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  Kshama Sawant: Political Hellraiser   By David Starr   Seattle, Washington has had some significant changes over the last ten years. This is mainly attributable to Kshama Sawant.   Sawant is a socialist who is not in the habit of aligning herself with politicians from either the Democratic Party or the Republican Party. On the contrary, she has strong criticisms of the two, who are both ideologically the same, being capitalist parties. They are like two tendencies of one party.   According to Sawant , “Most of the time, working people have no representation under capitalism. Both the Democrats and the Republicans serve the interests of the billionaires, and both are warmongering parties down to their bones.”   It’s true that both parties are beholden to billionaires and big corporate interests. But, actually, the Democrats are a little less warmongering than the Republicans, the latter now being outright fascists. Nevertheless, in the bottom line, there h...

  Showdown at the United Nations Security Council Over Venezuela   By David Starr   The threats and aggression  coming out of the  United States’ imperial foreign policy is nothing new. In fact, it’s an inherent part of that policy.    Venezuela  historically has been a recipient  of U.S. empire’s objectives. For decades it was a U.S. market satellite in typical fashion for nations of the Global South who have experienced U.S. imperialism.    Venezuela’s leaders were pliable to U.S. “interests,” sacrificing the stability of their country for their greedy objectives. And, in turn, for the U.S. empire to take advantage of that situation by having  private, monopoly control  over Venezuela’s land, labor and resources.   Then came 1998, when Hugo Chavez was elected president of Venezuela and things  began to change dramatically , establishing and developing a Bolivarian Revolution which was geared to the political an...

  Venezuela is Prepared to Defend Itself Against U.S. Aggression By David Starr   The Trump regime has shown yet again its fondness for fascism…or more directly put, Nazism.    Trump, his billionaire parasites and fellow Nazis have been using Nazi tactics based on  Project 2025 , a right-wing agenda that is an attempt to bring back the worst of the United States. And it does have similarities with Nazi Germany.    The Trump regime has also  showed its fondness  for “regime change,” or an aggressive, imperialist foreign policy. Venezuela is one of the targets for potential regime change based on a lie: combatting “narco-terrorists” in the Bolivarian nation. Its president Nicolas Maduro has been labeled a “narco-terrorist” by Trump mouthpiece Pam Bondi.    But, again, the regime is  peddling lies  like a psychopath. No evidence has been presented that Venezuela is practicing a drug conspiracy against the United States. That ...