Sans minorer les aspects idéologiques ou géopolitiques de l'intervention américaine – réaffirmer la doctrine Monroe, asseoir des sphères d'influence impériales –, on ne peut comprendre l'enlèvement de Nicolas Maduro si l'on ignore les masses financières colossales associées à un changement de régime à Caracas. Il ne s'agit pas de minorer les aspects idéologiques ou géopolitiques de l'intervention américaine – réaffirmer la doctrine Monroe, asseoir des sphères d'influence impériales. (…)

“Russia can only win the war”, “Russia has never been defeated”, “How naïve to think one could vanquish a country that possesses nuclear weapons”... etc, etc. This refrain (which is inaccurate), originating from the Kremlin, is being broadcast insistently by the right, the far right, and a certain “radical” left. We witnessed a recent illustration of this in Belgium when all parties represented in Parliament, from Vlaams Belang to the PTB, supported De Wever in the matter of Russian (…)

In the two years since its nationalisation, Ukrnafta has generated more profits than in the 20 years it was privately owned. On 5 November 2022, the public limited company ‘Ukrnafta' was transferred to state ownership. Until 2022, Ukrnafta was owned by oligarch Ihor Kolomoyskyi. Between 2022 and 2023, Ukrnafta's profits reached nearly US$1 billion, exceeding the profits made by the company during the entire period it was owned by Ihor Kolomoyskyi. Since its nationalisation, Ukrnafta has (…)

Against Capitalism and Bureaucracy: Ernest Mandel's Theoretical Contributions By Manuel Kellner, translated by Maciej Zurowski Foreword to the English Edition by Michael Löwy Chicago: Haymarket Books, 2024, 465 pages including index. $40 paperback. AN ACCUMULATION OF global crises and catastrophes have been generating powerful stirrings of radicalization throughout the world that are causing increasing numbers of young activists to reach out for examples and insights from revolutionary (…)

communia œuvre en faveur de la socialisation, du luxe public et d'une économie démocratique. Inspirée par l'initiative Deutsche Wohnen & Co. enteignen (Exproprier Deutsche Wohnen & Co.), communia a été fondée en 2020 en tant qu'association à but non lucratif. L'objectif de communia était et reste de porter la question de la socialisation – c'est-à-dire le transfert de secteurs économiques centraux vers la propriété collective – au-delà du secteur du logement vers d'autres domaines (…)

They follow people, moving back and forth through the streets and constantly humming, creating a new soundtrack that means one thing to Gazans: You are being watched. Palestinians in Gaza tell Haaretz what it's like to live under a watchful and potentially lethal eye “Privacy is when you feel safe. We don't have that,” says one Gaza resident. Credit: Jehad Alshrafi/AP; Shumisat Rasulaev For more than two years, the sound of drones has been a constant in Gaza City – even when the streets (…)

« La Russie ne peut que gagner la guerre », « La Russie n'a jamais été battue », « Qu'elle naïveté de penser qu'on pourrait vaincre un pays qui a l'arme atomique »... etc, etc. Cette petite musique (inexacte), qui trouve son origine au Kremlin, est diffusée avec insistance par la droite, l'extrême-droite, et une certaine gauche « radicale ». On en a eu l'illustration récente en Belgique lorsque tous les partis représentés au Parlement, du Vlaams Belang au PTB, ont appuyé De Wever dans (…)

The United States operation in Venezuela appears to have taken everyone by surprise: those who believed it would ultimately not happen and those who thought that the “extraction” of Nicolás Maduro would open the way for María Corina Machado to arrive at the Miraflores Palace. A complex process now begins, with the former vice-president Delcy Rodríguez in charge of a power overseen by Trump himself, who boasts that he is the one who “runs” the country. The US military action, during which (…)