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The siege of Iran: Giuliani boasts that sanctions are ‘working’

January 13, 2026 Gary Wilson

On Jan. 11, at a high-priced gala in a carpeted ballroom, Rudy Giuliani let the mask slip. Speaking to a group of well-funded exiles, the former New York mayor and longtime fixer for the powerful […]

Despite diplomatic theater, U.S.-backed Israeli strikes ravage Lebanon

January 13, 2026 Lev Koufax

Since the start of December, the people of southern Lebanon have endured a familiar, brutal rhythm of violence. Despite the empty diplomatic theater around a UN-monitored ceasefire, U.S.-backed Israeli forces have continued their campaign of […]

Economic warfare and the imperialist stranglehold on Iran

January 11, 2026 Gary Wilson

On the morning of Jan. 8, Zahra Mohammadi stood in line outside a bakery in southern Tehran for three hours. When she finally reached the counter, the price of flatbread had doubled since the day […]

Puerto Ricans condemn militarization and U.S. interventionism

January 10, 2026 Berta Joubert-Ceci

This new year promises to be one of relentless struggle in this colony. More than ever, we must sharpen our strategies so that independence ceases to be a dream or an aspiration and becomes the […]

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Commotion across Latin America over the violation of Venezuelan sovereignty

January 10, 2026 Alejandra Garcia and Bill Hackwell

Havana, Jan. 7 — On January 3 Latin America awoke shaken by one of the most serious and dramatic episodes in international relations in recent decades. The bombing of military facilities and residential neighborhoods in Caracas […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Trump threatens war on Iran as U.S. economic stranglehold tightens

January 5, 2026 Gary Wilson

On Jan. 2, Donald Trump posted a threat on Truth Social that should alarm anyone paying attention. “If Iran shots [sic] and violently kills peaceful protesters, which is their custom, the United States of America […]

Nicolás Maduro (left), President of Venezuela, and Miguel Díaz-Canel (right), President of Cuba, during a session of the Sao Paulo Forum held in Havana in 2018. foto: Rosa Miriam Elizalde

And then 2026 arrived

January 2, 2026 Rosa Miriam Elizalde

Nicolás Maduro remains in Miraflores Palace, and Cuba celebrates the 67th anniversary of the Revolution today. January 1, 2026, dawns with this uncomfortable truth for the opinion machine that has spent months predicting the imminent […]