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Where V.I. Lenin in 1916 wove together a theory of imperialism that placed capitalist exploitation and accumulation at its core, explaining competition between greater and lesser powers and their coalitions and alliances as leading to war, a prominent Marxist, Karl Kautsky, asserted that war or the threat of war would persuade states to coexist, to put aside rivalries and create– in Kautsky’s words– “…a federation of the strongest, who renounce their arms race.”
The renewed escalation of hostility by the Trump administration towards Cuba—through tightened sanctions, political pressure, and open ideological aggression—once again exposes a fundamental contradiction.
A country that presents itself as the "global model of democracy" continues to treat a small socialist island as a persistent threat. This is not a coincidence. It points to something deeper: what is being contested is not “democracy” in the abstract, but two fundamentally different ways of organizing power in society.
In their question, they state:
The talks are being framed as part of a broader effort to consolidate political cohesion and ensure institutional stability under current conditions, with contacts between senior figures of both parties said to have intensified in recent weeks.
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| Fascist National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir |
Adopted on the night of March 30, the law stipulates that capital punishment will be imposed on anyone who carries out a deadly attack “with the intent to deny the existence of the State of Israel.” In reality, however, the law is crafted in such a way that it overwhelmingly targets Palestinians.
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| Palestinian communist Tawfiq Zayyad speaks at a rally, 1979 |
At a time when the US and Israel have set in motion the “reshaping” of the Middle East, resorting to violent (military) means and causing the deaths of thousands of civilians in Iran, Lebanon, and other countries in the region;
A team of approximately 30 security personnel entered Swaziland earlier this month. This team is reportedly an advance group preparing for the visit of Lai Ching-te, the so-called president of Taiwan, who is set to celebrate 40 years of Mswati's dictatorship in Swaziland in end April 2026.
Jürgen Habermas, the celebrated philosopher and “defender of humane Enlightenment values,” as the Guardian newspaper called him, died this month.
Among the flood of eulogies, one Alex Karp published a reminiscence of Habermas, under whom Karp studied in his late twenties. Karp praises Habermas because he “unsparingly derided ‘idiots’ and ‘half-idiots’ on either the right or the left” for their “inconsistent thought and a lack of intellectual rigor.” Karp’s look back consists mostly of anecdotes like this one:
Today, more than six decades after the Cuban Revolution, the United States continues to enforce one of the most prolonged and comprehensive systems of economic warfare in modern history. The blockade—tightened, codified, and expanded over decades—seeks not merely to pressure, but to suffocate.
Sanctions on fuel, financial strangulation, extraterritorial enforcement, and constant efforts to disrupt Cuba’s access to energy and trade are not isolated measures; they form a coherent strategy aimed at exhausting a society that refuses to abandon its chosen path.
