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📝 INTERVIEW | Building Communal Hegemony: A Conversation with Robert Longa El Panal Commune’s main spokesperson talks about how communes might enter the Venezuelan constitution through an upcoming reform. 🔗 Read more in the latest VA interview here: https://venezuelanalysis.com/interviews/building-communal-hegemony-a-conversation-with-robert-longa/ #Communes#HugoChavez #USImperialism

📑🖊 OPINION |The United States Uses a Fabricated Drug Charge for a Potential Strike on Venezuela Vijay Prashad situates the US military buildup in the Caribbean within the Trump administration’s broader offensive against Venezuela. Seven warships and a nuclear-powered submarine are off Venezuela, even though most drugs reach the US via the Pacific. The US also doubled the reward on President Maduro to $50M for alleged ties to the “Cartel of the Suns,” described as a phenomenon rather than a cartel. 🔗 Read the full opinion piece here: https://venezuelanalysis.com/opinion/the-united-states-uses-a-fabricated-drug-charge-for-a-potential-strike-on-venezuela #DonaldTrump#USImperialism

🗒️🗣️ INTERVIEW | Solidarity with Venezuela in the Belly of the Beast: A Conversation with Elizabeth Blaney Organized opposition to US aggression against Venezuela is growing inside the United States, particularly among working-class and immigrant communities. In the latest VA interview, Los Angeles tenant organizer Elizabeth Blaney explains that communities facing ICE raids, Medicaid cuts, and housing insecurity see a direct connection between repression at home and war abroad. Blaney also discusses the recent People’s Assembly for Peace and Sovereignty in Caracas, attended by 600–800 delegates despite major travel obstacles. Participants linked sanctions and military escalation against Venezuela to global consequences, including rising housing costs, energy insecurity, and the diversion of public resources away from social needs. Read the full interview here 👉🏾https://shorturl.at/ZySYh #InternationalSolidarity#USImperialism

📑🖊 OPINION | All Elements in Place for a US Strike on Venezuela On September 2, the US military destroyed a vessel in the Caribbean without attempting to stop or search it, killing 11 people. Washington claimed the boat came from Venezuela and was carrying drugs. The latest opinion piece by Emersberger and Harris points to escalating US actions: troop deployments in the Caribbean, a $50M bounty on Maduro, expanded sanctions, and a sustained military presence. These steps, they argue, set the stage for a possible strike targeting Venezuela’s leadership. 🔗 Read the full piece here: https://shorturl.at/c6udQ #DonaldTrump#USImperialism#USMilitaryThreats

🗒️🗣️ INTERVIEW | ‘Venezuela, the Threat of a Good Example’: A Conversation with Geraldina Colotti In a world turned upside down, Italian activist Geraldina Colotti argues that no good deed and no sovereign project goes unpunished. She links the latest US escalation against Venezuela to what she describes as a broader imperial strategy amid a global capitalist crisis, citing sanctions, psychological operations, and an expanded US military footprint across Latin America and the Caribbean. For Colotti, Venezuela remains a target because it disrupts this dynamic. Before the blockade, the country had nearly achieved the UN Millennium Goals, a record she says turned Venezuela into “the threat of a good example” that Washington moved to contain. Read the full interview here 👉🏾https://shorturl.at/4H7sB #MediaCoverage#USImperialism

🖊OPINION | Hugo Chávez: Truth as a Form of Struggle Former Vice President Elías Jaua reflects on the political style of Hugo Chávez, highlighting moments when the Venezuelan leader publicly explained major decisions and setbacks, from acknowledging the defeat of the 2007 constitutional reform referendum to announcing his cancer diagnosis on national television in 2011. Read the full opinion piece here: https://venezuelanalysis.com/opinion/hugo-chavez-truth-as-a-form-of-struggle/ #HugoChavez

📑🖊 OPINION | Socialist Communes and Anti-Imperialism: The Marxist Approach Chris Gilbert analyzes when a commune or communal project can be considered anti-imperialist, drawing on Marx’s theoretical foundations. One expression of this framework came in 2024. According to Gilbert, it was exemplified when Palestinian revolutionary Leila Khaled visited the El Panal Commune in Caracas. She praised it as a concrete example of sovereignty under U.S. sanctions, drawing parallels with the Palestinian struggle for national liberation. That same year, Venezuela also deepened its communal strategy by launching quarterly consultations and expanding public funding to strengthen commune powers. Read the full opinion piece here: https://shorturl.at/eThgJ #antiimperialism#Communes#HugoChavez

The Pancha Vásquez commune in Apure State, Venezuela, consisting of fourteen communal councils, embodies the region's deep-rooted traditions in agriculture and cattle rearing. It's also where Hugo Chávez sharpened his political vision from 1985-1988, intertwining his socialist ideals with the local folklore. From the legendary “El Silbón” to “La Sayona,” the tales Chávez encountered in Elorza have become a vital part of the area's folklore, reflecting the enduring impact of his legacy. Read the full interview here 👉🏼shorturl.at/jaxwE #communalresistanceseries#communes#HugoChavez

🗒️🗣️ INTERVIEW | Puerto Rico, US Imperialism and Venezuela’s Defiant Sovereignty: A Conversation with Déborah Berman Santana From within a US colony, Puerto Rican geographer and activist Déborah Berman Santana argues in the latest VA interview that Washington’s “new” strategy closely resembles the old one. The United States’ latest National Security Strategy refocuses on the Western Hemisphere, reaffirming claims to dominance over Latin America and the Caribbean. In Berman Santana’s assessment, the document openly restates a historic objective: hemispheric control, with Venezuela at the center due to its insistence on sovereignty and control over its resources. She explains that Puerto Rico’s status as an unincorporated US territory enables this strategy in practice. With six US military bases on the island and a recent increase in air and naval activity, including the takeover of former civilian facilities, the United States can deploy forces across the Caribbean without consultation, using military pressure to influence Venezuela and signal limits on regional sovereignty. Read the full interview here 👉🏾https://shorturl.at/NkaUd #Caribbean#DonaldTrump#USImperialism

Steve Ellner counters critics who distort Gramsci’s concepts to frame the second wave of Latin America's Pink Tide as capitulation, asserting that governments like Venezuela's still play a pivotal role in resisting US imperialism. Read the full analysis here 👉🏼https://shorturl.at/yMlcG #PinkTide#USImperialism

🗒️🗣️ INTERVIEW | Grenada, Venezuela and the Logic of Empire: A Conversation with Chester Humphrey In the latest VA interview, veteran Grenadian revolutionary Chester Humphrey draws stark parallels between the 1983 U.S. invasion of Grenada and today’s military buildup against Venezuela. He warns that the narrative of “narco-terrorism” echoes the fabricated pretexts of the past, and reveals that Washington is pressuring Grenada to host radar infrastructure tied to potential military action. Humphrey also calls for unity among revolutionary movements and emphasizes deepening people-to-people solidarity throughout the Caribbean. Read the full interview here 👉🏾https://shorturl.at/z1TuF #Caribbean#InternationalSolidarity#USImperialism

Llanisca Lugo, a Cuban intellectual and Representative in Cuba's Popular Power National Assembly, discusses the impact of imperialist blockades on Cuba and Venezuela, highlighting the significance of Venezuelan communes as models of collective organization. "We are also inspired by the Venezuelan communes. While they may not be perfect, it's clear that when people organize themselves, collectively manage day-to-day affairs, and produce the goods they need, then a community of equals emerges," Lugo emphasizes. Read the full interview here 👉🏼https://shorturl.at/awy23 #Cuba#Venezuela#Sanctions#USImperialism