October 2026 – Page 5

“Cuba does not surrender, Cuba does not sell out, and Cuba does not forget”

October 9, 2026 René Tamayo

Oct. 7, 2026 Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, first secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party and president of the Republic, described the gathering held on the morning of Oct. 6 at the José Martí […]

Free Mumia: Harlem press conference Oct. 13 on appeal to United Nations

October 8, 2026 Struggle - La Lucha

Journalist, Elder Mumia Abu-Jamal’s Perpetual Detention Unjust, Human Rights Groups Appeal to United Nations Press conference Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2026, 6-8 p.m. Grace Congregational Church, 310 West 139th Street, Harlem, New York 10030 Speakers: Bret […]

French youth rise against the bankers’ budget

October 7, 2026 Gary Wilson

French high school students rose up against crumbling schools and ran straight into the bond market. The government in Paris says there is no money for teachers or classrooms. It is handing more to bankers […]

Venezuela under the gun: Solidarity can’t wait for a verdict.

October 7, 2026 Roger D. Harris

A reactionary wave is sweeping Latin America. Since the elections of Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro in July 2024 and Uruguay’s Yamandú Orsi in November 2024, all seven of the subsequent direct presidential contests have gone to […]

Cuba and the dual challenge of resisting the blockade and transforming its economy

October 7, 2026 Alejandra Garcia Elizalde

October 7, 2026 To understand Cuba’s current economic crisis, we need to look at two realities simultaneously. On the one hand, Cuba has faced more than six decades of the United States’ economic, commercial, and […]

AI comes into being as capital

October 7, 2026 Gary Wilson

Artificial intelligence is usually discussed in terms of what the technology can do. Will it replace jobs, write books, diagnose illness, design weapons, discover medicines? Will the machines outthink humanity? The more basic question is […]

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Latin America under the White House’s thumb

October 7, 2026 Frei Betto

Oct. 6, 2026 If you intend to vote for Flavio Bolsonaro — who promises to throw Brazil’s doors wide open to U.S. interests and who, like his brother Eduardo, enjoys kissing Trump’s hands — you’d […]

The U.S. blockade that helped bring down the Soviet Union is failing against China

October 6, 2026 Gary Wilson

The United States government is trying to choke off China’s supply of the most advanced computer chips and the machines that make them. The target is artificial intelligence, which China is putting to work in […]

Genocide and imperialism: Commemorating the 50th Anniversary of the bombing of Cubana 455

October 6, 2026 Isaac Saney

October 6, 2026, marks the 50th anniversary of the horrific terrorist attack on Cubana Airliner Flight 455. In the western hemisphere this was the first and is the only bombing of a civilian airliner during […]

Youth uprisings: French students lead the way

October 6, 2026 Sarah Guebre-Egziabher

Oct. 5, 2026 Since late September, secondary school students across France have risen up in protest against the state of public education, left crumbling after years of cuts and “efficiency”-maximizing reforms. They have walked out, […]