W. T. Whitney Jr.
LATEST ARTICLES BY W. T. Whitney Jr.
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World
Socialist presidential candidate Pedro Castillo wins tight victory in Peru
June 11, 2021Castillo’s narrow victory, yet to be officially validated, represents an abrupt shift from Peru’s norm of corruption, right-wing ascendency, and political instability.
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U.S. deprives Cuba of syringes it needs now
June 1, 2021The policy of making Cubans suffer so that they will give up socialism continues today.
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World
Massive ‘National Strike’ in Colombia meets violent repression
May 20, 2021The Colombian state looks to be on the verge of ungovernability.
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Daniel Jadue, the Communist mayor determined to end Chile’s neoliberal nightmare
May 11, 2021Reflecting on changes in his town of Recoleta, Mayor Jadue maintains that “a socialism that doesn’t govern any better than the Right has no future, nor any right to guide society’s destiny."
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Díaz-Canel offers blunt truth on Cuban economy at party congress
April 26, 2021The Cuban president and new Communist Party leader told delegates, "There is no intent to hide the deficiencies of our own reality."
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Raúl Castro passes baton to next generation at Cuban Communist Party congress
April 19, 2021Castro insisted party members “have to erase the dangerous notion, reflecting paternalism and egalitarianism, that Cuba is the only country where can live without working.”
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World
Venezuela border conflict mixes drug trafficking and regime-change ambitions
April 16, 2021Colombian and the U.S. hope to utilize any drug-linked humanitarian crisis as an opening to further destabilize Venezuela’s government.
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U.S.
Stopgap methods won’t fix migration challenge
March 30, 2021The Biden administration wants to fix the migration problem, but truly tackling it would require a betrayal of basic capitalist economic assumptions.
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