The international legal system was torn to shreds on January 3, when the United States military intervened in Venezuela, kidnapping President Nicolás Maduro and his spouse, National Assembly deputy Cilia Adela Flores de Maduro, writes Luís Bonilla-Molina.
Supporters of democracy and international law joined Hands off Venezuela! protests across Australia.
Socialist Alliance strongly condemns United States President Donald Trump’s military invasion of Venezuela and demands that the Australian Labor government reject the US’ flouting of international law and break the AUKUS war alliance.
With its violent military intervention into Venezuela, the United States has begun this year with entitled and undisguised imperialism, writes Tamara Pearson.
Opposition to Donald Trump’s illegal invasion and bombing of Venezuela and its declaration that it would be running the country on January 3, is growing across the world. But, as Kerry Smith reports, not from the Labor government.
This joint statement against the United States’ military escalation in the Caribbean and aggression against Venezuela was initiated by the Socialist Party of Malaysia and the Party of the Labouring Masses, Philippines.
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.
A powerful wave of international labour and civil society solidarity with Palestine, focused on blocking supplies to Israel, was led by striking Italian dockworkers, report Majid S and Rachel Evans.
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.
COP30 lacked any concrete commitments to climate action, promoted false solutions and denied indigenous voices, writes Ben Radford. Meanwhile, the grassroots Peoples’ Summit laid the blame for the climate crisis squarely at capitalism’s feet and called for indigenous-led solutions and the non-proliferation of fossil fuels.
Protesters condemned the United States’ threats to Latin America, particularly Venezuela and Colombia. Jacob Andrewartha reports.
