Trump to Close Daycare Centers to Fund Wars

By Yonaski Moreno on April 4, 2026 from Caracas

U.S. President Donald Trump presented a budget proposal for fiscal year 2027 on Friday that includes a record $1.5 trillion in defense spending—a 40% increase in funding for that sector—financed directly through systematic cuts to social programs and federal agencies. The announcement makes it clear that Trump that he will proceed his imperialist projects at at the expense of all human needs and rights. (more…)

Socialist Response to Trump’s Televised Address on Iran War: Promising Genocidal Destruction of the Iranian People

By Party for Socialism and Liberation on April 1, 2026

foto: Bill Hackwell

Donald Trump used his address to the nation tonight to issue what can be described as nothing other than a genocidal threat: “We’re going to hit [Iran] extremely hard over the next two to three weeks. We’re going to bring them back to the Stone Ages where they belong”. (more…)

President Maduro’s Trial Will Not Bring Justice, but It Can Weaken US Imperialism

By Andreína Chávez Alava on April 2, 2026

President Maduro’s two-handed gesture, which means “Together we will win,” sketched on a placard at a Chavista rally. Photo: Alba Ciudad

Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife and congresswoman, Cilia Flores, made their second appearance Thursday in a New York court, three months after being abducted by US forces in a large-scale illegal strike against Venezuela that killed at least 100 people. (more…)

Popular Participation and Socialist Renewal in Cuba in a Time of Crisis

By Isaac Saney and James Counts Early on April 2, 2026

foto: Bill Hackwell

While Western democracies exclude working people from economic decision-making, Cuba is expanding participatory governance to navigate its deepest crisis since the Revolution.

Amid one of the most severe economic moments since the triumph of the Cuban Revolution, and under the weight of a suffocating, ever-expanding U.S. imperial siege, Cuba is attempting something that remains almost unthinkable in the so-called advanced capitalist democracies: it is consciously and systematically expanding and deepening citizen involvement in deciding the country’s economic and political future. (more…)

Letter from the Popular Youth Front of Brazil to President Nicolás Maduro and First Lady Cilia Flores

April 1, 2026 from São Paulo

Popular Youth Uprising of Brazil

To the President of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro Moros, and Congresswoman and First Lady Cilia Flores,

Revolutionary greetings from the Popular Youth Uprising of Brazil

We express our deep solidarity with the legitimate president and the deputy and First Lady of Venezuela, who have been illegally detained for more than 80 days in New York, United States. They have been kidnapped by imperialist forces under the orders of those who set themselves up as the enforcers of the Americas and the world. (more…)

Lying Is the Way Marco Rubio Operates

By Hedelberto López Blanch on April 1, 2026 from Havana

graphic by Aidan

Once again, the mythomaniac Marco Rubio is lying. This time before a Miami court trying his close friend and former congressman, David Rivera. (more…)

It is False to Say That Cuban Doctors are Slaves

By Luis Hernández Navarro on March 31, 2026

The offensive against Cuban medical brigades continues.   Pressure from the United States for the countries where they operate to sever ties with them persists. Just a few days ago, 227 members of the project returned from Jamaica after Kingston unilaterally terminated the bilateral health cooperation agreement.   This ended a 30-year-old agreement in which Cuban doctors treated more than 8,176,000 patients. (more…)

No Kings Protests: Too Big to Ignore

By Bill Hackwell on March 30, 2026

General Strike on May 1.  fotos: Bill Hackwell

The third NO KINGS demonstrations this past Saturday were not just the largest of the three but was quite possibly the largest single day of protest in US history. Organizers are reporting that there were over 8 million people in 3,300 large cities and little towns in all 50 states. (more…)

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