Cuba: International Solidarity Meeting Held with Broad Rejection of the U.S. Blockade and Support for the Palestinian Struggle

By Laura Mor on May 2, 2024, from Havana

Foto: Victor Villalba Gutiérrez

Dedicated to the centenary passing of Vladimir Lenin, leader of the Russian Revolution and to the legacy of the historic leader of the Cuban Revolution Fidel Castro, 1144 delegates from 58 countries gathered today at the International Meeting of Solidarity with Cuba and against Imperialism, held at the Havana Convention Palace. (more…)

The Students Will Not Tolerate Hypocrisy

By Vijay Prashad on May 2, 2024

Stay Strong, Free Palestine. AP Photo/Jae C. Hong

It was inevitable that the Global North governments’ full-throated support for Israel’s genocide against Palestinians would result in furious retribution from their citizenry. That this retribution began in the United States is also not a surprise, given the ongoing cycle of protests that, since October 2023, have contested the US government’s blank cheque to the Israeli government. (more…)

We Have Your Cure

By Ana Hurtado on April 30th, 2024

Fidel descends from a tank at Playa Giron during the invasion of mercenary troops of the US, April 19, 1961. Photo: Mario Collado

April for the Cuban people is a month of victories. I felt a great emotion writing about the Cuban victory at the Bay of Pigs in my last article. A victory that not only meant the first great defeat of U.S. imperialism in Latin America, but also the salvation of thousands of Cuban lives that would have gone out to fight in those first years to defend the Revolution. (more…)

Cuba Marks May Day with Unity and Strength Despite Adversity

By Alejandra Garcia and Bill Hackwell on May 1, 2024, in Havana

photo: Bill Hackwell

This May Day, Cuba did not hold its traditional parade in the capital’s Revolution Square for the second consecutive year. The lack of fuel made it impossible to provide the necessary transportation for thousands of Cubans in the surrounding neighborhoods and provinces to travel to the iconic Paseo Avenue in Havana. This event every year attracted all generations of Cubans parading with Cuban flags in hand, and with the typical excitement and pride that characterizes us. (more…)

Women from Haiti Facing New Imperialist Interference

April 29, 2024 |

Islanda Micherling

The Haitian people are once again facing imperialist interference in their fate. The island in the Caribbean is experiencing growing violence and systematic violations, control over territories by armed groups, repression, and subjection of the people’s interests to transnational capital. (more…)

Ben Linder: 37 Years, Presente!

By Becca Renk on April 29, 2024

Ben Linder

“I was three years old when he was killed,” says Xiomara Hernández. “My little brother who is here with me today is the baby, he was just six months old.” (more…)

Cuba Changed Me

By Yimel Díaz Malmierca on April 29, 2024 in Havana

Mark Friedman and Brenda Lopez during the visit of the U.S. delegation to the Fidel Castro Center. Photo: Yimel Díaz

After months of intense coordination, almost a thousand foreigners are already in Cuba, motivated by solidarity and interested in participating in the celebrations for May Day and in the International Meeting organized every year on this date. Some of them arrived weeks before to take part in improvement and training activities coordinated by the Union of Cuban Workers (CTC) and the regional representation of the World Federation of Trade Unions in Havana. (more…)

May Day in Cuba: Revolutionary Tradition of Unity and Solidarity

By Razones de Cuba, photos: Bill Hackwell on April 30, 2024

Plaza of the Revolution, May 1, 2006,

Every year, May Day becomes an emblematic date in Cuba, where workers and the people in general take to the streets to commemorate their historic struggle for better working conditions and reaffirm their commitment to the Revolution. Tomorrow this tradition will once again be on display in the streets of the towns and cities of Cuba. (more…)

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