Dan La Botz

3 weeks ago | newpol.org | Dan La Botz |Stephen Shalom

A discussion of the New York Times’ article, “The Partnership: The Secret History of the War in Ukraine.”The Ukrainian people are currently fighting against Russia’s brutal invasion and the occupation of about twenty percent of its territory. The war remains today what is has been from the beginning: A war of national self-defense and self-determination against Russian imperialism as Vladimir Putin attempts to reduce Ukraine to its former colonial status under both the Tsarist and Soviet empires.

3 weeks ago | internationalviewpoint.org | Dan La Botz

Senator Bernie Sanders is on a national “Fighting Oligarchy Tour” drawing tens of thousands to his rallies where he speaks out forcefully against President Donald Trump, the Republican Party, and the billionaires who are now dominating U.S. politics. With the song “Power to the People” blaring from the loudspeakers, he steps to the podium and, as always, speaks for the 99% and condemns the 1% who, working with Trump, are taking control of the country.

4 weeks ago | newpol.org | Dan La Botz

Two members of the Ukrainian feminist organization Bilkis, Tania Vynska and Yana Dotsenko, were in New York for the 69th session of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (CSW69), the world’s largest conference on women, that took place at UN Headquarters from March 10 to 21, 2025. The conference was focused on a review and appraisal of the implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action adopted in 1995.

1 month ago | internationalviewpoint.org | Dan La Botz |Jason Schulman

Campism is a longstanding tendency in the international and U.S. left. It approaches world politics from the standpoint that the main axis of conflict is between two hostile geopolitical camps: the “imperialist camp,” today made up of the United States, Western Europe, Saudi Arabia, and Israel (or some such combination) on one hand and the “anti-imperialist camp” of Russia, China, North Korea, Syria, Iran, Venezuela, Cuba, and other less-industrialized nations on the other.

1 month ago | lanticapitaliste.org | Dan La Botz

Ces derniers jours, des milliers de personnes à travers les États-Unis ont manifesté pour soutenir Mahmoud Khalil, véritable symbole des attaques du président Donald Trump contre les immigréEs, les PalestinienNEns, le mouvement de solidarité avec la Palestine, les universités, la liberté académique et la liberté d’expression.