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Hands off Venezuela! Free President Maduro!

27May

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Venezuela

Hands off Venezuela! Free President Maduro!

Posted by: John Phoenix British workers must organise themselves to stop the Nato war machine in its tracks. By shredding what remains of the ‘international order’ the USA has claimed to uphold, the imperialists have demonstrated not strength but the weakness of their position. They have been unable to launch a ground invasion, and the government of Venezuela still stands. Download this leaflet as a pdf. On Saturday 3 January 2026, US forces followed up months of provocations, piracy and naval blockade in the Caribbean by launching an entirely unprovoked bombing campaign against the peace-loving people and sovereign government of Venezuela. Military and logistical sites were hit as the USA launched a nighttime raid on the president’s residence, which managed to kidnap P...

Chilean voters revive the ghost of Pinochet

23May

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Chile

Chilean voters revive the ghost of Pinochet

Posted by: John Phoenix ‘The rich people in my country were always foreigners – let them fly off to Miami with their aunties. I don’t want my country divided – let them take their tune somewhere far, far away.’ These defiant words by Chile’s Nobel Prize-winning poet Pablo Neruda were set to music by his compatriot Victor Jara early in the fateful year of 1973. A few months later, Jara – a communist – was tortured and killed days after the military coup led by General Augusto Pinochet. Neruda, a fellow communist, also died – quite possibly poisoned – while in hospital in the aftermath of the coup. In December 2025 the Chilean electorate chose a professed admirer of Pinochet, José Antonio Kast, as the country’s new president. In the first round of the election the ...

Cuba and hope: the material expression of human resolve

23May

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Cuba

Cuba and hope: the material expression of human resolve

Posted by: John Phoenix The solidarity of friendly nations is helping the blockaded island to keep the lights on, but Western workers need to play their part. Hope is not a vapour that lingers when everything else has failed, nor a substitute for strategy. It is the force that makes strategy possible – the impulse that compels the first step, sustains movement through adversity, and draws others into common purpose. Properly harnessed, hope is not passive; it is active, generative and enduring. It reveals the deeper currents of human resolve – and today, it is embodied in the people of Cuba. After a 67-year bipartisan history of callously toying with the lives of Cuba’s people, the US economic blockade of the socialist island was ratcheted up in January 2026 with a new an...

Who’s against the Bolivarian Revolution? Pt 1: The Cracker from Caracas

22May

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Venezuela

Who’s against the Bolivarian Revolution? Pt 1: The Cracker from Caracas

Posted by: John Phoenix Dr Vanessa Neumann has strong personal reasons for promoting lies about Venezuela, and she has been provided with a global platform to do so. There is constant, pervasive propaganda throughout the imperialist establishment against the Bolivarian Revolution in Venezuela, against its leadership – Hugo Chávez, Nicolás Maduro and the PSUV – and, ultimately, against the Venezuelan people. Media, academia, thinktanks and governments all generate and spread a trove of vitriolic stories – some based in half-truths, some based entirely in deranged self-contradictory fantasy. These stories rely on their audience lacking historical knowledge and the capacity for critical thinking. As world events pick up pace, so does the propaganda from the ruling class. ...

23Mar

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Chile

Chilean voters revive the ghost of Pinochet

Posted by: John Phoenix ‘The rich people in my country were always foreigners – let them fly off to Miami with their aunties. I don’t want my country divided – let them take their tune somewhere far, far away.’ These defiant words by Chile’s Nobel Prize-winning poet Pablo Neruda were set to music by his compatriot Victor Jara early in the fateful year of 1973. A few months later, Jara – a communist – was tortured and killed days after the military coup led by General Augusto Pinochet. Neruda, a fellow communist, also died – quite possibly poisoned – while in hospital in the aftermath of the coup. In December 2025 the Chilean electorate chose a professed admirer of Pinochet, José Antonio Kast, as the country’s new president. In the first round of the election the ...

