Portside

Rocks and hard places

Responding to spiraling disaster

Establishment leaders are doing everything they can to save an organization that not only meddles in sovereign countries but is willing to go rogue.

Cilia Flores brought feminism to the Bolivarian Revolution. She is one of the most prominent political prisoners in the world, yet most women’s rights organizations have not said a word in her defense.

The democracy question

San Carlos Declaration commits progressive forces across the Americas to collective action.

The genocide in Gaza and the ‘new world order’

The big picture

Using and abusing AI

Venezuelans are not a political monolith. People in Venezuela can oppose the government, but still reject US intervention. They can be angry at corruption or mistakes the government has done, but still remember foreign interventions and meddling.