By Geraldina Colotti, Resumen Latinoamericano, June 5, 2026.
class struggle in Bolivia
As the Latin American continent faces a new wave of reactionary counteroffensive, Bolivia is emerging as the epicenter of a relentless class struggle, where the logic of transnational capital seeks to subjugate the sovereignty of a nation that has dared to rebuild itself on plurinational foundations. For over a month, the country has been rocked by protests, demonstrations, and more than ninety roadblocks in at least seven departments. (more…)
June 2, 2026
We, from the Latin American Coordination of Rural Organizations (CLOC) and La Vía Campesina Brazil, stand in solidarity with the Cuban people at a time when the Revolutionary Government is under threat. Decades of repression and political persecution have plagued the population, while imperialism imposes its destructive grip on the revolutionary struggle of our comrades in Cuba. (more…)
By Alejandra Garcia on June 4, 2026
protest against femicide in Buenos Aires marking the 11th anniversary of the first #NiUnaMenos
In Argentina, the femicides of Agostina Vega, Dulce, and Noelia, along with the rise in hate crimes against LGBTQ people, expose the lack of public policies and gender perspective within the branches of government. In response to these setbacks, human rights defenders are taking to the Buenos Aires streets. (more…)
June 4, 2026
foto: Bill Hackwell
This morning during the busy commute on the east side of the San Francisco Bay, thousands of vehicles drove under a banner demanding no war on Cuba. People in hundreds of those cars, weary of Trump’s wars and threats of new ones, honked in support. This banner drop was organized by the Richmond – Regla Friendship Committee and is part of a week of actions called by the No War on Cuba Campaign of the National Network on Cuba. (more…)
By Rosa Miriam Elizalde on June 4, 2026 from Havana
Foto Marco Peláez
Comments circulating on social media raise uncomfortable questions: What would happen if the United States were subjected for weeks to an oil blockade similar to the one it imposes on Cuba? What would happen if its hospitals depended on generators with limited fuel, if cold chains collapsed, if water treatment plants shut down, if cell towers went silent, if a major city were left without electricity, without communications, without digital payments, and without basic services? (more…)
By Nancy Morejon on June 3, 2026
Fidel talks with his brother Raúl Castro during a ceremony as part of Operation Truth, Havana, January 21, 1959. Photo: “Fidel Soldado de las Ideas” website
The people, with their proverbial wisdom, call him by his name. And today it is a saying from San Antonio to Maisí because Raúl is Raúl. (more…)
Meeting between Raúl Castro Ruz and Ho Chi Minh, in October 1966. foto: Granma Archive
“You have been the architects of the military science of people’s war, capable of halting, defeating, and forcing the imperialist aggressor to taste the bitterness of defeat. This legacy to the peoples of the world is a historic achievement, yet another contribution by Vietnam to the global revolutionary movement, for which it will forever be recognized.”
Havana, September 6, 1985
Comrades:
It is with deep emotion that I receive from you, dear representatives of the heroic people of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, the Order bearing the glorious name of the founder of your homeland and exemplary revolutionary of our times, the unforgettable Ho Chi Minh. I am equally honored to express the gratitude of the generals and officers decorated today. (more…)
By David Brooks on June 2, 2026
“The Boss” Bruce Springsteen, on tour with “Land of Dreams and Hopes,” photo: AP
Music has always accompanied social movements and struggles in the United States; in fact, it is difficult to think of the rebellious episodes in this country without mentioning their musical traditions. (more…)