US Imperialism

July 6, 2021

The Path to Socialism Requires Border Abolition

Although the Biden administration has attempted to differentiate its immigration policies from those of Donald Trump, the end result has been the same: deportations, abuse and negligence of children jailed in detention centers and refugees turned away at the border. What’s more, Biden’s refusal to allow in the refugees at the border has contributed to horrific human rights abuses. As Reuters reported, nearly 3,300 migrants stranded in Mexico have been kidnapped, raped, trafficked or assaulted since Joe Biden took office on January 20.

July 1, 2021

by Zack Frailey Escobar

Zionists Weep Crocodile Tears

As Israel bombs Palestinian civilians in Gaza, ethnically cleanses Palestinian neighborhoods in Jerusalem, and deliberately unleashes right wing mobs to terrorize Palestinians everywhere, the whole U.S. congressional establishment has united to condemn Israel’s critics.

The entire Democratic leadership joined with the most rabidly racist sections of the Republican Party to slander congresswoman Ilhan Omar’s statements comparing Israel’s and the United States’ crimes with those of Hamas and the Taliban as antisemitic. The statement they issued on June 11th reads, in part: “Drawing false equivalencies between democracies like the US and Israel and groups that engage in terrorism like Hamas and the Taliban foments prejudice and undermines progress toward a future of peace and security for all.”

June 18, 2021

by Héctor Reyes

The U.S. Far-Right: poised to extend its reach and scale of violence

The January 6th storming of the U.S. Capitol by elements of the far-right—amateurish and pursued by a coalition of activists that grossly overestimated the extent of their power and support—constituted a breakthrough by far-right political forces. As conceived, it was destined to be easily repelled from the outset, and contrary to corporate and social media hyperbole, it fell profoundly short of constituting a viable coup attempt. Yet, it is in the reverberations of its political symbolism that it amounts to a victory for the far-right, for it constitutes a “proof of concept.”

May 13, 2021

by Zack Frailey Escobar

The Colombian Working Class Against Neoliberalism and Imperialism

In the aftermath of the pandemic, Colombians are striking and demonstrating against austerity and police repression in a historic rebellion. The uprising highlights the power workers hold – and if the rising is successful, it could spell the end of decades of right-wing rule.

May 10, 2021

by Susanna de Guio y Gianpaolo Contestabile

El estallido colombiano: segundo acto

37 asesinatos de manifestantes perpetrados por la policía, 234 casos de agresiones violentas, incluidos 26 con lesiones oculares, 15 casos de violencia sexual y de género, 66 agresiones a defensores de derechos humanos y periodistas y 1728 detenciones arbitrarias es el saldo alarmante de los nueve días de Paro Nacional convocado por los sindicatos colombianos, según reportan la campaña Defender la Libertad y TembloresONG.
La masacre que están perpetrando las fuerzas policiales en Colombia ya alcanzó la atención internacional, desde los medios independientes y las redes sociales se solicita la difusión de los cientos de abusos registrados, mientras que en distintas ciudades se denuncia la censura a través de la interrupción de la señal de internet. Además el martes 4 de mayo un portavoz de las Naciones Unidas expresó una fuerte condena con respecto a la conducta de las fuerzas públicas colombianas: “Estamos profundamente preocupados por cómo evolucionó la situación en Cali durante la noche, donde la policía abrió fuego contra los manifestantes y varias personas murieron o resultaron heridas”.

April 27, 2021

by Anonymous Tejana

Eyewitness to Kids in Cages

In the beginning of March, I traveled to my birthplace of Dallas, Tejas. I made the difficult decision to travel and visit family after two years. I have always possessed conflicting feelings about what returning “home” means to me. In a state that historically was part of México and tries to erase this fact. On land historically belonging to indigenous people that was stolen. I am reminded of the quote, “We didn’t cross the border, the border crossed us.” Yet, the racist politicians in power fight to keep those who have been forced to migrate due to U.S. imperialist invention from seeking refuge. As immigrants and Xicanos being told and made to feel that we do not belong. A state that loves our “culture” but in the same vein demands that we only speak English.

April 22, 2021

by Edgard Sánchez

AMLO’s MORENA at a crossroads as Mexico heads towards midterm elections

As Mexico heads towards midterm elections, it’s a key moment to analyze the trajectory of Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) and his political party, the Movement for National Regeneration (Morena). While there was mass euphoria after his triumph against the traditional PRI-PAN dictatorship in 2018, three years into his mandate, the limits and betrayals of his political project are in full view.

April 13, 2021

by Zack Frailey Escobar

Bolivia: The golpistas must be punished

The return to power of the Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) party after the 2019 coup, has been followed by a swift effort to hold the golpistas accountable. In response, the US media has taken up the State Department’s line, shedding crocodile tears over alleged civil rights abuses. Ironically, these same voices utterly failed to condemn a right-wing coup which led to a year-long period of political violence that left at least 30 dead and thousands more injured or arrested. These disingenuous commentators are now wringing their hands over the arrest and prosecution of the guilty parties. Those of us concerned with genuine democracy in Latin America should ignore them, looking at similar machinations that previously occurred in Brazil.

March 4, 2021

by Justin Akers Chacón

Biden’s immigration proposal: a path to nowhere

The election of Joe Biden and the return of Democratic Party control of Congress has raised hope that Trump’s disastrous immigration policies could be undone. Separated and incarcerated families long to be reunited and freed, refugees blocked into deadly camps at the border wait for legal channels to be reopened, undocumented workers cut out of pandemic relief efforts endure dangerous working conditions and economic devastation, and all Trump’s other orders designed to be cruel and inhumane urgently need to be reversed.

January 13, 2021

by Josué Ammerman

From Palestine to Mexico, border walls have got to go!

“From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free!” is more than a slogan, it’s the call of a liberation movement. The Palestinian struggle for liberation is international and the fight for socialism begins when we unite to fight imperialism, colonialism and capitalism. The anthology Palestine: A Socialist Introduction published by Haymarket Books, gives us an overview of the possibilities of a better world, starting with Palestinian liberation. Editors Sumaya Awad and brian bean (brian bean is written in lowercase) offer us a succinct historical background of Palestinian liberation and an internationalist framework of socialism from below through which we can view this struggle.