If you're new to thinking about Venezuela, here are a couple of books I've found useful, as no expert but as someone with an interest in the Chavismo and communal projects. Other recommendations welcome.

Emerge demands the immediate release of green card holder Daniel "Des" Rolando Sanchez Estrada, who faces serious charges and an ICE hold for carrying a box of leftist zines and poems.

The number of people who 'stand in solidarity with Palestine' but salivate at the idea that its butchers might secure a historic victory in Iran — and in the process devastate the cause of Palestinian liberation — reveals the huge, irreparable chasm between idealized notions of

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Running To Pain premiered in EIGHT MINUTES!!! Gonna be in the chat for a bit too :) kelsey-lu.ffm.to/runningtopainv…

Kelsey Lu announces album 'So Help Me God', her first in 7 years theneedledrop.com/news/kelsey-lu…

My new single, Running To Pain, is out now RTP is about what happens when you stop trying to escape something difficult and instead move toward it. ❤️‍🔥 kelsey-lu.ffm.to/runningtopain

Kelsey Lu enlists Kim Gordon and Sampha for first album in seven years pitchfork.com/news/kelsey-lu…

So Help Me God My new album Out June 12th. Ultimately, this album is an act of self-possession. It is about standing fully in myself—complex, tender, powerful—and allowing that wholeness to be seen. Running To Pain, the first single, is out now. kelsey-lu.ffm.to/sohelpmegod

Communists in #Kenya are showing solidarity with Cuba and are heading to #Cuba along with the collected aid.

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BREAKING: Sheinbaum has announced Mexico will continue supporting Cuba and will commit to exploring further avenues of delivering Oil and Aid to the island. 🇲🇽❤️🇨🇺🛢️

this insane . she said nothing wrong !!!!! fuck zionists

NEXT WEEK: cuba pt. 3: che guevara and the building of socialism w/ Helen Yaffe

Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel said that this goes beyond a struggle for Cuba, but also includes the struggle for those in Palestine and Iran

Over 250 Palestinians are currently studying in Cuba on full scholarship even as Cuba endures a decades long siege. That is internationalist solidarity, of which the Cuban people have a long history of, from Angola to Gaza and beyond. Viva Cuba.

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