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The Commune And Popular Sovereignty In Times Of Imperialist Siege

I write these lines at a particularly difficult moment for Venezuelan sovereignty. The imperialist attack of January 3 and the kidnapping of President Nicolás Maduro and Congresswoman Cilia Flores marked a new escalation in an aggression that now spans more than twenty-six years against the Bolivarian Revolution. This is not an isolated episode. It is a new chapter in a broad and multifaceted strategy aimed at taking away the Venezuelan people and government’s power of decision and, ultimately, reversing the political path inaugurated in 1999.

The World Says: Cuba Is Not Alone

The world knows this, which every day, from different geographical points, demands its end. Washington's economic, commercial and financial blockade of Cuba is a criminal and genocidal way of besieging a sovereign country. Knowing this, the city council of the Italian city of Turin approved a Resolution that condemns it and demands the implementation of concrete projects to help the population of the Caribbean nation, Prensa Latina reported. The initiative, presented by councilors Claudio Cerrato and María Grazia Grippo, of the Democratic Party (PD), denounces the serious effects of pressure from the U.S. government.

Attack On Iran Also An Assault On United Nations

On Feb. 16, one of us (Jeffrey Sachs) sent a letter to the U.N. Security Council warning that the United States was on the verge of tearing up the United Nations Charter. That warning has now come to pass.  The United States and Israel have launched an unprovoked war against Iran in flagrant violation of Article 2(4) of the Charter, without authorization from the Security Council, and without any legitimate claim of self-defense under Article 51. They are trying to kill the U.N. Charter and the international rule of law, but they will fail.

IADL Condemns The Joint US-Israeli Illegal Aggression On Iran

The International Association of Democratic Lawyers (IADL) condemns in the strongest terms the joint attack by the United States and Israel on the Islamic Republic of Iran, launched on the morning of Saturday, February 28, 2026, amid the holy month of Ramadan. These attacks constitute another example of the crime of aggression, in blatant violation of article 2(4) of the United Nations Charter and the principles of sovereignty, territorial integrity of states, good neighborliness and the peaceful settlement of disputes. International law clearly prohibits both the use of force and the threat to use force against the territorial integrity of any state, and it is also clear that the United States and Israel have deep disregard and contempt for these principles.

China’s Green Development Is Both Anti-Imperialist And Socialist

Since the turn of the century, China has been undergoing its own green industrial revolution. In 2023, China was responsible for the production of over 80% of the world’s solar panels and 60% of the world’s electric vehicles.1 China’s domestic New Energy Vehicles (NEVs) — referring to battery/pure electric vehicles, plug-in hybrid electric vehicles, and fuel-cell electric vehicles (of which pure electric vehicles are now the most common) — make up more than 90% of sales, compared to the 50% market share held by gas-powered Chinese-branded vehicles.

Indigenous Leaders Sue Quebec To Halt Forestry Permits

After years of protests and blockades, a group of Atikamekw elders and chiefs have filed a lawsuit seeking to cancel forestry permits across a vast stretch of northern Quebec. The lawsuit, filed Thursday in Quebec’s Superior Court, challenges the province’s authority to issue forestry permits within Nehirowisiw Aski, the ancestral territory of the Atikamekw, without properly consulting them. Lawyers for the group describe the case as unprecedented, saying it is the first time that land defenders — a traditional role not formally recognized in Canadian law — have directly asserted Aboriginal title through the courts.

Canadian PM Unveils ‘Unprecedented’ Defense Plan

The Canadian government has announced a major new defense plan aimed at reducing reliance on Washington, which the country’s premier said was “no longer viable.” "We've relied too heavily on our geography and others to protect us,” Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said on 17 February. “This has created vulnerabilities that we can no longer afford and dependencies that we can no longer sustain,” he went on to say. A statement from the prime minister’s office said the new defense industrial strategy amounts to an investment of “over half a trillion dollars (US $366 billion) in Canadian security, economic prosperity, and our sovereignty.”

Integration Or Independence?

Over the past year, much has been made in Canada of the various taunts and threats that have accompanied the Trump administration’s decision to impose tariffs as part of what it has described as an effort to reduce trade deficits, bolster national security, and strengthen domestic manufacturing. Many Canadians have expressed shock and dismay at being “betrayed” by a country they were given to viewing as a livelier, albeit more garish and confrontational, version of their own—a country that is blessed with more jobs, warmer weather, and cheaper goods, but burdened by more guns, greater insecurity, and less predictable institutions.

