After 500 years of almost incessant violence across the globe, Western countries are now rushing to increase military spending — Aotearoa New Zealand being the latest, writes Eugene Doyle.
US imperialism
Adam Hanieh is a professor of Political Economy and Global Development, whose research focuses on capitalism and imperialism in the Middle East. Green Left’s Federico Fuentes sat down with Hanieh to discuss the state of global imperialism today and the significance of Donald Trump’s presidency.
Unlike Donald Trump’s policies on immigration, trans rights and taxation, his Latin American policy is plagued by vacillations and uncertainties, a sign of his deepening reliance on a transactional approach to foreign policy, argues Steve Ellner.
In the second part of his interview with Green Left’s Federico Fuentes, Ukrainian democratic socialist Denys Pilash speaks about the rising global axis of extreme reaction being spearheaded by the United States, Israel and Russia and the need for a renewed internationalism.
Europe must not become a clone of the United States, argues Belgian socialist Peter Mertens. Instead, it must dare to chart a new course.
Trump’s presidential victory comes in the context of emboldened far-right governments in Latin America, which are looking to foster closer links with each other. Ben Radford reports.
Speculation of more privatisations by the Nicolás Maduro government is growing amid fears incoming United States president Donald Trump may tighten sanctions on Venezuela, reports Federico Fuentes.
There are fears in Venezuela that the situation approaching inauguration day could trigger a new round of political violence and state repression, reports Federico Fuentes.
Indonesia’s President Prabowo Subianto remains a loyal servant of United States imperialism, as his recent phone call to Donald Trump makes clear, reports Peter Boyle.
Gubernatorial elections were held on November 5 in the United States colony of Puerto Rico, with pro-independence candidate Juan Dalmau only narrowly defeated by pro-Trump candidate Jenniffer González-Colón, reports Barry Sheppard.
In the second part of our interview, Steve Ellner, Associate Managing Editor of Latin American Perspectives and a retired professor of the Universidad de Oriente in Venezuela, speaks to Federico Fuentes about opposition to United States imperialism and the left’s appraisal of the Nicolás Maduro government in Venezuela.
Steve Ellner, Associate Managing Editor of Latin American Perspectives and a retired professor of the Universidad de Oriente in Venezuela, speaks to Federico Fuentes about the need to prioritise the struggle against United States imperialism and the challenges for international solidarity.
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