(2026-02-09). What Do Minnesota and Venezuela Have in Common? fpif.org Former President Donald Trump has begun to speak openly about placing the federal government in charge of overseeing elections in as many as 15 states where, he claims, corruption is rampant. What might Minnesota and Venezuela have in common under this framing? The answer points toward an emerging imperial logic of rule—one that increasingly displaces the constraints associated with the United States as a constitutional republic. | Trump's approach follows the logic of the South's Lost Cause, now scaled up to the national level. This logic implies not merely the containment of the civil rights revolution, b…
(2026-02-09). Wisconsin: Stand for Peace! Free Palestine! Stand With Iran and Venezuela! (City Listings) Feb. 9-15, 2026. wibailoutpeople.org 
(2026-02-09). Morenoites and Stalinists form reactionary bloc in Venezuela: The betrayal of the working class continues! wsws.org The most cynical element in the whole initiative is the bloc's claim to represent a "position of class independence" in Venezuela.
(2026-02-09). Two ships set sail from Mexico with humanitarian aid for Cuba. radiohc.cu 
The Mexican Navy's logistics support ships Papaloapan and Isla Holbox set sail this Sunday from the port of Veracruz with 814 tons of food supplies for the people of Cuba, amidst an escalation in the United States' economic war, which has reinforced restrictions on oil shipments to the Caribbean island, where there is a difficult economic situation and an energy crisis. | The Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirmed the shipment of aid, which is expected to arrive at a Cuban port in about four days, in a humanitarian and solidarity action following instructions from President Claudia Sheinbaum. | Mexico sets sail w…