Imperialism
An International Crisis Requires International Solutions
The pandemic and economic crisis is raging through regions ill-equipped to control the outbreak after years of neoliberalism and U.S. imperialism. Capitalist governments have proved that the only solutions they can offer will come with deep attacks on the living conditions of workers and oppressed people. As a united working class, we must counterpose our own solutions. In the U.S., that begins with the fight against imperialism.
Madeleine Freeman
June 27, 2020Socialism is The Future. Our Generation Will Win It.
We are in the midst of widespread uprisings against racist state violence, led by a vanguard of Black youth. With more and more young people pushing forward and leading social movements, working class youth must ensure our movements don’t fall away or be co-opted by the Democratic Party. We need to create a political party of our own, one that has the youth united with the working class to take the fight directly to the capitalist system.
Sybil Davis
June 26, 2020Africa Declares Black Lives Matter
The BLM movement has erupted across the world including countries on the African continent. The resistance to racism, colonialism and imperialism in Africa must be linked and struggled with simultaneously to fighting capitalism and police violence worldwide
Julia Wallace
June 26, 2020U.S. Sanctions and Economic Turmoil Spark More Protests in Syria
Syria is in an unprecedented state of economic turmoil after years of a devastating civil war. Now with a new set of U.S. sanctions and with limited support from allied powers and Lebanese capital, the regime is backed into a corner. In response to the crisis, widespread protests against the regime and a rapidly deteriorating economic situation have emerged.
Maryam Alaniz
June 19, 2020Debt Relief Is Not Enough — Cancel the Debt of the Global South
Many countries are spending more on debt payments than on healthcare, even during the coronavirus pandemic. All Global South debt should be cancelled.
Otto Fors
June 17, 2020The World Is Watching
As the streets of Minneapolis burn, the flames are lighting up and projecting the forgotten demands of millions of oppressed Black, brown, and poor youth. The “belly of the beast” is the new epicenter of class struggle against police violence and social inequality.
Leo Zino
May 30, 2020Trump Increases Pressure on Cuba
The State Department has once again labelled Cuba a "non cooperative" state. Although this is clearly a cynical political ploy by Trump to bolster his ratings going into the 2020 elections, it could nonetheless have dire consequences for the working people of Cuba who are already suffering under a decades-long embargo.
Diego Dalai
May 22, 2020U.S. Imperialism Is Blocking Venezuela from Receiving Fuel from Iran in the Middle of a Crisis
Venezuela is facing a brutal shortage of gasoline, but the U.S. is threatening to block badly needed shipments of oil from Iran. Venezuela has every right to market or receive gasoline from whomever it deems necessary --- not whatever is determined by a foreign imperialist power.
Milton D'León
May 21, 2020Imperialism Is Using Up the Resources That Could Fight Covid-19
The Covid-19 pandemic is devastating working-class people, especially people of color. Yet the U.S. government is unwilling to take action to save lives. Instead, $738 billion is spent per year on the military.
Daniel Nath
May 17, 2020The Arrogant Imperialist: The United States Demands American Mercenaries Release After Failed Coup Attempt
In the afternoon of Wednesday, Mike Pompeo threatened to use "all means" to repatriate mercenaries who entered Venezuela as part of the U.S. company SilverCorp and were captured in the failed military action on the country's coasts.
La Izquierda Diario Venezuela
May 9, 2020