FARC Leader Santrich Imprisoned, Faces Extradition – No Peace in Colombia
By W. T. Whitney Jr. April 26, 2018 The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) and...
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Author: W. T. Whitney, Jr.
Colombia and Cuba: a Tale of Two Countries
By W. T. Whitney, Jr. April 16, 2018 Colombia and Cuba differ. The Colombian government is...
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Communists Join Venezuelan Socialists in Maduro Re-election Bid
By W. T. Whitney, Jr. March 1, 2018 The Communist Party of Venezuela (PCV) held its 14th Nation...
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Colonial Origins of Racism in the United States
Gerald Horne, The Apocalypse of Settler Colonialism: The Roots of Slavery, White Supremacy, and...
Read MoreContinental Bolivarian Movement: Significance for Socialists
Milestones along the way to “socialism of the 21st Century” Â a home grown expression for a Latin American phenomenon – are worth noting. Some are more obvious than others: left elections victories in...
Read MoreMarx in Copenhagen
“Goodbye Africa, goodbye South Asia; goodbye glaciers and sea ice, coral reefs and rainforest; it was nice knowing you.” Such was UK Guardian writer George Monbiot’s dismay as the recent Copenhagen Climate...
Read MoreCarlos Lozano speaks of struggle and socialism
An interview with Carlos Lozano is no small matter. A top official of the Communist Party of Colombia (PCC) and director since 1991 of the PCC weekly “Voz, the People’s Truth,” Lozano talked with Ignacio...
Read MoreAppeal for a Communist Leader
This July, the Colombian Communist Party (PCC) marked its 79th anniversary. Its newsweekly Voz – the “only national opposition newspaper in the country,” according to a U.K. solidarity web site –...
Read MoreFor Cuba, Revolution Made All The Difference
Observers, for example Michel Chossudovsky (GlobalResearch.ca), predict fallout from the collapse of the U.S. economy will dwarf ramifications of the 1930s great depression. Neither, however, affected the United States as...
Read MoreBy Bus, Canoe and Burro, Communists Gather for Bogota Meet
“From the four cardinal points of the country, some by bus, others in canoes, on burros, and by airplane they came to Bogota,” Juan Cendales wrote onrebellion.org. “They got their bags ready, went over their...
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