The demonstrations in Cuba present a strategic challenge for the left, especially the Latin American left. The defense of Cuba against imperialism is a question of principles. The project of overturning the Cuban government is counterrevolutionary. The restoration of capitalism would be brutal, Cuba would be recolonized and transformed, in practice, into a U.S. protectorate, like Puerto Rico.
Valerio Arcary: Assessing 40 years of the Brazilian Workers Party
Valerio Arcary is the author of several books including O Martelo de História (History’s Hammer) and a leader in the Resistência current of the Party for Socialism and Freedom in Brazil. This article was originally published in […]
Ilya Budraitskis, Ilya Matveev, Krill Medvedev: Navalny’s Return and Left Strategy
Russia has had an eventful week and it’s not even finished. First, Alexey Navalny flew back to Moscow, then he was immediately arrested upon crossing the border, and the next day his […]
Esquerda Online: Bolsonaro is breaking the country
Editorial published by Esquerda Online in Brazil. Translated by Bobby Sparks. ***** President Jair Bolsonaro’s words to a supporter, in which he said that the “country is broken” and that he can’t […]
Siarhei Biareishyk: Solidarity versus military dictatorship in 2021
Siarhei Biareishyk is a Visiting Assistant Professor at the University of Pennsylvania, working in the materialist tradition of Spinoza and Marx. His regular updates on the mass movement in Belarus since the protests began […]
Todd Chretien: Was it a coup?
Todd Chretien is the editor of No Borders News. This is the English version of an article first published by Viento Sur, Semear o Futuro and EsquerdaOnLine. **** At noon on January […]
Nicole Kleinheisterkamp González and Tamara Ortega Uribe: Chile after the plebiscite, part 2 – the rise of feminism.
Part 2 of this interview focuses on the rise of the feminist movement in Chile and its role in mass uprising of October 2019. Over the last half century, Chile has run […]
DSA IC: Brazilian socialists electoral and social movement strategies (video)
Nation-wide municipal elections in Brazil dealt far-right President Jair Bolsonaro a strong rebuke. Among the results are the election of many members of Banca Feminista, a bloc of candidates for the Party […]
Brazilian socialists explain electoral and social movement strategies (live stream)
Nation-wide municipal elections in Brazil dealt far-right President Jair Bolsonaro a strong rebuke. Among the results are the election of many members of Banca Feminista, a bloc of candidates for the Party […]
Valerio Arcary: Boulos opened up a path for the Brazilian left
On Sunday, November 29, millions of Brazilians will vote in second-round elections to elect mayors in many of nation’s largest cities. In São Paulo, Brazil’s largest city, the choice is between Party […]