The following statement was produced based on discussions on world perspectives at a meeting of ISA’s International Committee on 28 January. In this epoch, the astonishing pace of world events has been commented upon so much that any reference to it appears clichéd. Nonetheless, it must be said that so far, 2026 has taken this […]
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The US began its tradition of intervention in Latin America as early as the beginning of the 19th century. In 1822, Cuba was invaded and the following year the Monroe Doctrine was formulated. At the beginning of the 20th century, the doctrine was revised to justify US political and military interventions in Latin America. Today, […]
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2026 has begun with US imperialism on the offensive. The reactionary juggernaut of Donald Trump dominated 2025, shaking world relations to the core. But the naked, shameless imperialist aggression against Venezuela with which he kicked off 2026 has taken things to a new level. Having grotesquely campaigned as a peacemaker, Trump bombed his seventh country […]
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For mass struggle against imperialist plunder, bullying and war Read in Spanish below Trump has begun a new US imperialist war for regime change in Latin America. After months of bullying, threats and indiscriminate murderous attacks in the Caribbean, US warplanes descended on Venezuela last night, bombing multiple locations and capturing Nicolás Maduro. This brutal […]
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Since this article was published the US has stepped up attacks and seizure of oil tankers off the coast of Venezuela. The world is following with horror as Donald Trump makes one announcement after another, gloating over unleashing a barrage of extra-judicial killings in the Caribbean. Under the guise of fighting Venezuelan “narco-terrorists,” the White […]
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Brazil’s Lula government had announced COP30 in Belém, at the mouth of the Amazon River, as a summit of “truth” and “implementation.” It turned out instead to be both an expected and a sad fiasco. Astoundingly, the UN-led climate negotiations failed to even manage to mention fossil fuels by name as the cause of 75 […]
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Respond to imperialist attacks and threats with workers’ mobilisation, international solidarity and the struggle for a genuine socialist alternative in Venezuela and throughout Latin America. Donald Trump’s second term has reignited some of the most aggressive and truculent elements of US imperialist policy towards Latin America. Speaking bluntly, US Secretary of War Peter Hegseth announced […]
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Build Workers’ Resistance and a Socialist Alternative Argentina’s far-right President Javier Milei managed to secure an unexpected victory for his party, La Libertad Avanza (Liberty Advances) in midterm elections on Sunday, October 26, based on polarization and help from Trump. “He had a lot of help from us. I gave him a very strong endorsement,” […]
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Nepal, Indonesia, Morocco, Madagascar, Peru, Timor-Leste, and the Philippines – Gen Z rises up Corruption, unemployment, and inequality run rampant across the world. But Gen Z has had enough of capitalism’s crises and is fighting back. In Indonesia and Nepal, tens of thousands of young people kicked off revolts against gross displays of corruption, and […]
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The example of struggle in one country stimulates and influences movements in others In “a world with two predatory super powers” (Martin Wolf, FT 1 October), the key trends of this year have continued since our last World Perspectives update in May. There has been a certain consolidation of Trump’s regime, the genocide in Gaza […]
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