Sam Carliner
@saminthecan.bsky.social
Journalist - I mostly write about U.S. foreign policy, immigration policy, and internationalism - Newsletter below:
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Sam Carliner
@saminthecan.bsky.social
· Aug 11
Trump’s War on Immigrants is a Trojan Horse to Normalize Domestic Use of the Military
Opposition to domestic militarization must come from an understanding of the military’s role as a repressive institution of the state.
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NEW: For a few weeks I've been working on a big analysis of how Trump is using war on immigrants to normalize domestic use of the military. I hate how timely this piece turned out to be.
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"The only path towards a truly independent Venezuela is to form a government of workers and poor people.. the only social force capable of liberating Venezuela is the working class and the poor, who can kick out imperialism and put all natural resources to work for the benefit of the vast majority."
The day after the president was kidnapped, there haven’t been big mobilizations in Venezuela, neither against the imperialist attack, nor to celebrate it.
We spoke with Milton D’León, a socialist worker from Caracas and editor of our sister site in Venezuela.
www.leftvoice.org/life-on-the-...
We spoke with Milton D’León, a socialist worker from Caracas and editor of our sister site in Venezuela.
www.leftvoice.org/life-on-the-...
Life on the Ground in Venezuela after Maduro’s Abduction — Interview with a Venezuelan Socialist - Left Voice
The day after the president was kidnapped, there haven’t been big mobilizations in Venezuela, neither against the imperialist attack, nor to celebrate it. Left Voice spoke with Milton D’León, a social...
www.leftvoice.org
January 4, 2026 at 10:15 PM
"The only path towards a truly independent Venezuela is to form a government of workers and poor people.. the only social force capable of liberating Venezuela is the working class and the poor, who can kick out imperialism and put all natural resources to work for the benefit of the vast majority."
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The ignorance of folks who are flailing in their efforts to make sense of this moment does not make them the enemy, and verbally slapping them around won't make you feel better for very long. They are poor stand-ins for your actual enemies.
January 3, 2026 at 11:27 PM
The ignorance of folks who are flailing in their efforts to make sense of this moment does not make them the enemy, and verbally slapping them around won't make you feel better for very long. They are poor stand-ins for your actual enemies.
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This is billionaire-controlled media. They want to sleepwalk us into another forever war. We must break free.
The Washington Post editorial board comes out in favor of the Venezuela attack/operation to capture Maduro
January 3, 2026 at 5:44 PM
This is billionaire-controlled media. They want to sleepwalk us into another forever war. We must break free.
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I'm an editor for @leftvoice.bsky.social, a publication which has been covering Trump's escalating aggression against Venezuela for months. We're part of an international news network founded by anti-imperialist organizations in Latin America, and have a sister site in Venezuela.
January 3, 2026 at 10:39 PM
I'm an editor for @leftvoice.bsky.social, a publication which has been covering Trump's escalating aggression against Venezuela for months. We're part of an international news network founded by anti-imperialist organizations in Latin America, and have a sister site in Venezuela.
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We need to be millions in the streets of the U.S. against the attack on Venezuela. Immigrant rights NGOs, labor unions, No Kings and Hands Off, DSA, Palestine and anti-Zionist Jewish organizations all need to mobilize their full memberships in the streets to protest these attacks.
January 3, 2026 at 5:27 PM
We need to be millions in the streets of the U.S. against the attack on Venezuela. Immigrant rights NGOs, labor unions, No Kings and Hands Off, DSA, Palestine and anti-Zionist Jewish organizations all need to mobilize their full memberships in the streets to protest these attacks.
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Our comrade reports from Toronto, Canada where protesters have joined the international mobilizations against U.S. attacks on Venezuela.
Workers must unite across the Western Hemisphere and internationally, demanding Hands Off Venezuela! No New Monroe Doctrine！
Workers must unite across the Western Hemisphere and internationally, demanding Hands Off Venezuela! No New Monroe Doctrine！
January 3, 2026 at 10:28 PM
Our comrade reports from Toronto, Canada where protesters have joined the international mobilizations against U.S. attacks on Venezuela.
Workers must unite across the Western Hemisphere and internationally, demanding Hands Off Venezuela! No New Monroe Doctrine！
Workers must unite across the Western Hemisphere and internationally, demanding Hands Off Venezuela! No New Monroe Doctrine！
I'm an editor for @leftvoice.bsky.social, a publication which has been covering Trump's escalating aggression against Venezuela for months. We're part of an international news network founded by anti-imperialist organizations in Latin America, and have a sister site in Venezuela.
