The United States administration’s double standards towards Venezuela have seen it move between buying oil from Venezuela to claiming the country’s state leaders are part of a criminal drug cartel to justify a military deployment and eventual attack, writes Luís Bonilla-Molina.

Protesters condemned the threats by United States President Donald Trump and his administration to attack, and perhaps invade, Venezuela. Kerry Smith reports. 

Blanca Missé is an associate professor at San Francisco State University, a Workers’ Voice member, and active with the Ukraine Solidarity Network and the Labor for Palestine National Network. In part two of our interview, Green Left’s Federico Fuentes spoke to Missé about the need to confront all imperialisms with a class-based internationalism.

Farooq Sulehria looks behind the recent clashes between Pakistan and Afghanistan.

Binoy Kampmark looks behind United States President Donald Trump’s controversial announcement on resuming nuclear testing, including the internal push for the US to modernise its nuclear arsenal. 

Los Angeles County voted to declare a state of emergency in response to ongoing immigration raids by federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents. Jonathan Cannard paints a picture of the crisis and the organised response by grassroots activists and communities.

In an attempt to seize a share of a market dominated by China, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has placed Australia’s rare earths and critical minerals at the disposal of United States strategic and war interests. Binoy Kampmark reports.