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Coffee and Cooperation: A Communal Economic Circuit in Times of Blockade (Part 1)Coffee and Cooperation: A Communal Economic Circuit in Times of Blockade (Part 1)In the mountainous coffee-growing region of Morán municipality, in Lara state, generations of campesino families have built their lives growing coffee. Steep slopes, misty mornings, and hard physical labor are part of daily life in this territory, where coffee is not only a crop but a way of organizing time, work, and community. In recent […]
The Comprehensive Playbook of Imperialism in Venezuela: An Urgent Note to Understand the Ongoing Imperial SiegeThe Comprehensive Playbook of Imperialism in Venezuela: An Urgent Note to Understand the Ongoing Imperial SiegeThe kidnapping of Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, at the hands of U.S. imperialism marks a new and extremely serious escalation in the sustained aggression against Venezuela’s sovereignty. Far from being an isolated or exceptional event, this episode is part of a prolonged offensive that combines economic and financial warfare, political […]
Defending the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau w/ Tyler CreightonDefending the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau w/ Tyler CreightonIn this episode, we speak with Tyler Creighton about the ongoing struggle to save the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) from defunding and closure at the hands of Russell Vought in the second Trump Administration. Creighton is a lawyer at the CFPB and a member of the National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU), Chapter 335.
Minnesota: Prices from the ShadowMinnesota: Prices from the ShadowWe’ve been keeping an eye on the Hercules Gymnasium…there’s this Lichtenfeld kid, already a champion wrestler, takes a particular interest in street fighting. Understands that there are no rule books, this isn’t sport, it’s Nazis who are out to kill us, and the less well-mannered we can be about it, the more effective. –Thomas Pynchon […]
Cooperation with China Is Pragmatism, Not “Cozying Up”Cooperation with China Is Pragmatism, Not “Cozying Up”In a recent editorial, the Washington Post characterized Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney’s diplomatic mission to Beijing as a “shortsighted” attempt to “troll” President Donald Trump. The critique suggests that Canada is blurring the line between pragmatism and naiveté, trading long-term security for a “show” of strategic partnership with a “dictator.” According to this view, […]