January 3, 2026 at 10:39 PM
I'm an editor for @leftvoice.bsky.social, a publication which has been covering Trump's escalating aggression against Venezuela for months. We're part of an international news network founded by anti-imperialist organizations in Latin America, and have a sister site in Venezuela.
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In a demonstration of imperialist bravado, Donald Trump bragged to people watching in horror across the world about the United States’ brutal strikes against Venezuela and the kidnapping of president Nicolás Maduro.
www.leftvoice.org/donald-trump...
www.leftvoice.org/donald-trump...
Trump Brags About Imperialist War in Venezuela and the New "Monroe Doctrine" - Left Voice
In an unsophisticated demonstration of imperialist bravado, Donald Trump spoke to people watching in horror across the world as he recounted the United States' brutal strikes against Venezuela and the...
www.leftvoice.org
January 3, 2026 at 10:07 PM
In a demonstration of imperialist bravado, Donald Trump bragged to people watching in horror across the world about the United States’ brutal strikes against Venezuela and the kidnapping of president Nicolás Maduro.
www.leftvoice.org/donald-trump...
www.leftvoice.org/donald-trump...
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Left Voice member Tristan Taylor reports from Detroit where protesters turned out in freezing cold to oppose Trump’s attacks on Venezuela. We need to mobilize in direct solidarity with the working class and oppressed on Venezuela who have nothing to gain from U.S. intervention!
January 3, 2026 at 9:53 PM
Left Voice member Tristan Taylor reports from Detroit where protesters turned out in freezing cold to oppose Trump’s attacks on Venezuela. We need to mobilize in direct solidarity with the working class and oppressed on Venezuela who have nothing to gain from U.S. intervention!
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From an anti-war protest at in Times Square, Left Voice writer and PSC CUNY member Olivia Wood calls on unions to denounce Trump’s war on Venezuela and mobilize their members in the streets to defeat these attacks.
January 3, 2026 at 9:21 PM
From an anti-war protest at in Times Square, Left Voice writer and PSC CUNY member Olivia Wood calls on unions to denounce Trump’s war on Venezuela and mobilize their members in the streets to defeat these attacks.
We need to be millions in the streets of the U.S. against the attack on Venezuela. Immigrant rights NGOs, labor unions, No Kings and Hands Off, DSA, Palestine and anti-Zionist Jewish organizations all need to mobilize their full memberships in the streets to protest these attacks.
January 3, 2026 at 5:27 PM
We need to be millions in the streets of the U.S. against the attack on Venezuela. Immigrant rights NGOs, labor unions, No Kings and Hands Off, DSA, Palestine and anti-Zionist Jewish organizations all need to mobilize their full memberships in the streets to protest these attacks.
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🚨New podcast episode alert!🚨 We discuss Trump's attacks on Venezuela, and how the international working class can defeat U.S. imperialism — independent of capitalist parties and the Maduro regime.
Listen on Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/04YQ...
Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/f...
Listen on Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/04YQ...
Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/f...
December 22, 2025 at 6:49 PM
🚨New podcast episode alert!🚨 We discuss Trump's attacks on Venezuela, and how the international working class can defeat U.S. imperialism — independent of capitalist parties and the Maduro regime.
Listen on Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/04YQ...
Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/f...
Listen on Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/04YQ...
Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/f...
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"[W]e firmly condemn this military escalation, its imperial arrogance, and its openly colonial character."
"[W]e call on workers [..] and social movements throughout Latin America, the United States, and the entire world to mobilize against this."
#Venezuela #USA #Military #Labour #FossilFuels
"[W]e call on workers [..] and social movements throughout Latin America, the United States, and the entire world to mobilize against this."
#Venezuela #USA #Military #Labour #FossilFuels
Emergency Declaration: We condemn the Imperialist Attack by the U.S. against Venezuela and the Kidnapping of Maduro
The Current for Permanent Revolution – Fourth International (CPR-FI) categorically and vehemently condemns the military attack perpetrated by the United States against Venezuela. This is direct, deliberate, and criminal imperialist aggression against an oppressed country and constitutes a flagrant violation of Venezuelan sovereignty. We call for the greatest possible international mobilization.
www.leftvoice.org
January 3, 2026 at 2:50 PM
"[W]e firmly condemn this military escalation, its imperial arrogance, and its openly colonial character."
