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The perils of the capitalist petro-state

Lessons from the Soviet experience: Commentary by Serguei Skvortsov On April 9, a new deal on crude oil extraction was negotiated in the framework of ОPЕC+ [agreements involving OPEC’s members plus ten non-member countries – Editor]. As we have [...]

The “New Marshall Plan”

Capitalism’s new, yet very old, "Great Idea" for Europe By Dimitris Koutsoumbas The outbreak of the pandemic, its rapid spread and its profound consequences for human life have brought to the surface great problems which, of course, [...]

Oscar Figuera: Imperialist war threatens humanity

Yadira Cruz Valera The Secretary General of the Communist Party of Venezuela (PCV), Oscar Figuera, warned that the possibility of an imperialist war threatens humanity and puts the existence of life on the planet at risk. During a [...]

State plunder by Bolivia’s coup regime

Bolivia’s state-owned services are being dismantled and sold off to the private sector, exiled former president Evo Morales warned on Saturday, accusing the coup administration of destroying the country. Morales reminded Bolivians of the need to [...]

After COVID-19: Humanity’s radical needs… and glaring flaws

COVID-19 has reminded us, brutally, that not only do capital, goods, ideas (useful and nasty) and people flow like wind and water in this world; our mutating viruses do too. Less obviously, the pandemic has put communism back on the table. I use [...]

Hybrid war on Venezuela moves to new stage of aggression

Early in the morning on May 3, Venezuela witnessed an attempted raid on the central coast, by armed mercenary forces in speedboats, just a few kilometres from the capital city of Caracas. Just a couple of hours later, while the defensive [...]

Celebrate the victory over fascism…and defend it!

It’s one of the most famous images from World War II – perhaps of the entire 20th century. Yevgeny Khaldei’s photograph of soldiers from the Soviet Red Army, raising the red banner over the fallen Nazi Reichstag on May 9, 1945, is the unquestioned [...]