On 3 January 2026, the US took a qualitative leap forward in its imperialist violence, bombing Venezuela and kidnapping Nicolas Maduro. We do not yet know the details of the operation, but we do know the background.
- Venezuela 2026 / Spanish state, Venezuela“Trump, who calls himself “the president of peace” and promised he would end “forever wars,” seems rather to be following in a long tradition of U.S. coups, armed interventions, and wars in Latin America. ”
- IVP612 - January 2026 / United States (USA), VenezuelaThe US war against Venezuela has moved from the covert to the open stage. US armed forces have bombed Caracas, and according to the US President Trump, they have kidnapped the Venezuelan President Maduro and his wife. This unprovoked assault comes after a prolonged period of imperialist aggression with economic sanctions and murderous strikes against boats in the Caribbean Sea, killing more than 100 people in the past few months.
- Venezuela 2026 / Venezuela, India“We demand an end to the military aggression and respect for the territorial and political sovereignty of Venezuela and Latin America!”
- IVP612 - January 2026 / United States (USA), Fourth International, Venezuela“Don't be afraid, we are all together”—the chant rings out inside Tehran's grand bazaar. A young woman, bravely unveiled, leads a march of hundreds through one of the oldest markets in the world.
- IVP612 - January 2026 / Iran, Protest movementsWhat will be the election race in war-wounded Ukraine - a collapse of statehood or a breath of fresh air in a roughly sealed system adjusted to the service of oligarchs? The language, first and foremost, is about the parliamentary elections.
- IVP612 - January 2026 / UkraineThe collapse of the national currency and the economy, hyperinflation and wage stagnation are the ingredients of the massive mobilisation that started on Sunday 28 December in the Tehran bazaar and spread to many towns and universities.
- News from around the world / Iran“How did Chile move from the euphoria of Gabriel Boric's triumph in 2021, with a 10-point lead over Kast, to a far right-wing victory?”
- IVP611 - December 2025 / Chile, Far RightFifteen years after the start of the Tunisian revolution, the authoritarian regime established by Kais Saied is increasing arrests, unfair trials and repression against all civil society. In the face of this offensive, international solidarity is more necessary than ever.
- IVP611 - December 2025 / Tunisia, Protest movementsPortugal's minority right-wing conservative government (Democratic Alliance) planned to survive thanks to the parliamentary support, alternately, of the Socialists (PS) or the far right. It succeeded in getting the general state budget for 2026 adopted thanks to the abstention of the PS and then intended to pass a set of new employment laws with the complicity of Chega (far right). However, the general strike of 11 December has plunged this project into uncertainty.
- IVP611 - December 2025 / Portugal, Trade unions/workplace organizingIn Mali, the violence exerted by Russian mercenaries against the civilian population is taking place in a climate of total impunity, without condemnation or reaction from the Malian authorities. This strategy of terror worsens an already catastrophic security and social situation.
- IVP611 - December 2025 / Mali“Whether the Trump presidency is truly in crisis is too early to say. If its daily crimes against humanity are to bring about its downfall, it has to be organized and disciplined movement activism to push it over the cliff.”
- IVP611 - December 2025 / United States (USA), Racism and IslamophobiaThis Joint Political Statement by the Communist Party of Bangladesh (Marxist–Leninist) and Radical Socialist (India) was issued on 25 December 2025.
- News from around the world / India, BangladeshWith Trump in power, many parts of the world are swinging to the far right. This is the most pressing challenge we currently face. But what is the situation of the Left in China? And where is the Chinese far right?
- IVP611 - December 2025 / China, Far RightFor more than 25 years, the “Other Davos” has been creating a counter-power to the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos. This year's conference focuses on our anti-militarist responses to the escalation of imperialist tensions and wars, as well as on internationalist solidarity with Palestine.
- IVP611 - December 2025 / Economy, SwitzerlandThe 26 November 2025 Wang Fu Court fire has a lot of similarity with London's 2017 Grenfell fire. In terms of scale, the former was much bigger – instead of just one building there were seven on fire, and instead of 72 deaths there have been 160 deaths as of now. However, the combustible materials used in renovating the outer walls were the direct cause of both.
- IVP611 - December 2025 / Hong Kong, Public servicesAs if they were scripts written by Warren Ellis – The Authority, Transmetropolitan, Planetary – in which exaggerated arguments abound, during the last four months we have witnessed a disproportionate media and military offensive against Venezuelan sovereignty. The double standard of the US administration has gone from buying Venezuelan oil – under neocolonial commercial conditions, as a result of the sanctions imposed by themselves and the compliant attitude of the Maduro government – to presenting the state leadership as a criminal cartel dedicated to drug trafficking, with the aim of justifying a deployment and eventual military attack.
- Features / United States (USA), Venezuela
