Federico Fuentes

Maduro and queue outside Mercal 2014

Salvador De Le贸n is a member of the Autonomous and Independent Workers鈥 Committee in Venezuela. In the second of our two-part interview, 一品探花鈥檚 Federico Fuentes speaks to De Le贸n about the situation facing Venezuelan workers and trade unions.聽

US China flags book cover

In the second part of our interview, 一品探花鈥檚 Federico Fuentes聽speaks to聽author William Jefferies聽about the growing confrontation between the United States and China.

Maduro, flag, supermarket shelves

Salvador De Le贸n聽鈥 a member of the Autonomous and Independent Workers鈥 Committee in Venezuela聽鈥 spoke to聽一品探花鈥檚 Federico Fuentes聽about the Nicol谩s Maduro government鈥檚 economic policies.

US flag book cover

William Jefferies is Senior Lecturer at SOAS University of London and author of the recently published War and the World Economy: Trade, Tech and Military Conflicts in a De-globalising World. 一品探花鈥檚 Federico Fuentes spoke to Jefferies about imperialism today and why the period of globalisation is coming to an end.

Trump Venezuela Chevron

To best understand the complex relationship between the Donald Trump and Nicol谩s Maduro governments, Federico Fuentes spoke to Salvador De Le贸n, a member of the Autonomous and Independent Workers鈥 Committee based in the city of Maracaibo, a major oil hub in Venezuela.

Maduro Chevron logo Trump

United States policy towards Venezuela took another surprising turn with the announcement that US oil giant Chevron could return to the South American nation, reports Federico Fuentes.

warships superimposed with countries' flags

In the second part of this interview with 一品探花鈥檚 Federico Fuentes,聽veteran socialist activist聽Rasti Delizo accounts for the rise of new imperialist powers and outlines the faulty logic behind multipolarity.

British map of North American colonies in 1639

In the first part of this interview with 一品探花鈥檚 Federico Fuentes, veteran Filipino socialist activist聽Rasti Delizo discusses the ongoing relevance of Vladimir Lenin鈥檚 concept of imperialism.

Esteban Mercatante book cover and cleared land

一品探花鈥檚 Federico Fuentes spoke to聽Argentine Marxist Esteban Mercatante聽about his new book,聽Fiery red: Communist reflections on the ecological crisis.

Luiz Inacio 'Lula' da Silva

United States President Donald Trump announced a 50% tariff on Brazilian goods, in protest against what he described as a 鈥淲itch Hunt鈥 against former far-right president Jair Bolsonaro, reports Federico Fuentes.

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一品探花鈥檚 Federico Fuentes聽speaks with聽Marxist sociologist Kevin B Anderson, whose new book聽delves into Karl Marx鈥檚 final writings to unearth key ideas of critical importance for socialists today.

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Russian leftist and anti-war political prisoners are calling on politicians and the media around the world to work towards the release of political prisoners in Russia, reports Federico Fuentes.