Argentine politics – lost in the labyrinth

22Mar

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Argentina

Argentine politics – lost in the labyrinth

Posted by: John Phoenix To speak of Argentina today is to speak of the implementation of a neoliberal project that continues the economic line drawn by the military dictatorship (1976-1983), the government of Carlos Saul Menem (1989-1999) and the government of Mauricio Macri (1915-1919), with its consequences of external debt, alienation of natural resources to foreign corporations, and the impoverishment of the country’s population. To speak of Argentina is to speak of a real inflation that far exceeds the statistics presented by the government of Javier Milei, that declares an annual inflation rate of 31.4% (Nov-2025), a figure that does not reflect the changes in the consumer habits of most Argentines, where meat, one of the most important items in the Argentine diet, saw...

Bolivian workers’ thirst for a decent life remains unquenched

22Mar

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Bolivia

Bolivian workers’ thirst for a decent life remains unquenched

Posted by: John Phoenix The portents were ominous following the election in November of a new right-wing president of Bolivia, Rodrigo Paz, and the humiliation of the Movement for Socialism (MAS), which had dominated the country’s political landscape for the past 20 years: “Even before the new president was sworn in, in the House of Deputies the bible and cross were re-instated, even though the constitution defines the plurinational state as secular. The multi-coloured wiphala flag, one of the country’s three official flags, representing indigenous peoples, was removed from outside the presidential palace. Public bodies have replaced the chakana, the Andean cross, on their letterheads with the national shield” (Bolivia Information Forum, Bulletin 63, 1 December 2025). Su...

Stand with Venezuela against the USA’s criminal regime-change attempt

20Mar

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USA, Venezuela

Stand with Venezuela against the USA’s criminal regime-change attempt

Posted by: John Phoenix Millions of Venezuelans are now under arms and, with the slogan ‘Loyal always, traitors never!’ on their lips, stand ready to defend themselves and their country, whether or not their rightful president is returned to them. For all the savage threats and theatrical proclamations of the Trump regime, this is a fact that cannot be brushed aside by Hollywood narratives or gangster-style bravado. CPGB-ML Party statement Sunday 4 January 2026 On Saturday 3 January 2026, US forces followed up several months of war manoeuvres, piracy and naval blockades by launching an entirely unprovoked bombing campaign against the peace-loving people and sovereign government of Venezuela. Military and logistical sites were hit, including the large...

White House Declares National Emergency Over Cuba, Unveils Punitive Oil Tariffs

5Feb

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Cuba, USA

White House Declares National Emergency Over Cuba, Unveils Punitive Oil Tariffs

Posted by: John Phoenix Global Research, The executive order which was set to take effect at 12:01 a.m. Eastern Standard Time on January 30, 2026, ramps up the confrontational posture. Click here to read this article in Spanish/Español. You can also read this article in other languages by clicking the Translate Website button below the author’s name. The Trump administration 2.0, with Secretary of State Marco Rubio, has swiftly moved to sharpen its focus on Latin America, explicitly singling out the governments of Cuba, Venezuela, and Nicaragua as primary targets of its foreign policy. This renewed offensive follows months of escalating regional tension, punitive siege on the Caribbean since August 2025 using lethal force against individuals...

Joti Brar sends greetings to the Women’s Anti-imperialist Platform in Venezuela

24Nov

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United Kingdom, USA, Venezuela

Joti Brar sends greetings to the Women’s Anti-imperialist Platform in Venezuela

Posted by: John Phoenix No revolutionary movement can hope to succeed without the participation of very many working-class women. https://youtu.be/kaIYF-LxdD4 Subscribe to our channelhttps://www.youtube.com/embed/kaIYF-LxdD4 The following greeting was sent as a video message by our party chair to the inaugural meeting of the Women’s Anti-imperialist Platform, which was held in Caracas on 21 October 2025. ***** I’m very happy to greet today the founding conference of the Women’s Anti-imperialist Platform in Caracas. This is a very significant development for our movement and a project that is very close to my heart. All over the world today, as the global economic crisis becomes ever worse, the burdens on working people are becoming ever ...