Cheryl LaBash

Is starvation Rubio’s only strategy? The new attack on Cuba’s private sector

October 3, 2026 Cheryl LaBash

Washington, D.C., October 3, 2026 Secretary of State Rubio got the jump on ‘Sanctions Thursday’ unveiling his new sanctions and revisions to the OFAC Frequently Asked Question website on Tuesday, September 29. Thursdays have been […]

Labor movement increasingly opposes U.S. imperialism

July 11, 2026 Cheryl LaBash

The 30th AFL-CIO Constitutional Convention wrapped up in Minneapolis on June 10. One resolution in particular hints at a shift in its staunchly pro-imperialist record. A paragraph in “Resolution 9: We Want a Just and […]

National Network on Cuba reaffirms actions in solidarity

November 13, 2025 Cheryl LaBash

Charleston, S.C., Nov. 11 — More than 100 National Network on Cuba delegates and friends rededicated their solidarity with socialist Cuba during its annual fall meeting held in Charleston, South Carolina, November 7 to 9. […]

CUBA: travel, fake news and clickbait

July 14, 2025 Cheryl LaBash

July 12 – It was not that long ago that the shiny new internet and social media world dangled before us visions of instant communications with friends and the possibility of international collaboration for a […]

Labor leader faces prison after standing up to ICE

June 9, 2025 Cheryl LaBash

Unions rally for arrested leader In Washington, D.C., workers rallied across from the Justice Department on June 9 as part of national protests to end deportation raids and to free arrested California union leader David […]

Gaza solidarity clinic defies crackdown at Wayne State University

April 6, 2025 Cheryl LaBash

Sick from Genocide? A Pop Up Clinic prescribed by Doctors Against Genocide and Health Care Workers for Palestine to help “end this genocide and alleviate the stress the horrors of genocide have put on our […]

Free the Uhuru 3! Don’t let the U.S. government criminalize international solidarity

September 7, 2024 Cheryl LaBash

Tampa, Fla., Sept. 5 – This morning the U.S. government will continue presenting their “evidence” which may conclude the prosecution portion of the trial as early as Monday. The U.S. government is attempting to criminalize […]

Free the UHURU 3: Defend anti-imperialist organizing

August 12, 2024 Cheryl LaBash

We are told that a hallmark of “democracy,” capitalism style, is freedom of speech. Turns out though you’d better not speak up against the war machine, or else militarized SWAT teams will knock down […]

El sangriento coste del bloqueo estadounidense a Cuba

June 23, 2024 Cheryl LaBash

Un reciente anuncio de Discovery Therapeutics Caribe, LLC en Cleveland alivia un temor importante que viene con un diagnóstico de diabetes, el miedo a la amputación. El grupo de defensa Diabetes.org revela que el temor […]

Bloody cost of the U.S. blockade of Cuba

June 22, 2024 Cheryl LaBash

A recent announcement by Discovery Therapeutics Caribe in Cleveland eases a major fear coming with a diabetes diagnosis: the fear of amputation. The advocacy group Diabetes.org reveals the fear is justified. “Every 3 minutes and […]