"[W]e call on workers [..] and social movements throughout Latin America, the United States, and the entire world to mobilize against this."
#Venezuela #USA #Military #Labour #FossilFuels
"[W]e call on workers [..] and social movements throughout Latin America, the United States, and the entire world to mobilize against this."
#Venezuela #USA #Military #Labour #FossilFuels
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Emergency Declaration: We condemn the Imperialist Attack by the U.S. against Venezuela and the Kidnapping of Maduro!
www.leftvoice.org/emergency-de...
www.leftvoice.org/emergency-de...
Emergency Declaration: We condemn the Imperialist Attack by the U.S. against Venezuela and the Kidnapping of Maduro - Left Voice
The Current for Permanent Revolution – Fourth International (CPR-FI) categorically and vehemently condemns the military attack perpetrated by the United States against Venezuela. This is direct, delib...
www.leftvoice.org
January 3, 2026 at 3:28 PM
Emergency Declaration: We condemn the Imperialist Attack by the U.S. against Venezuela and the Kidnapping of Maduro!
www.leftvoice.org/emergency-de...
www.leftvoice.org/emergency-de...
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Trump has been forced to end military deployments in several U.S. cities, but the military presence at the border continues to expand.
www.kpbs.org/news/militar...
www.kpbs.org/news/militar...
Camp Pendleton Marines maintain presence at border under new legal designation
Hundreds of Camp Pendleton Marines continue to rotate deployments to the U.S.-Mexico border.
www.kpbs.org
January 1, 2026 at 11:40 PM
Trump has been forced to end military deployments in several U.S. cities, but the military presence at the border continues to expand.
www.kpbs.org/news/militar...
www.kpbs.org/news/militar...
Trump has been forced to end military deployments in several U.S. cities, but the military presence at the border continues to expand.
www.kpbs.org/news/militar...
www.kpbs.org/news/militar...
Camp Pendleton Marines maintain presence at border under new legal designation
Hundreds of Camp Pendleton Marines continue to rotate deployments to the U.S.-Mexico border.
www.kpbs.org
January 1, 2026 at 11:40 PM
Trump has been forced to end military deployments in several U.S. cities, but the military presence at the border continues to expand.
www.kpbs.org/news/militar...
www.kpbs.org/news/militar...
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December 19, 2025 at 6:56 PM
🌀Hashtag Directory🌀
This thread offers a directory of the topic and location hashtags that Harms Committed uses as archival access points.
With each archived article, you are only ever two clicks away from a feed of independent journalism solely dedicated to a related topic or location.
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With each archived article, you are only ever two clicks away from a feed of independent journalism solely dedicated to a related topic or location.
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The U.S. Has Killed More than 100 People in 30 Boat Strikes. We’re Tracking Them All. theintercept.com/2025/11/17/t...
December 30, 2025 at 12:13 PM
The U.S. Has Killed More than 100 People in 30 Boat Strikes. We’re Tracking Them All. theintercept.com/2025/11/17/t...
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Trump's National Security Strategy doesn't say anything this administration hasn't already said. That doesn't make it any less reactionary.
Read my analysis of the new NSS.
open.substack.com/pub/saminthe...
Read my analysis of the new NSS.
open.substack.com/pub/saminthe...
Trump's National Security Strategy makes his reactionary views official imperialist policy
The new strategy is the confirmation of a major shift in U.S. foreign policy that the administration has already been acting on.
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December 11, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Trump's National Security Strategy doesn't say anything this administration hasn't already said. That doesn't make it any less reactionary.
Read my analysis of the new NSS.
open.substack.com/pub/saminthe...
Read my analysis of the new NSS.
open.substack.com/pub/saminthe...
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A recent hearing by the Senate Armed Services Committee scrutinized Trump’s domestic military use. But opposition from the Democrats has little to do with opposing state violence, and instead is about preserving the prestige of the military.
www.leftvoice.org/trumps-polit...
www.leftvoice.org/trumps-polit...
