Las Elecciones Presidenciales Venezolanas Pautadas para el 28 de julio
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by Steve Ellner
1w ago
 Nadie puede negar que Maduro es políticamente astuto. En caso contrario no hubiera sobrevivido la campaña sin cuartel contra su gobierno - ni por un mes.  Elecciones en Venezuela: Maduro y Machado van con todo Por Steve Ellner Publicado en NACLA: Report on the Americas, Edición de la primavera de 2024 No es un secreto que Washington está tan enamorado de la candidata presidencial María Corina Machado, como ella está de Washington. Como ejemplo, el día después que el gobierno de Biden parcialmente levantó las sanciones contra Venezuela el pasado octubre, el Secretario de Estado Ant ..read more
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True to Form, the Corporate Media Smears Tucker Carlson’s Interview with Putin
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by Steve Ellner
1M ago
The reaction of the corporate media and pundits to Tucker Carlson’s interview with Putin is predictable. They all bash Carlson – in Europe they are threatening Carlson with judicial hearings – and claim that Putin seized the opportunity to deceive and threaten the West. One simply asks the question, don’t we have the right to hear the other side of the story? I listened to the interview the other night (I accessed it by chance) and was impressed by the seriousness of Putin’s arguments and his thorough command of the subject matter regarding Ukraine, Russian history and foreign policy in g ..read more
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TRUMP’S STATEMENT THAT HE WOULD ENCOURAGE RUSSIA TO ATTACK ANY NATO NATION THAT DOESN’T PAY ITS DUES WAS NOT AS DUMB AS PEOPLE THINK
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by Steve Ellner
1M ago
 This was a well-calculated statement not a gaffe. Trump is attempting to attract votes of the majority of people in the U.S. who are opposed to endless wars. People know full well that a good part of their financial problems are due to Ukraine, Israel, Yemen and the list goes on and on. Trump opposes those wars but for the wrong reasons. The left has to contest Trump’s occupation of this anti-war political space. For a starter it needs to run one presidential candidate not three. Two of the following candidates should resign and support the one who doesn’t: Cornel West, Jill Stein and ..read more
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The American Dream is Dead on Arrival for Many (if not most) College Graduates. That’s the message of the movie The Assistant.
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by Steve Ellner
1M ago
  The movie (which can be streamed on MAX), albeit boring, is about a recent graduate of Northwestern (Julia Garner) who lands a job as a receptionist of sorts who ends up doing everything from tidying up the office of her boss to holding in her arms the baby of someone who comes into the office. When she goes to denounce what she considers to be an ethical breach by her boss, her case is handled in the most paternalistic manner by the head of the company’s grievance department who suddenly insults her in the most demeaning way. But the clinch of it all is the last scene in which she ca ..read more
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Time for a new Good Neighbor Policy U.S. policy toward Latin America has always favored corporate interests. And now – though not for the first time – it is closely aligned with the far-right.
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by Steve Ellner
2M ago
Redefining US-Latin American Relations BY MEDEA BENJAMIN - STEVE ELLNER CounterPunch An all-encompassing expression of goodwill in the form of a New Good Neighbor Policy will meet resistance from vested economic and military interests, as well as those persuaded by racist arguments. The Trump administration dusted off the 19th century Monroe Doctrine that subjugates the nations of the region to U.S. interests. The Biden administration, instead of reversing course, followed suite, with disastrous results for the region and a migration crisis that threatens Biden’s re-election. It has ..read more
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The U.S. Media Unsurprisingly Fails to Present the Venezuelan Government’s Version of why Maria Corina Machado has been Barred from Running for President
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by Steve Ellner
2M ago
 Today the U.S. government announced the re-implementation of economic sanctions against Venezuela in response to the decision of the Venezuela supreme court to bar María Corina Machado from participating in the upcoming presidential elections. On more than one occasion, Machado called for U.S. military intervention in Venezuela. The country that is trying to extradite Julian Assange for “treason,” certainly knows what that word means. In the following video, Machado calls for the “use of international force” as the only means to restore democracy in Venezuela. When asked whether she wa ..read more
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WHAT’S WORSE, THAT THE U.S. BASE WHERE 3 SERVICEMEN WERE KILLED BY A DRONE ATTACK IS LOCATED IN JORDAN, WHERE WE ARE UNWANTED, OR IN SYRIA, WHERE WE ARE UNWANTED?
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by Steve Ellner
2M ago
  The government of Jordan denies that the base is located in its territory, knowing full well how unpopular that would sit among the people of the country and of the region, especially in light of U.S. military support for Israel in its assault on Gaza. Washington denies that the base is in Syria and that it understands why Jordan refuses to recognize the existence of a U.S. base in their nation. So if the U.S. understands why the Jordanian government has made this denial because it’s against the will of its people, what justification is there for having the base there in the first plac ..read more
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US CAPITALISM IS CRONY CAPITALISM. TRUMP JUST PROVED IT
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by Steve Ellner
2M ago
He threatened Nikki Haley's donors with excluding them from the MAGA movement if they continue to support her. That’s to say, he will not accept donations from them if they don’t withdraw support for her? Just read between the lines! He’s not going to turn down money from anyone. What he’s saying is that corporate donors will forfeit the possibility of getting a piece of the Republican pie once Trump is elected president. Capitalism always worked this way, but it was never quite this blatant.    ..read more
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School Children Speak to the staffers of U.S. Senators about Israel’s Decimation of Gaza
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by Steve Ellner
2M ago
Over 20 children of about 7 to 11 years met at the Dirksen and Hart Senate Office Buildings in Washington DC to speak to the staffers of different senators. I accompanied one group and the reception we received was friendly with the exception of the office of Senator Debbie Stabenow of Michigan with facial expressions of “we could care less.” I was pleasantly amazed at how these primary school kids were so articulate. I was especially impressed at how the kids refuted with cogent arguments the statement of the head of staff of Minnesota senator Tina Smith, who basically justified Israel’s in ..read more
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Mao’s Contradictions Among the People Apply to the Current State of the Left
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by Steve Ellner
6M ago
The basic differences that exist on the U.S. left are understandable and are here to stay. They’re a reflection of the complexities, fragmentations and contradictions produced by the capitalist system. As I say in my interview with the Orinoco Tribune, the organized left is basically divided in three general categories or tendencies: the left that prioritizes the struggle against imperialism, the left that is centered on what some people call identity politics having to do with gender and race, and the left that focuses on the working class and domestic economic issues .The three issues inter ..read more
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