The Left Berlin Reading Group returns in 2026. At the moment, we are planning on offering the Reading Group on a monthly basis on the last Thursday of each month. As ever, it will be in Agit at 7pm.
Here are the recommended readings:
- Gabriel Hetland Murder in the Caribbean
- Juan Carlos Monedero Snipers in the Kitchen (especially pp16-18 on Venezuela)
- George Ciccariello-Maher Building the Commune (Introduction)
- Ryan Cooper Trump’s Cargo Cult Imperialism in Venezuela
Supplementary Reading
If you'd like to read more, hear are some further recommendations
- Michael A. Lebowitz Venezuela: A Good Example of the Bad Left of Latin America
- Misión Verdad January 3 and the Imperialist Rationale Against Venezuela (see the Opinion section for more articles)
- Eduardo Galeano Nothingland—or Venezuela?
- People's Despatch on Latin America and the Caribbean
Supplementary Listening
Books
- Alan McLeod Bad News from Venezuela: Twenty Years of Fake News and Misreporting
- Simon Bolivar The Bolivarian Revolution (especially the Introduction)
