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Neo-McCarthyism: The White House Prepares a Blacklist of Leftist Enemies

By David Brooks and Jim Cason on September 20, 2025

image: Estrategia.la.

The White House and its allies, after announcing a war against what they call the “radical left,” indicate that they will proceed with investigations and persecution of opposition organizations and individuals whom they accuse of fomenting political violence and even ‘terrorism’ within the United States, and are apparently preparing a list of these “enemies.” (more…)

Silvio Rodríguez Turns the University of Havana Steps into an Altar of Trova and Hope

By Verónica Alemán Cruz and Enrique González Díaz (Enro) on September 20, 2025

Photos: Syara Salado Massip / Video: Victor Villaba, correspondents, Resumen Latinoamericano in Cuba

There are voices that do more than just sing: they draw invisible maps, trace emotional routes, and establish territories of memory. In Cuba, this is the case with Silvio Rodríguez. His voice is a compass and a landscape, a testimony and a refuge. (more…)

A Meeting in Harlem: Malcolm X, Fidel Castro, and the Struggle for Palestine

By Manolo De Los Santos on September 19, 2025

Fidel meeting with Malcom X in the Hotel Theresa in Harlem

In September 1960, in the heart of Black America, Harlem’s Hotel Theresa became the stage for one of the world’s most monumental encounters.

When Malcolm X and Fidel Castro met there 65 years ago, Harlem itself was transformed into a crossroads of revolutionary fervor. The rendezvous would leave an indelible mark not only on New York City but on the entire world, becoming a watershed moment that helped shape the conscience of generations of freedom fighters and sped the rhythm for the struggle for liberation in the United States and across the globe. (more…)

The Age of Cynicism

By Sacha Llorenti September 19, 2025

photo: Bill Hackwell

Historian Eric Hobsbawn described the 20th century as a short one that began in 1914 with the start of World War I and ended in 1991 with the collapse of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. He called this period the Age of Extremes. (more…)

Ecuador Declares State of Emergency as Protests Erupt over Diesel Subsidy Removal

September 19, 2025

Protesters block highways as Ecuador’s government imposes a state of emergency over fuel subsidy cuts. Photo: @RadNalCo

Ecuador’s President Daniel Noboa has imposed a state of emergency in seven provinces after protests erupted over the removal of diesel subsidies, pushing fuel prices up by more than 50 percent. (more…)

Exhibition Dedicated to Fidel Castro Opens at Cuban Embassy in the US

Prensa Latina, September 17, 2025, Washington DC

An exhibition of posters allegorical to the historic leader of the Cuban Revolution, Fidel Castro, opened today at the Cuban Embassy in the United States with Deputy Foreign Minister Carlos Fernández de Cossío in attendance. (more…)

Argentina:  Massive Demonstration Outside Congress Coincides with a Rejection of Milei Inside

By Ezekiel Bucetto on September 18, 2025 from Buenos Aires

On a massive day, the university mobilization coincided with the session in chamber of  Deputies that restored funding to universities and the Pediatric Emergency. (more…)

El Aeropuerto Internacional de Oakland, al Descubierto como Centro de Envío de Carga Militar a Israel

Por Bill Hackwell, el 18 de septiembre de 2025, desde Oakland, California

fotos: Bill Hackwell

Varios cientos de activistas del área de la Bahía de San Francisco y simpatizantes palestinos se reunieron hoy aquí, en el Aeropuerto Internacional de Oakland, para una conferencia de prensa en la que se dio a conocer un nuevo informe que expone el papel oculto y central del aeropuerto en el envío de carga militar directamente al ejército israelí. Los envíos, hasta ahora clandestinos, incluyen componentes de aviones de combate F-35 esenciales para el funcionamiento de la flota israelí que actualmente está arrasando Gaza mientras el mundo permanece impasible. (more…)

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