By Abdiel Rodríguez Reyes on February 1, 2025
Panamanian protesters “Neither gringos nor oligarchs, the canal for the homeland.” Photo: Pedro Silva.
The peoples have the right to decide their own collective destiny as established by the Bandung Conference in 1955 and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights of 1966, which was not gratuitous but a product of the struggle of the peripheral countries for their decolonization. (more…)
By Salim Lamrani on January 29, 2025
photos: Bill Hackwell
On January 29, 1895, Cuba’s national hero signed the order for a general uprising against Spain, launching the decisive battle for his homeland’s liberation. (more…)
By Alejandra Garcia on January 30, 2025
building roads and running water pipes into rural communities will be a priority
Venezuela is undergoing a period of profound social transformation, working toward the creation of a society focused on development, self-sustainability, independence, and sovereignty, all while navigating the challenges posed by foreign hostilities, coercive measures, and misinformation campaigns. In this process, community participation plays a crucial role, as it is the key to driving meaningful change and fostering a sustainable future. (more…)
enero 27, 2025
La Alianza Negra por la Paz (BAP) se solidariza con los pueblos y naciones de “Nuestra América” contra las acciones mafiosas de EE.UU., especialmente las tácticas de intimidación pública del nuevo régimen hacia los estados soberanos. (more…)
January 27, 2025
1901 political cartoon depicts an Uncle Sam rooster with European roosters in the Monroe Doctrine coop. Courtesy: Getty Images
The Black Alliance for Peace (BAP) stands in solidarity with the peoples and nations of “Our Americas” against U.S gangster actions – especially the new regime’s public bullying tactics towards sovereign states. (more…)
By David Bacon on January 29, 2025
Civil rights icon Rev. Phil Lawson speaks against deportations with people of faith hold a vigil outside the Richmond CA Detention Center, where immigrants are incarcerated before being deported, not long after the election of Donald Trump as he promised to deport millions of people if elected in 2016. Lawson passed on January 28 at 92. Photo: David Bacon
In 1950, Nevada Democratic Senator Pat McCarran said he wanted to save the United States from communism and “Jewish interests.” His solution was passage of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952, known as the McCarran Walter Act (MWA), and its complement, the Internal Security Act of 1950 (also known, confusingly, as the McCarran Act). (more…)
By Yilena Hector Rodriguez and Claudia Fonseca Sosa on January 29, 2025 from Havana
Ignacio Ramonet, Photo: Enrique González (Enro)
“We are living in a post-media society. Witnessing the end of the masses,” said the journalist and doctor of social sciences Ignacio Ramomet, speaking this Wednesday at the 6th International Conference for World Balance, which is meeting this week at the Palacio de las Convenciones. (more…)
By Leidys Maria Labrador Herrera on January 30, 2025
US prison in Guantanamo, photo: Bill Hackwell
“In an act of brutality, the new US government has announced the imprisonment at the Naval Base in Guantánamo, located in illegally occupied Cuban territory, of thousands of migrants that it is forcibly expelling, who will be placed alongside the well-known prisons of torture and illegal detention.” (more…)