Author: Celina della Croce

How U.S. Sanctions Are a Tool of War: The Case of Venezuela

September 11, 2023 Celina della Croce

by Celina della Croce This article was originally published in Monthly Review Online. On March 26, 2022, Francisco lay in a public hospital bed in Bolívar, Venezuela, roughly eight hours inland from the capital of Caracas. He had been waiting for more than twenty-four hours to […]

Constituents Ask: Where is Rep. Jim McGovern on Venezuela and Cuba?

May 8, 2023 Celina della Croce

by Celina della Croce Solidarity activists continue to press US representatives to demand the end of deadly sanctions against Venezuela and Cuba. May 28, 2023 will mark exactly two years to the date of Rep. Jim McGovern’s letter imploring President Biden to “stop using the […]

Remembering Marty Nathan: “Go make the Revolution!”

January 17, 2022 Celina della Croce

by the Anti-Imperialist Action Committee; originally posted at its Medium page On November 29 2021, we lost our beloved comrade, Marty Nathan MD, who succumbed to lung cancer and heart disease at the age of 70. Marty’s birthday, January 17, falls on Martin Luther King […]

Peace Activists Pressure McGovern’s Office to Take a Stand on US Policy in Venezuela

April 13, 2021 Celina della Croce

Originally published in The Shoestring by Celina della Croce and Michael Kowalchuk “Our policy towards Venezuela, or any other country, ought not to be motivated by greed.” – Congressman Jim McGovern On Wednesday, March 24th, peace activists gathered outside Representative Jim McGovern’s Northampton district office […]