Category: Thinking Politically
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As Trump Threatens to Intervene, Iranian Protesters Warn US, Israel ‘Want Entire Region in Chaos’
“This government has shown that it is not capable of reform,” said one Iranian demonstrator. “On the other side, there are Trump and Netanyahu, both of whom are war criminals.”
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Maria Corina Machado, Knut Hamsun and the Nobel Prize
Maria Corina Machado, Knut Hamsun, and the Nobel Prize Maria Corina Machado recently congratulated President Donald Trump for kidnapping Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro in a military action that left around 100 people dead. In an interview with Fox News, she praised Trump, describing Washington’s actions as “a giant step for humanity, for freedom and…
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Assange Sues Nobel Foundation to Stop War-Promoting Machado From Receiving Peace Prize Cash
Alfred Nobel’s endowment for peace cannot be spent on the promotion of war.
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Venezuelan President Maduro Declares Himself a “Prisoner of War” Before a New York Court
The president of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, made his first statements before a New York court after his kidnapping on January 3 by specialized U.S. military commandos in a military operation carried out on Venezuelan territory. The president declared himself a “prisoner of war.”
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Venezuela, Even More Than Palestine, Is the Linchpin of a Consistent Radical Left in The Era of Global Neofascism Led by the U.S.
Recent events in Venezuela have dramatically escalated the stakes of anti-imperialist politics in a way that cannot be ignored. On January 3, 2026, the United States launched a large-scale military operation with the objective of kidnapping Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife and transporting them back to the United States to face federal charges.…
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“We Will Never Again Be Slaves”: Speech by Venezuela’s Vice President Delcy Rodríguez
“As imperial forces strike at the heart of Venezuela, Vice-President Delcy Rodríguez’s words ring out: ‘We will never again be slaves, never again a colony of any empire’.” In her powerful address following the U.S. military’s unprecedented capture of President Nicolás Maduro, Rodríguez rejects foreign domination and calls for unity in defence of sovereignty, natural…
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The importance and neglect of “social ecology”,
The term “social ecology” is used to refer to the political philosophy advocated by Murray Bookchin. It will be argued below that this is unfortunate as it gives the term “ecology” a quite different meaning to that applied in the biological realm. The latter sense is extremely important in the social realm, but has not…
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The United States attacks Venezuela and kidnaps its president in an illegal operation
A shocking and illegal escalation has plunged Latin America into crisis. In the early hours of January 3, the United States launched a military assault on Venezuela, unleashing explosions over Caracas and seizing President Nicolás Maduro and his wife in a brazen act that defies the United Nations Charter. Washington now claims custody of Venezuela’s…
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Colombia’s Historic Pact Unifies the Left into a Single Party
The CNE accepted the merger of the left-wing parties Unión Patriótica, Polo Democrático Alternativo, Comunista and Progresistas, leaving only Colombia Humana out.
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US Strikes Venezuela, Trump Claims Maduro “Captured and Flown Out”
In the early hours of Saturday, January 3, 2026, a dramatic escalation shook Venezuela and raised alarms across the hemisphere. Shortly thereafter, Trump announced that the United States had carried out a “large-scale strike” against Venezuela and that President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, had been “captured and flown out of the country.”…
