Dick Nichols reports on the Seventh International Ecosocialist Gathering, which took place in Brussels, from May 15–17.
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United States President Donald Trump created a $1.776 billion government slush fund, on May 18, to funnel public money to allies and supporters he claims were “harmed” by the Joe Biden administration, reports Barry Sheppard and Malik Miah.
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Tamara Pearson visited Nahua indigenous towns in Guerrero state, Mexico, who are being terrorised by criminal gangs and have formed a community self-defence force to protect their towns from attack.
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Protests against Bolivian President Rodrigo Paz’s neoliberal government continue to intensify, reports Pablo Meriguet.
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The First Conference on Transitioning Away from Fossil Fuels, involving government representatives from 59 countries, was in Santa Marta, Colombia, reports Ben Radford.
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The recent hantavirus outbreak reminds us that global capitalism is engaged in an assault on nature that also poses an increasing threat to human populations, argues John Clarke.
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United States President Donald Trump is considering launching military action against Cuba, following decades of failed attempts by US imperialism to destabilise the island nation and destroy its socialist project, reports Malik Miah.
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The United States has launched fresh attacks on southern Iranian territory, raising concerns about the fate of the Pakistan-mediated peace talks, reports Abdul Rahman.
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New York City is set to build 200,000 new affordable and rent-stabilised homes and preserve another 200,000 over the next decade, reports Stephen Prager.
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Sarah Glynn examines two recent blows to democracy in the Kurdish region of the Middle East.
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In the second of our two-part interview, Green Left’s Federico Fuentes speaks to Elias Jaua — Chavista, socialist and former vice-president of Venezuela under President Hugo Chávez — about the response inside the country to the January 3 US military assault, the Nicolás Maduro government, the state of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela and popular participation today.
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Green Left’s Federico Fuentes spoke to Elias Jaua, who explained how Venezuela came to be “militarily occupied and subjected to a policy of coercive tutelage” and why Venezuelans will need to wage a struggle for national liberation.