Red Lake Nation Blocks ICE Entry, Asserting Sovereignty

On Jan. 13, the Tribal Council of Red Lake Nation voted unanimously to restrict ICE and other federal immigration agents from entering Red Lake lands without a court order signed by a judge with jurisdiction. The resolution became public Jan. 28, as tribal leaders warned that federal agents were already “moving north.” Under the new protocol, ICE must obtain a valid court order, present it to the Red Lake Department of Public Safety director, submit to a Red Lake officer escort at all times, and leave immediately after the order is served.

Data Center Boom, Corporate Extraction, And The Obfuscation Of The Land Question

The years 2024 and 2025 saw a massive upswing in the number of data centers planned and constructed in the United States and globally as part of the race to develop computing infrastructure for “Artificial Intelligence” technologies. 2025 also witnessed a massive increase in protests, lawsuits, and movements against data center construction throughout the U.S., with at least 25 data center projects cancelled across the United States (four times the number in 2024) in 2025, and up to 25 more canceled in the first three weeks of 2026.

Sheinbaum Reaffirms Mexico’s Sovereignty Amid US Threats

On January 25, 2026, President Sheinbaum declared Mexico’s unwavering independence while delivering housing units in Reynosa, just miles from the U.S. border. Sheinbaum reaffirms Mexico’s sovereignty in a powerful statement from the northern border, where geopolitical tensions simmer and U.S. rhetoric grows increasingly aggressive. During a working visit to Reynosa, Tamaulipas, on Sunday, President Claudia Sheinbaum delivered a clear message to Washington: “Mexico will always be a free, independent, and sovereign country. And here, on this border, it is even more symbolic to say so.”

China, The American Pole, And The Battle For Latin America

The following article from Weaponized Information, published in late December 2025, frames the current period as a pivotal moment for Latin America and the Caribbean, with competing visions of how the region fits into broader geopolitical shifts. “Within weeks of each other, two texts appeared that quietly announced Latin America and the Caribbean as a decisive front in the struggle over the next world order. China released its third Policy Paper on Latin America and the Caribbean, framing the present as a moment of ‘changes unseen in a century’, with the Global South rising in influence while unilateral coercion destabilises peace and development. At nearly the same time, the Trump administration issued its National Security Strategy, declaring that American power had been ‘restored’, borders militarised, tariffs weaponised, and the Western Hemisphere re-centred as a strategic priority under an unapologetic America First doctrine. These are not parallel statements. They are opposing blueprints.”

Greenland’s Indigenous Inuit Hit Back At Trump

Indigenous people in Greenland have condemned the United States’ threat to seize the self-governing Danish territory, with many saying they want independence from both countries. Donald Trump has doubled down on his desire to take the island, telling reporters on Friday the U.S. would “do something with Greenland whether they like it or not”. The Trump administration has repeatedly refused to rule out military force, with the idea of $100,000 payments to Greenlanders who agree to join the U.S. also reportedly being considered.

How Many International Laws Can The United States Break Against Venezuela?

In the early hours of 3 January, the United States sent its military forces into Venezuela to kidnap President Nicolás Maduro Moros and Cilia Flores, a deputy in the National Assembly, bombing civilian and military sites across Caracas. The United States indicted both Maduro and Flores, who are married, with ‘narco-terrorism’ and related charges and is holding them in New York, where they appeared for the first time in Manhattan federal court on 5 January 2026. Clearly, the United States did not begin its assault on Venezuela on 3 January 2026. The hybrid war against Venezuela’s Bolivarian process began in 2001, after the Organic Law of Hydrocarbons was passed as part of a package of forty-nine laws decreed by Chávez and approved by the National Assembly.

President Maduro Addresses New York Court

On Monday, Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro made his first public statements before a New York court following his abduction by US military special forces in an attack carried out on Venezuelan territory two days prior. President Maduro declared himself a “prisoner of war” and categorically rejected the charges against him, reaffirming his status as the legitimate president of Venezuela. “I am the president of Venezuela, and I consider myself a prisoner of war. I was kidnapped in my home in Caracas,” the Venezuelan president declared before the judge, describing the circumstances of his detention as a military action that violates his presidential legitimacy and his country’s sovereignty.
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