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  •    Atilio Borón Venezuelanalysis   MR Online

    Geopolitics, resistance and the battle for Venezuela: A conversation with Atilio Borón

    Originally published: Venezuelanalysis.com on November 22, 2025 (more by Venezuelanalysis.com)  |

    Political theorist Borón provides a comprehensive analysis of Washington’s new military activity in the Caribbean and how to resist it.

  •    Fisherfolk at work Rome Arrieche   MR Online

    ‘Fishing provides for everyone’: The Palmarito Afro-Descendant Commune (Part III)

    Originally published: Venezuelanalysis.com on September 20, 2025 (more by Venezuelanalysis.com)  |

    On the southern shore of Lake Maracaibo, communards sustain themselves by fishing, but just as much through practices of solidarity.

  •    Sandra Angeleri Venezuelanalysis   MR Online

    Women’s emancipation through economic transformation: A conversation with Sandra Angeleri

    Originally published: Venezuelanalysis.com on August 1, 2025 (more by Venezuelanalysis.com)  |

    A new book tells the story of revolutionary feminist economist Nora Castañeda, who attempted to empower women through an innovative state bank.

  •    Ana Sofía Cabezas Venezuelanalysis   MR Online

    Chávez and the sowing of values: A conversation with Ana Sofía Cabezas

    Originally published: Venezuelanalysis.com on June 19, 2025 (more by Venezuelanalysis.com)  |

    Ana Sofía Cabezas is a Venezuelan activist, political scientist, and the vice president of the Comandante Eterno Hugo Chávez Foundation.

  •    Migration is not a crime sanctioning a people is from a protest in Caracas   MR Online

    Sanctions, migrants, racism and the human toll of U.S. imperialism

    Originally published: Venezuelanalysis.com on June 17, 2025 by Andreína Chávez Alava (more by Venezuelanalysis.com)  | (Posted Jun 19, 2025)

    VA writer Andreína Chávez explains how US sanctions shaped Venezuelan migration and the racial bias behind Trump’s deportation policies.

  •    Alison Bodine Venezuelanalysis   MR Online

    Venezuela’s participatory democracy and the struggle against imperialism: A Conversation with Alison Bodine

    Originally published: Venezuelanalysis.com on May 30, 2025 (more by Venezuelanalysis.com)  |

    An international observer in Venezuela’s May 25 elections reflects on the country’s democracy and explains why solidarity with the Bolivarian Process is more urgent than ever.

  •    Albanys Montilla Venezuelanalysis   MR Online

    ‘We’re building a new way of life’: A conversation with National Assembly candidate Albanys Montilla

    Originally published: Venezuelanalysis.com on May 24, 2025 (more by Venezuelanalysis.com)  |

    The Venezuelan youth has faced special hardships under the U.S. blockade. The new parliament could help.

  •    The National Meeting on Communal Feminism took place in Caracas on March 29 Rome Arrieche   MR Online

    Venezuela: 1,600 women discuss ‘communal feminism’ at First National Gathering

    Originally published: Venezuelanalysis.com on March 31, 2025 (more by Venezuelanalysis.com)  |

    The meeting defined priorities such as developing a feminist economy and expanding political participation in Communard Union territories.

  •    President Donald Trump signs Executive Orders Monday February 10 2025 in the Oval Office White House   MR Online

    Trump threatens 25% tariff on Countries buying Venezuelan oil as U.S. continues migrant crackdown

    Originally published: Venezuelanalysis.com on march 24, 2025 by José Luis Granados Ceja (more by Venezuelanalysis.com)  | (Posted Mar 27, 2025)

    The White House said it planned to once again invoke the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 to extradite Venezuelan nationals.

  •    Alejandra Laprea is a popular feminist from Venezuela Venezuenanalysis   MR Online

    Feminism and revolution: A conversation with Alejandra Laprea

    Originally published: Venezuelanalysis.com on March 7, 2025 (more by Venezuelanalysis.com)  |

    Despite many obstacles, popular feminism is advancing grassroots struggles in Venezuela.

  •    Chevrons Venezuela joint ventures are presently responsible for roughly a quarter of the countrys output Chevron   MR Online

    Venezuela: U.S. shrinks Chevron wind-down period to 30 days following ‘crazy Cubans’ pressure

    Originally published: Venezuelanalysis.com on March 4, 2025 (more by Venezuelanalysis.com)  |

    Ramped-up economic sanctions will immediately affect the country’s oil output and potentially trigger inflation.

