What Fidel Castro Gave Us
Vijay Prashad, Tricontinental Institute for Social Research. Fidel Castro would have turned 100 this week. His revolutionary legacy of reminds us that breaking free from neocolonial plunder demands the rigorous…
Fidel Castro at 100: Reflections on His Life and Legacy
Fidel Castro’s revolution began in hope, hardened into authoritarianism and endured as an audacious rebuke to American empire. Steve Wasserman ScheerPost Nearly seventy years ago, Herbert Matthews of The New…
21st-Century McCarthyism: Cuba In The Crosshairs
Guillermo R. Barreto, BreakThrough News This year we commemorate the centennial of Commander-in-Chief Fidel Castro. Like few others, Fidel embodies human dignity and the defense of principles as unyielding values…
Cuba: President Díaz-Canel Rejects Rubio’s Report
Resumen-English. Denounces US Lies Used to Justify Aggression. Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel rejected the report released by U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio. The president described the document as part…
Sanctions Are Murder
Rev. Frederick Morris, Popular Resistance. On January 1, 1959, I was in Kankakee, Illinois, spending New Year’s Day with my brother and his family. I was home for the Christmas…
Socialism Under Siege: Cuba Embarks On Emergency Reforms
C. J. Atkins, People’s World. State capitalism, socialist market economy, New Economic Policy—whatever term supporters or critics of the Cuban Revolution want to use. It’s clear that the emergency reforms…
Cuba In The Eye Of The Storm
Luis de Jesus Reyes, Breakthrough News. Sanctions, energy crisis, and threats of invasion. The situation in Cuba is steadily worsening. Compounding the prolonged economic crisis and deteriorating energy situation are…
Defending the Cuban Revolution’s Record Against Ahistorical Attacks
Sam E. Anderson, Black Agenda Report. Beyond the Algorithm. A critical analysis of the U.S. backed social media “influencer” war propaganda campaign against Cuba as it struggles against a criminal…
Cuba’s Health Miracles While Under Blockade
Nuvpreet Kalra Last week, the Cuban Center for Molecular Immunology (CIM) announced a major health breakthrough with VAXIRA, a vaccine treatment for lung cancer. This is a remarkable achievement, made…
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Starve, Strangle, Invade: How Washington’s Siege of Cuba Is Pushing a Nation to the Brink
Medea Benjamin warns that a decades-long economic war against Cuba has escalated into what she calls a “medieval siege,” as fuel shortages cripple hospitals, food systems and daily life while…
A Call For Life In The Face Of The Drums Of War
Cuban Civil Society, Resumen English. To the Defenders of Peace and to the Peoples of the World To leaders of social organizations, human rights defenders, and citizens of the world:…
Ray McGovern Warns: A U.S. Attack on Cuba Could Ignite a Global Crisis
Former CIA analyst Ray McGovern says Washington may be replaying the same dangerous logic that led to the Bay of Pigs — only this time with Russia, China, and nuclear…
Tens of Thousands Rally in Havana Against US Aggression as Cuba Prepares Citizens for War
Brett Wilkins for Common Dreams Tens of thousands of Cubans rallied Friday in Havana to denounce the Trump administration’s indictment of former President Raúl Castro and threats to attack the…
Despite Trump’s Oil Blockade, the Quiet Resistance of Daily Life Continues in Cuba
By Kurt Hackbarth This article was originally published by Truthout People who have withstood 64 years of economic blockade won’t simply raise a white flag at the latest sign of…
‘Independent’ Cuban Media Pushing Regime Change
Alan MacLeod reports on a network of anti-government Cuban media outlets funded by USAID, NED and Open Society to sow discontent and soften up the Caribbean nation for a potential…