{"id":262382,"date":"2026-01-05T10:19:25","date_gmt":"2026-01-05T10:19:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/?post_type=snippet&#038;p=262382"},"modified":"2026-01-05T10:19:25","modified_gmt":"2026-01-05T10:19:25","slug":"mobster-diplomacy","status":"publish","type":"snippet","link":"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/snippet\/mobster-diplomacy\/","title":{"rendered":"Mobster diplomacy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We\u2019ll probably never know whether the kidnapping of Maduro has been timed to distract from Trump\u2019s domestic political woes. What we do know is that this latest act illustrates the nonsense of the concepts of international law and national sovereignty.<\/p>\n<p>When one mob within the global capitalist class perceives that its interests are threatened by another mob, it doesn\u2019t take too long for the gloves to come off and the violence to begin.<\/p>\n<p>The propaganda machine is up and running, claiming the kidnapping was about \u2018stabilisation\u2019 of the region and the orange clown saying that the US \u2018will take care of the country\u2019. Nonsense. It\u2019s just another turf war in the gangster society we know as capitalism.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-262382","snippet","type-snippet","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/snippet\/262382","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/snippet"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/snippet"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=262382"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}