Trump's Politicization of the Military is Creating Divisions Within the Bipartisan Regime - Left Voice
A recent hearing by the Senate Armed Services Committee scrutinized Trump's domestic military use. But opposition from the Democrats has little to do with opposing state violence, and instead is about...
www.leftvoice.org
December 13, 2025 at 8:40 PM
A recent hearing by the Senate Armed Services Committee scrutinized Trump’s domestic military use. But opposition from the Democrats has little to do with opposing state violence, and instead is about preserving the prestige of the military.
www.leftvoice.org/trumps-polit...
www.leftvoice.org/trumps-polit...
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Trump’s second term deepens a global crisis marked by war, genocide in Gaza, imperialist rivalry, and the erosion of liberal order, as class struggle resurges through strikes, mass protests, and international solidarity movements.
www.leftvoice.org/militarism-c...
www.leftvoice.org/militarism-c...
Militarism, Crisis, and Class Struggle: On the Main Contours of the International Situation - Left Voice
Trump’s second term deepens a global crisis marked by war, genocide in Gaza, imperialist rivalry, and the erosion of liberal order, as class struggle resurges through strikes, mass protests, and inter...
www.leftvoice.org
December 15, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Trump’s second term deepens a global crisis marked by war, genocide in Gaza, imperialist rivalry, and the erosion of liberal order, as class struggle resurges through strikes, mass protests, and international solidarity movements.
www.leftvoice.org/militarism-c...
www.leftvoice.org/militarism-c...
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Renewed imperialist aggression, transformations of capitalist development, and the dynamics of class struggle in Latin America all inform the strategic tasks of socialists organizing in the region and across the world.
www.leftvoice.org/latin-americ...
www.leftvoice.org/latin-americ...
Latin America in the Trump Era - Left Voice
Renewed imperialist aggression, transformations of capitalist development, and the dynamics of class struggle in Latin America all inform the strategic tasks of socialists organizing in the region and...
www.leftvoice.org
December 15, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Renewed imperialist aggression, transformations of capitalist development, and the dynamics of class struggle in Latin America all inform the strategic tasks of socialists organizing in the region and across the world.
www.leftvoice.org/latin-americ...
www.leftvoice.org/latin-americ...
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Before you watch Marines--Netflix's new propaganda docuseries--listen to our episode covering it on @bangbang1492.bsky.social w/ guest @saminthecan.bsky.social! www.bangbangpod.com/p/netflixs-m...
Netflix's Marines (2025) w/ Sam Carliner | Ep. 52
Van and Lyle are joined by returning guest Sam Carliner to take on Marines, Netflix’s new 250th-anniversary docuseries, an unmistakable propaganda piece (it’s literally featured on the official Marine...
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December 14, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Before you watch Marines--Netflix's new propaganda docuseries--listen to our episode covering it on @bangbang1492.bsky.social w/ guest @saminthecan.bsky.social! www.bangbangpod.com/p/netflixs-m...
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Last week Germany saw one of the largest student demonstrations in recent years when more than 55,000 young people, joined by other sectors, took part in a day of strikes to protest the new law on military service.
www.leftvoice.org/55000-studen...
www.leftvoice.org/55000-studen...
55,000 Students in Germany Take to the Streets to Protest New Military Service Law - Left Voice
On Friday, Germany saw one of the largest student demonstrations in recent years when more than 55,000 young people, joined by other sectors, took part in a day of strikes to protest the new law on mi...
www.leftvoice.org
December 10, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Last week Germany saw one of the largest student demonstrations in recent years when more than 55,000 young people, joined by other sectors, took part in a day of strikes to protest the new law on military service.
www.leftvoice.org/55000-studen...
www.leftvoice.org/55000-studen...
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Trump’s National Security Strategy is the confirmation of a major shift in foreign policy that the administration has been developing since January: refocusing imperialism’s strained resources and attention with an emphasis on controlling the Western Hemisphere.
www.leftvoice.org/trumps-natio...
www.leftvoice.org/trumps-natio...
Trump's National Security Strategy Makes His Reactionary Views Official Imperialist Policy - Left Voice
Trump's National Security Strategy is the confirmation of a major shift in U.S. foreign policy that the administration has been developing since January: refocusing U.S. imperialism's strained resourc...
www.leftvoice.org
December 11, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Trump’s National Security Strategy is the confirmation of a major shift in foreign policy that the administration has been developing since January: refocusing imperialism’s strained resources and attention with an emphasis on controlling the Western Hemisphere.
www.leftvoice.org/trumps-natio...
www.leftvoice.org/trumps-natio...