2026

100 years of Fidel and the reason Cuba holds

August 23, 2026 Lallan Schoenstein

A Bronx delegate in blockaded Havana The feat accomplished by the Cubans in hosting the international colloquium “Fidel: Legacy and Future” from Aug. 10 to 13 to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Fidel Castro’s birth […]

Iran strikes on Bahrain disrupted USS Lincoln supply line

August 22, 2026 Gary Wilson

Iranian missile and drone strikes heavily damaged the U.S. Navy base in Bahrain that supplied the USS Abraham Lincoln, and the carrier’s crew ran short of food and basic supplies as a result. The Trump […]

Trump and Rubio should be investigated for genocide against socialist Cuba

August 22, 2026 Nikos Mottas

For more than six decades, the United States has attempted to disguise its aggressive imperialist policy toward Cuba as a question of “national security,” diplomatic pressure or concern for “democracy”. Behind this sanitized vocabulary stands a far more brutal […]

Oil for Cuba now

August 22, 2026 Juliana Marino

Aug. 22, 2026 A single voice, a single demand must be raised throughout the world: Oil for Cuba now. No government should silently tolerate the paralysis of the economic and social life of any country […]

Washington can’t make the world enforce its economic blockade of Iran

August 22, 2026 Gary Wilson

The U.S. Treasury has told the world to choose sides in Washington’s war on Iran. In an Aug. 20 CNBC interview, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent promised “the greatest coordinated economic isolation in the history of […]

El pueblo sufriendo, y la gobernadora fiestando

August 22, 2026 Berta Joubert-Ceci

Hoy quisiera compartirles a vuelo de pájaro, el estado de esta colonia donde el Pueblo expresa de varios modos que ya no aguanta más el deterioro. El sufrimiento y el agotamiento se nota en las […]

Pyongyang rejects Trump ‘goodwill’ as U.S. invasion drills go on

August 21, 2026 Struggle - La Lucha

The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) dismissed U.S. President Donald Trump’s move to significantly reduce joint military exercises with South Korea, while casting doubt on the president’s claim to be in communication with the […]

The Fanjuls: forced labor abroad, union-busting at home, a favor from Trump

August 19, 2026 Lallan Schoenstein

Shortly after Donald Trump’s second inauguration, his administration quietly removed the ban on sugar imports from the Fanjul family-controlled Central Romana company. The ban began in 2022 when it was disclosed that the Fanjuls’ sugar […]

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The stranglehold on Cuba’s energy; six months of crisis and resistance

August 19, 2026 Alejandra Garcia

Havana, Aug. 18, 2026 For over six decades, the United States has attempted to make the Cuban people pay the consequences of their sovereign decision to follow a socialist and independent path. However, over the […]

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Fidel’s beautiful revolution

August 19, 2026 Rosa Miriam Elizalde

Fidel Castro sleeps, overcome by exhaustion, while several young people surround him with the joyful curiosity of those who discover that even a hero closes his eyes. In other photographs, he eats with farmers, rides […]