Steve Ellner

Solidarity with Venezuela: The real issue is demonisation, not criticism of Maduro Steve Ellner — The issue in debate is not Maduro’s mistaken policies but his demonisation, which undermines the task of opposing US sanctions on Venezuela.

The position that demonizes the Venezuelan government from a “leftist” perspective has influenced many progressives to varying degrees. It’s for that reason I consider the debate on the pages of “Links” to be important. Here is my latest article that Links just posted: links.org.au/solidarity-v...

‘Neoliberal and authoritarian’? A simplistic analysis of the Maduro government that leaves much unsaid Steve Ellner — Gabriel Hetland’s article “Capitalism and authoritarianism in Maduro’s Venezuela” presents a one-sided and decontextualised view of Venezuela under President Nicolás Maduro.

While constructive criticism of the Venezuelan government of Nicolás Maduro from a critical perspective is very much needed, analyses that satanize Maduro are counterproductive.
links.org.au/neoliberal-a...

Donald Trump Is Weakening US Influence in Latin America Thanks to its stances on issues ranging from deportations to trade policy, the Trump administration is undermining US influence across Latin America, increasing political polarization in the region, a...

Jacobin just posted this article of mine on Trump’s failed Latin American policy from the viewpoint of Latin Americans, something not on the establishment press’ radar screen.
jacobin.com/2025/04/trum...

Marxism, Capitalism and Socialism: Latin American Perspectives at 50 - Ronaldo Munck, 2024

@laperspectives.bsky.social Ronaldo Munck’s article “Marxism, Capitalism and Socialism” published in the March 2024 issue of Latin American Perspectives.

Trump's Policy Toward Latin America: Even Anti-Communist Zealots In Miami Don’t Like It| Countercurrents During his first term, President Donald Trump exerted a “maximum pressure” campaign against perceived U.S. adversaries in Latin America and elsewhere. Among

The right-wing populist current within Trumpism and the traditional anti-Communist current are on the same page when it comes to regime change in Cuba, Venezuela etc. To say otherwise would be saying that Steve Bannon is not an anti-Communist or anti-leftist. countercurrents.org/2025/03/trum...

Trump’s Foreign Policy Is About Pushing Back on China Donald Trump’s recent blustery foreign policy proclamations have many pundits scratching their heads. They should be seen as part of a broader project of reasserting US hegemony in the Americas and pu...

Trump’s talk of the use of military force against Panama and Greenland is not as ludicrous as it seems. It’s setting the stage for what Rubio and the Heritage Foundation consider to be the “real” enemies: China, Cuba, Venezuela, etc. jacobin.com/2025/01/trum...

Prioritising anti-US imperialism, Maduro’s Venezuela and the complexities of critical solidarity: An interview with Steve Ellner Steve Ellner lays out his views on anti-US imperialism, how this should factor into the left’s appraisal of China and Latin America’s Pink Tide governments, and what this means for international solid...

President to-be Trump just threatened Panama with intervention of the nature of that of 1989. Is it just bravado, an empty threat? The following discusses the full implications of U.S. interventionism.
links.org.au/prioritising....