By Arnold August on July 26, 2022
In 1953, when virtually all the progressive and revolutionary forces in Cuba offered no viable solution to oppose the U.S.-backed Batista dictatorship, Fidel Castro and his comrades did indeed work out a path. It was a route characterized by game-changing statements coupled with exceptionally courageous deeds, out of which emerged the July 26 Movement. (more…)
By Gustavo A Maranges on July 28, 2022
Since July 4 Chile has been going through one of the most important processes in its history: the campaign for the approval of the new Constitution. The draft constitution that will be voted on September 4 is the result of an entire year of work by the Constituent Assembly composed of 154 people representing all sectors of Chilean society. (more…)
By Alejandra Garcia on July 28, 2022
An Indigenous woman sings a powerful rendition of O’ Canada, in Cree during the Pope’s visit. photo: Gavin John, Globe and Mail
Canada is opening its eyes to the past as it gradually uncovers with horror the traces of colonization and religion in the country. This is happening since a year ago when a mass grave with 215 remains of indigenous children was discovered in the vicinity of a former residential school in the British Columbia province in May, 2021. (more…)
By Ignacio Ramonet, journalist, Spain; Hernando Calvo Ospina, writer, France; Atilio Borón, sociologist, Argentina and Fernando Buen Abad, philosopher, Mexico on July 28, 2022
photo: Bill Hackwell
A few months ago, at our initiative, we collected signatures of scientific, political, artistic and intellectual personalities, with social leadership and deep humanist commitments, to disseminate worldwide an emphatic protest against the blockade that the United States has maintained against Cuba for more than sixty years. (more…)
By Atilio A. Boron on July 27, 2022
photo: La Nacion
Last night tens of thousands of people participated in a torch light march in the central part of Buenos Aires to honor the contributions that Evita Peron made to the workers and poor on the 70th anniversary of her death. In her short life Evita was a union leader who championed the right for women to vote, access to schools and medical care for all. While the oligarchy tried to wipe away her legacy today she remains more popular than ever among the Argentine people. – Editorial (more…)
By Medea Benjamin and Natasha Lycia Ora Bannan on July 26, 2022
photo: Bill Hackwell
As the Cuban government celebrates the July 26 Day of the National Rebellion–a public holiday commemorating the 1953 attack on the Moncada Barracks that is considered the precursor to the 1959 revolution–U.S. groups are calling on the Biden administration to stop its cruel sanctions that are creating such hardship for the Cuban people. (more…)
By Silvio Rodríguez on July 22, 2022 at the Superior Institute of Art in Havana
2011, Tin Cremata and La Colmenita in NYC Central Park. photo: Bill Hackwell
The truth is that when Carlos Alberto Cremata asked me to say these words I got a kind of fright. The same thing happened to me on the other two occasions when I did it -incidentally, in this same institution-, first when the Honoris Causa was awarded to Sir George Martin, producer and arranger of the British group The Beatles, and not long ago when the distinguished Cuban maestro Salomon Mikowsky received it. And it is difficult not to be too obvious to those who have great merits and, of course, deserve the highest praise. (more…)
By Lizbeth Labañino on July 26, 2022
photo: Bill Hackwell
There are events that are turning points in the social and political development of a people. They take place at a precise moment, given their necessity and importance. (more…)