear to be unfathomable—until one recalls the long history of imperialist interference in Latin America and the Caribbean. The events of the first week of January constitute an escalation of […]

It was the U.S., not Maduro, that tried to steal Venezuela’s 2024 elections

January 8, 2026 Francisco Dominguez

Venezuela Presidential Election: U.S. coup attempt defeated Preparations for the U.S.-led coup attempt Sep 8, 2024 — The people of Venezuela defeated a high-tech U.S.-led coup. The nation’s electoral authority held the 31st election since […]

The ‘Donroe Doctrine’: When sanctions fail, U.S. imperialism wages war on Venezuela

January 8, 2026 Lev Koufax

The world has looked on with horror as the United States launched its largest and most aggressive military operation in the Western Hemisphere in decades. After months of attacks on migrant boats and seafood industry […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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, […]