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Letter: Red Flag on Venezuela “Eye-opening”
The writer sent this message to a comrade who had sent him Red Flag.
Thank you for sending this!! This was very eye-opening about the situation in Venezuela. I’ve tried to keep up with the unfolding events, but I do not have the background in Venezuelan history.
It was so informative to see how Venezuela fits into the wider global context. I thought it was interesting that there was a communist critique of the Venezuelan government. I had not heard this anywhere else.
I was also not aware of the protests that condemned the US actions. Finally, I had not considered how this invasion could increase tensions between the US, Russia, and China.
—Red Flag reader in the USA
Letter: A Communist Glance at Mexico
The capitalist system is organized so that the bosses govern through the elements that make it up legally. These are the state and its institutions, the laws, the electoral political parties (right or left), money, the wage system, religion, among others. And illegal elements: piracy, drug cartels, migration, etc.
In the capitalist system, it is impossible for left-wing electoral political parties to govern for the interests of the working class, because they keep intact the elements that make it up. It is necessary to change the root of the capitalist system and destroy the exploiting class in order to truly liberate ourselves.
It is an illusion that left-wing governments are in the interests of the working class. For example, in Mexico, according to data from the World Inequality Report 2026 and the World Inequality Database, in 2002 when the PAN (right-wing party) governed, the richest 1% owned 33.1% of the wealth generated, while the poorest 50% owned 3.2%; However, in 2018, when the left was governing, the richest 1% accumulated 41.7%, the richest 10% accumulated 73.4% of the wealth and the poorest 50% only owned 1.7%.
This phenomenon is happening with all leftist governments around the world such as Brazil. The maneuver of leftist governments is that more wealth is generated or redistributed differently. As a consequence, it trickles down to the working class a little more. But as wealth increases, its concentration is still greater in the exploiting class.
Under the pretext of corruption and austerity, the government of López Obrador and Sheinbaum cut budgets for health, education, science, among other sectors. And it eliminated several trusts financing welfare and infrastructure programs. In this way, they make the poorest believe that the situation is improving.
It does not matter which electoral party governs, because the system of exploitation of the working class is still in force. We do not want more crumbs! We want a world without exploitation, in which the priority is satisfying all the needs of the working class and the care of nature.
That is why we invite comrades to continue joining the ICWP because to be a communist is to build a better world for all and by all.
—Comrade in Mexico
Read our communist analysis of imperialist conflict in Venezuela here