  •    Nereo López Pérez   MR Online

    Organization and Production: The 4F Huo̧ttö̧ja̧ Commune (Part II)

    Originally published: Venezuelanalysis.com on February 28, 2025 (more by Venezuelanalysis.com)  |

    Under the auspices of the Bolivarian Revolution’s call for people’s power, a self-organized Indigenous commune looks for state support to enhance its traditional production methods.

  •    A Huo̧ttö̧ja̧ youth Rome Arrieche   MR Online

    Descendents of Cacique Ähuänumä: The 4F Huo̧ttö̧ja̧ Commune (Part I)

    Originally published: Venezuelanalysis.com on February 23, 2025 (more by Venezuelanalysis.com)  |

    An Indigenous commune in the Venezuelan Amazon that builds on Huo̧ttö̧ja̧ and other traditions.

  •    Hernán Vargas Venezuelanalysis   MR Online

    Alba Movements and the Bolivarian Revolution

    Originally published: Venezuelanalysis.com on January 12, 2025 (more by Venezuelanalysis.com)  |

    With President Maduro’s third term about to begin, we discuss an organizational network that promotes continental integration from below.

  •    President Nicolás Maduro and former US backed opposition candidate Edmundo González   MR Online

    Two people claim to be president of Venezuela – will U.S. militarily intervene?

    Originally published: Venezuelanalysis.com on January 3, 2025 (more by Venezuelanalysis.com)  |

    Ten days before Donald Trump will be inaugurated in Washington DC on January 20, there will be another inauguration in Caracas. Two contenders claim they will receive the Venezuelan presidential sash.

  •    Las Pavas inhabitants in the Cataniapo River Rome Arrieche   MR Online

    ‘The Commune is nothing new here’: The Rio Cataniapo Commune (Part I)

    Originally published: Venezuelanalysis.com on October 18, 2024 (more by Venezuelanalysis.com)  |

    A socialist commune in the Venezuelan Amazon draws inspiration from the collective practices of its Indigenous members.

  •    Ximena González Broquen   MR Online

    Venezuela and the Ethics of Liberation: A conversation with Ximena González Broquen

    Originally published: Venezuelanalysis.com on September 20, 2024 by Cira Pascual Marquina (more by Venezuelanalysis.com)  |

    The head of a prestigious research center talks about knowledge production in the Bolivarian Revolution.

  •    Celebrating Maduros victory Rome Arrieche   MR Online

    Venezuela today: Revolution and elections

    Originally published: Venezuelanalysis.com on August 14, 2024 (more by Venezuelanalysis.com)  |

    In light of recent imperialist aggressions, Chris Gilbert reflects on the challenges and complexities of using elections as a tool for socialist construction.

  •    The Pumé people of Coporo Indígena have decided to embrace modernity in their own terms Rome Arrieche   MR Online

    The Commune, a living tradition for Pumé people in Venezuela

    Originally published: Venezuelanalysis.com on July 5, 2024 (more by Venezuelanalysis.com)  |

    Coporo Indigena is an Indigenous community in Apure state that has resisted settler violence, displacement from their land… and now the U.S. blockade.

  •    US agencies like USAID and NED have consistently funded right wing organizations   MR Online

    Soft power and the ‘transition to democracy’

    Originally published: Venezuelanalysis.com on July 3, 2024 by Andreína Chávez Alava (more by Venezuelanalysis.com)  | (Posted Jul 06, 2024)

    VA writer Andreína Chávez delves into Washington’s soft power strategies to destabilize countries in the name of Western-style “democracy.”

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    Andy Merrifield    A 1926 Soviet illustration of a production of Gogols play The Government Inspector showing audience members in the foreground and actors on stage in the background   MR Online

    Almost two centuries after its opening night, Gogol’s five-act satirical play The Government Inspector continues to create a stir with every performance, seemingly no matter where. Maybe because corruption and self-serving double-talk aren’t just familiar features of 19th-century Russia, but have become ingrained facets of all systems of government and officialdom, making them recognizable to […]

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    Michael Parenti, the Marxist author and scholar, died on January 24, 2026 at the age of ninety-two. This article originally appeared in Monthly Review 45, no. 5 (October 1993). It has been frequently noted that IQ examinations, while professing to measure innate intelligence, are riddled with racial, gender, and class biases. Thus a low-income, inner-city youth, […]

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