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Review of: “The Jakarta Method: Washington’s Anticommunist Crusade and the Mass Murder Program That Shaped Our World “ by Vincent Bevins: A riveting and quite disturbing book about the military coup that took place in Indonesia in 1965 and its aftermath that spread to 23 different countries.
‘“The Imperialist Offensive is Nothing New for the Bolivarian Revolution”: A Conversation with Ana Maldonado’; ‘The Militias Make Venezuela Impregnable: Padrino Lopez’; ‘Interview: Venezuela’s Militias and the Civil-Military Union’; ‘Facing U.S. Military Aggression, Venezuela Launches Simón Bolívar International Brigades’; ‘Brazilian Workers Lead in Offering Solidarity to Venezuelans Under US Attack’.
A collective of descendants of former political prisoners weighs in on the historic ruling and the ongoing struggle for truth, justice and accountability.
Afro-Venezuelans discuss syncretism, anti-colonial resistance, and community organization on the southern shore of Lake Maracaibo. First two parts of a four-part article.
In September 1960, in the heart of Black America, Harlem’s Hotel Theresa became the stage for one of the world’s most monumental encounters. When Malcolm X and Fidel Castro met there 65 years ago, Harlem itself was transformed into a crossroads of revolutionary fervor.
In Latin America and the Caribbean, the empire’s war on the world assumes a hybrid form, with the weapons taking the form of “soft power” – sanctions, tariffs and deportations. Resistance is growing, with new alliances bypassing Washington. As the empire’s grip tightens, so too does the resolve of those determined to break free from it.
Patriarchy is alive and well throughout the world. But the English-language media flatters itself by one-sidedly portraying machismo as a particularly Latin American malady, all the while overlooking significant feminist gains made in the region.
‘Juan Lenzo: “We Need to Integrate the Communal Economy to Face the Capitalist Maelstrom”’: A Venezuelan activist takes stock of the Communard Union’s present strengths and challenges, particularly in consolidating a communal economy. Also: ‘Venezuela’s Communal Project: An Interview with Ángel Prado’.
If the Trump Administration was genuinely serious about tackling child obesity and all its offshoot conditions, taking on Big Food, Big Ag and Big Chem in the process, it already has an example to follow—from its next door neighbour and largest trade partner, Mexico.
In this interview, Montilla, a 27-year-old communard from rural Trujillo state, discusses the political formation of her generation, the role of women in sustaining the Bolivarian Process, and the recent re-centering of the commune as a cornerstone of revolutionary politics.
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