By Bill Hackwell on July 24, 2024 from Washington, DC
photos: Bill Hackwell
Despite facing multiple police agencies, who came from as far away as New York, and a Capitol encased in heavy metal fences to protect a war criminal, tens of thousands of determined supporters of the Palestinian people, from around the US, came to say no to the visit of the genocidal Israeli President Benjamin Netanyahu, who was being welcomed with open arms by the war profiteers and the great majority of Democrat and Republican representatives in Congress. (more…)
By Alejandra Garcia on July 23, 2024 from Havana
The Martyrs of the Moncada, photos: Bill Hackwell
The countdown begun for July 26, our National Rebellion Day, and this year the eyes of the people will be on Sancti Spiritus, the main venue of the celebrations. Cuba will mark 71 years of one of the most heroic events in the long history of struggle of this small island nation. On that day, in 1953, a group of young men led by Fidel Castro, attempted to storm the Moncada Barracks, Cuba’s second-largest military fortress. (more…)
By María José Iglesias on July 20, 2024
Ignacio Ramonet, photo: Bill Hackwell
Although the bullet was “centimeters away” from killing him, “last Saturday’s attack is like a gift from heaven for Donald Trump, as it comes right on time to complete his victimizing story”. This was said yesterday by Ignacio Ramonet writer, journalist and sociologist based in France and a leading figure of the anti-globalization movement, (more…)
By Miguel Barnet on July 20, 2024
photos: Bill Hackwell
(Speech given at the Cuban the National Assembly of People’s Power, during the discussion of the draft Citizenship Law) (more…)
By Lucas Estanislao on July 16, 2024
Claudia De la Cruz, presidential candidate of the Party for Socialism and Liberation (PSL).
For Claudia De la Cruz, the concern is that the attack on Trump’s rally will bring more repression to the left
Violence has always been at the heart of how the United States makes policy, whether internally or externally, from the massacres of original populations and minorities to the two-party system that favors economic power and alienates the people. (more…)
Por Alejandra García y Bill Hackwell el 14 de julio de 2024
El expresidente Donald Trump fue herido de bala y leve durante un mitin ayer en Pensilvania. Las imágenes de esos segundos de caos han dado la vuelta al mundo, con fotos del rostro ensangrentado del expresidente, herido en la oreja derecha; dos centímetros a la izquierda y este sería un artículo diferente. (more…)
By Alejandra Garcia and Bill Hackwell on July 14, 2024
Former President Donald Trump was shot and slightly wounded during a rally yesterday in Pennsylvania. The images of those seconds of chaos have circled the globe, with photos of the bloodied face of the former president, who was wounded in his right ear; two inches to the left and this would be a different article. (more…)
By Alejandra Garcia, on July 9, 2024 in Havana
Cuban Ministry of the Interior (MININT) photo: Bill Hackwell
This week it was reported that Cuba thwarted the attempts of a network of Cubans living in the United States who were trying to enter the island illegally with weapons, and with the purpose of starting a social outbreak. The Ministry of the Interior (Minint) disclosed details of a recruitment plan, neutralized in December 2023, directed, from U.S. territory, to promote and organize terrorist actions in Cuba. (more…)