Steve Ellner
@stevenyvan.bsky.social
Historian, Associate Managing Editor, Latin American Perspectives. Critic of the Washington-based foreign policy consensus.
Steve Ellner is an American scholar who has taught economic history and political science at the Universidad de Oriente (UDO), Venezuela, since 1977. He is the author of numerous books and journal articles on Venezuelan history, political parties, and organized labor. Ellner has written op-ed articles for the New York Times and the Los Angeles Times. Many of his academic works have been translated and published in Spanish. .. more
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Steve Ellner
@stevenyvan.bsky.social
· Jul 24
Solidarity with Venezuela: The real issue is demonisation, not criticism of Maduro
Steve Ellner — The issue in debate is not Maduro’s mistaken policies but his demonisation, which undermines the task of opposing US sanctions on Venezuela.
links.org.au
The position that demonizes the Venezuelan government from a “leftist” perspective has influenced many progressives to varying degrees. It’s for that reason I consider the debate on the pages of “Links” to be important. Here is my latest article that Links just posted: links.org.au/solidarity-v...
Steve Ellner
@stevenyvan.bsky.social
· May 20
‘Neoliberal and authoritarian’? A simplistic analysis of the Maduro government that leaves much unsaid
Steve Ellner — Gabriel Hetland’s article “Capitalism and authoritarianism in Maduro’s Venezuela” presents a one-sided and decontextualised view of Venezuela under President Nicolás Maduro.
links.org.au
While constructive criticism of the Venezuelan government of Nicolás Maduro from a critical perspective is very much needed, analyses that satanize Maduro are counterproductive.
links.org.au/neoliberal-a...
links.org.au/neoliberal-a...
Steve Ellner
@stevenyvan.bsky.social
· Apr 27
Donald Trump Is Weakening US Influence in Latin America
Thanks to its stances on issues ranging from deportations to trade policy, the Trump administration is undermining US influence across Latin America, increasing political polarization in the region, a...
jacobin.com
Jacobin just posted this article of mine on Trump’s failed Latin American policy from the viewpoint of Latin Americans, something not on the establishment press’ radar screen.
jacobin.com/2025/04/trum...
jacobin.com/2025/04/trum...
Steve Ellner
@stevenyvan.bsky.social
· Apr 2
Marxism, Capitalism and Socialism: Latin American Perspectives at 50 - Ronaldo Munck, 2024
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@laperspectives.bsky.social Ronaldo Munck’s article “Marxism, Capitalism and Socialism” published in the March 2024 issue of Latin American Perspectives.
Steve Ellner
@stevenyvan.bsky.social
· Mar 26
Trump's Policy Toward Latin America: Even Anti-Communist Zealots In Miami Don’t Like It| Countercurrents
During his first term, President Donald Trump exerted a “maximum pressure” campaign against perceived U.S. adversaries in Latin America and elsewhere. Among
countercurrents.org
The right-wing populist current within Trumpism and the traditional anti-Communist current are on the same page when it comes to regime change in Cuba, Venezuela etc. To say otherwise would be saying that Steve Bannon is not an anti-Communist or anti-leftist. countercurrents.org/2025/03/trum...
Steve Ellner
@stevenyvan.bsky.social
· Jan 29
Trump’s Foreign Policy Is About Pushing Back on China
Donald Trump’s recent blustery foreign policy proclamations have many pundits scratching their heads. They should be seen as part of a broader project of reasserting US hegemony in the Americas and pu...
jacobin.com
Trump’s talk of the use of military force against Panama and Greenland is not as ludicrous as it seems. It’s setting the stage for what Rubio and the Heritage Foundation consider to be the “real” enemies: China, Cuba, Venezuela, etc. jacobin.com/2025/01/trum...
Steve Ellner
@stevenyvan.bsky.social
· Dec 24
Prioritising anti-US imperialism, Maduro’s Venezuela and the complexities of critical solidarity: An interview with Steve Ellner
Steve Ellner lays out his views on anti-US imperialism, how this should factor into the left’s appraisal of China and Latin America’s Pink Tide governments, and what this means for international solid...
links.org.au
President to-be Trump just threatened Panama with intervention of the nature of that of 1989. Is it just bravado, an empty threat? The following discusses the full implications of U.S. interventionism.
links.org.au/prioritising....
links.org.au/prioritising....