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‘Cuba is not alone’: voices from around the world unite at the international colloquium

August 16, 2026 Thalía Fuentes Puebla, Inés María Castro Machado and Enrique González Díaz (Enro)

HAVANA — On Aug. 12, the Havana Convention Center hosted a solidarity gathering of more than 100 delegates from around the world, part of the First International Colloquium “Fidel: Legacy and Future.” The forum, “Anti-Imperialist […]

‘Cuba is a sovereign country’: Fidel’s lessons in foreign policy

August 16, 2026 Thalia Fuentes Puebla, Marxlenin Pérez Valdés and Enrique González Díaz (Enro)

August 11, 2026 At the forum “Fidel and the Foreign Policy of the Cuban Revolution,” held as part of the First International Colloquium “Fidel: Legacy and Future,” Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Carlos Fernández de […]

Mural reads venezuela is a peaceful territory in spanish

Venezuela: Don’t blame the victim

August 16, 2026 Roger D. Harris, Francisco Dominguez and María Paez Victor

“Nothing is easier than to be idealistic on behalf of others.” — Karl Marx, 1858 Under cover of night, the U.S. military kidnapped the lawful Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife and National Assembly […]

A shady figure will preside over Colombia

August 16, 2026 Hedelberto López Blanch

On August 7, a shadowy figure took office as president of Colombia. He has been implicated in various drug trafficking and money laundering scandals, but because he is a friend of the convicted U.S. president, […]

Three trans masculine activists with the Compliance Crew stand at the door of a public women's restroom.

Police Called on Trans Men Using Women’s Restroom As Required By Kansas Law

August 14, 2026 S. Baum

SLL note: This piece was originally published by Erin in the Morning on Substack, Aug. 11, 2026. Some of the activists who spoke to Erin in the Morning did so on the condition that their last […]

Photo shows packed auditorium in Havana for the International Colloquim in honor of Fidel’s 100th birthday

First International Colloquium “Fidel: Legacy and Future” Opens in Havana

August 13, 2026 Resumen Latinoamericano

Editor’s note from Resumen: for the next 2 weeks Resumen Latinoamericano in English will be reporting from Havana, facing the same obstacles of connectivity and power outages, sponsored by the US blockade, that the Cuban […]

Progressive electoral victories show working class fed up with austerity and war

August 13, 2026 Lev Koufax

The Aug. 4 primary election victories of progressive Democrats in Michigan has been a cause for consternation among both the Democratic Party establishment and MAGA Republicans. Fox News would have the working class believe that […]

Fidel’s legacy challenges us today with more force than ever

August 12, 2026 Granma

Keynote Address by Miguel Mario Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba and President of the Republic, at the opening of the 1st International Colloquium “Fidel: Legacy and […]

U.S. worker pays tribute to Fidel from the Fidel Castro centennial in Cuba

August 12, 2026 Andrew Matatag

President of the Republic of Cuba and First Secretary of the Cuban Communist Party Miguel Díaz-Canel, at the opening of the First International Colloquium of Fidel: Legacy and Future, described Comandante Fidel Castro as a […]

Corona, Queens says No! to ICE round-ups

August 12, 2026 Stephen Millies

Aug. 10 — Hundreds of people came to Corona Plaza in Queens, New York this afternoon to say no to Trump’s round-ups of immigrant workers and their families. The working-class neighborhood has been targeted by […]