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The Ayacucho Commune: A fishing community on the Orinoco (Part I)
As part of VA’s Communal Resistance series, fisherfolk explain the challenges of building a commune in a country under siege.
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With 350,000 in attendance, Claudia Sheinbaum’s Zocalo rally shows Mexico’s fourth transformation is thriving
Throughout her hour-long speech Sheinbaum addressed the central role of empowering women in her presidency, outlined her policies and achievements so far and directly spoke to relations with the United States.
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Alba Movements and the Bolivarian Revolution
With President Maduro’s third term about to begin, we discuss an organizational network that promotes continental integration from below.
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A radical voice in a dispossessed land (Yates interviews the translator of Paraguayan Sorrow)
Rafael Barrett has always been close to the hearts of Paraguayan radicals, who, along with his progeny, have kept his memory alive. And he is known throughout the Southern Cone of South America, though his work has suffered long periods of relative neglect there.
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Domenico Losurdo: “Western Marxism: How it was Born, How it Died, How it can be Reborn”
Thought-provoking and polemical as ever, the recent publication of Domenico Losurdo’s “Western Marxism: How it was Born, How it Died, How it can be Reborn”, finally provides English readers with access to the prolific Italian philosopher and militant’s penultimate book.
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Jean-Marie Le Pen: Life and death of a Nazi
John Mullen writes about the Nazi and colonial origins of Jean Marie Le Pen, and how they continue to influence French politics today.
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Dr Victor Frankenstein disavows his monster: The Second Newsletter (2025)
Even as the gloomy realities of war and hunger threaten to dull the light of humanity, the red sparkling dance of our struggles illuminates the path forward.
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We can do better. We must do better.
Bernie Sanders tells the TRUTH
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Pepe Mujica says goodbye to his comrades
The former Uruguayan president asked to be kept out of public activities since he is dying.
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Why be a doormat?
Canadian leaders are falling over themselves to placate the incoming Trump administration. It doesn’t have to be this way.
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Two people claim to be president of Venezuela – will U.S. militarily intervene?
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.
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The Gisèle Pelicot case: A catalyst for change in justice and society
The trial over the decade-long abuse involving numerous men has shaken many, and requires us to demand societal and judicial change.
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Marco Rubio: From ‘perfect little puppet’ to most dangerous man alive
Trump, who promises to be the “most pro-Israel president ever,” has picked a cabinet replete with neoconservative, pro-war voices.
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The tears of our children: The First Newsletter (2025)
A study came out in December that made me cry.
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20 Years after his death, Gary Webb’s truth is still dangerous
Twenty years ago this month, on December 10, 2004, former San Jose Mercury News investigative reporter Gary Webb died by apparent suicide, following a stretch of depression.
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When Democrats and liberals smeared Jimmy Carter for criticizing Israel
Jimmy Carter, who died on Sunday at the age of 100, was attacked for telling the truth about Israel. Many Democrats joined the smear campaign.
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Luigi Mangione’s indictment is another example of the dangers of terror charges
The indictment comes as some states expand terror laws to ensnare protesters who block “critical infrastructure.”
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Macron appoints Zombie government in France
After the fall of right-wing PM Michel Barnier to a no-confidence vote, Emmanuel Macron has appointed a new Prime Minister, François Bayrou, to attempt to apply the same policies. The Left Berlin spoke to Paris activist, John Mullen.
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Western Marxism, anti-communism and imperialism
Since the 1990s, Western Marxists have replaced imperialism with global capitalism that is untethered to Western imperialism. Western Marxists have also deemed socialist projects as a betrayal of their utopian views rooted in the Hegelian “purity fetish.”
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There is a mental health crisis in U.S. college football
“If college football is defined by anything, we might say that it is trauma”.