World – Page 2 – Zabalaza for Socialism

“Bombing never leads to positive regime change”

Charlie Kimber31 March 2026

Mediapart, the French leftist website, has an interview with Robert Pape, a political scientist at the University of Chicago and author of the most-referenced book on the effects of air attacks throughout history. He says, “The carpet bombing of Iran will not achieve its goals, even if the regime has been decapitated.” I post a […]

Documentary film review: The Revolution Will Not Be Televised

Callum Joyce31 March 2026

Eyewitness to the failed 2002 coup against Hugo Chávez and the popular fightback it provoked. On 11 April 2002, Venezuelan president Hugo Chávez was arrested and removed from power by leading figures in the Venezuelan military with the backing of big business, the private media, and religious leaders. The reforms of the past three years […]

Statement of Zabalaza for Socialism on the US – Israel Assault on Iran

ZASO4 March 2026

Imperialism’s Assault on Iran must be Condemned A Socialist Response to the Attack on Iran As bombs fall on Tehran, as smoke rises over universities, schools, streets and civilian districts, as families scramble for shelter from missiles launched by the United States acting alongside Israel’s air force, the left must speak without hesitation: this war is […]

Alex Callinicos: Marco Rubio’s Munich speech is far from reassuring

Alex Callinicos17 February 2026

Rubio with JD Vance Rubio repeated the Trump administration’s regular complaints about neoliberal globalisation, mass migration and ‘a climate cult’ threatening ‘Western civilisation’. Any doubt that European capitalism prefers to remain the junior partner of the United States was removed by the standing ovation the Munich Security Conference gave to Marco Rubio last Saturday. The […]

When Movements Become Cults

SAFTU16 February 2026

When Desperation Produces Strongmen Why “Messianic” leaders always turn against workers A SAFTU Political Education Pamphlet Why do Strongmen rise? Strongmen do not rise because societies are “stupid”. They rise because societies are desperately trying to find a way out of a deep crisis. They emerge when people experience: In these moments, people start saying: […]

On Adam Hanieh’s Crude Capitalism

Andy Higginbottom16 February 2026

Adam Hanieh, Crude Capitalism: Oil, Corporate Power, and the Making of the World Market (Verso, 2024), 336 pages. Adam Hanieh’s new book, Crude Capitalism: Oil, Corporate Power, and the Making of the World Market(Verso, 2024) could not be timelier. As all eyes turn to Baku for COP29, the capitalist world heads to yet another performance of misdirection. In […]

Bad Bunny and the Super Bowl Halftime Show That Rebuked Trump’s Death Cult With A Celebration Of Life

Dave Zirin11 February 2026

The past year in Stephen Miller’s America has been unbearably bleak. When masked thugs with “blanket immunity” kidnap five year olds and murder nurses, it tends to darken the national mood. But international mega-star Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio (a.k.a Bad Bunny) took the stage during the Super Bowl halftime show and gave the best possible […]

VENEZUELA: Redemocratise society and politics to overcome the colonial situation

Luísa Bonilla-Molina11 February 2026

Maduro’s regime not only buried the progressive elements of Chavismo but also destroyed democracy. The events of January 3rd, with the US aggression, represented a profound blow to the Republic and ushered in a colonial situation that clearly demonstrates the historic defeat of the Bolivarian project and the 21st-century socialism embodied by Hugo Chávez Frías. […]

Noam Chomsky, Jeffrey Epstein and the Politics of Betrayal

Chris Hedges11 February 2026

I don’t expect much from politicians, corporate tycoons, the presidents of prestigious universities, billionaire philanthropists, celebrities, royalty or oligarchs. They live in narcissistic and hedonistic bubbles that cater to their self-worship and moral depravity. But I do expect a lot from intellectuals such as Noam Chomsky. The explanation by his wife Valéria – Noam suffered […]

Alex Callinicos: Is the United States turning to fascism? With aggression abroad and repression at home, Donald Trump’s drive to centralise power in his hands is undeniable

Alex Callinicos28 January 2026

It’s hardly surprising that social media is full of claims that fascism now reigns in the United States. Since 2026 began, two features of fascist regimes have been very visible. On one the hand, aggression abroad—the violent kidnapping of Nicolas Maduro and Cilia Flores in Venezuela, the threats of military action against Iran and Greenland. […]

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