Author: Natalia Marques

Palestine

People’s Conference for Palestine closes with a pledge to mobilize against Rafah invasion

May 28, 2024 Natalia Marques
The conference concluded with a commitment to intensify ending the genocide in Gaza and igniting a summer of struggle for Palestine After three days of idea exchange and relationship building, the People’s Conference for Palestine […]
Political Prisoners

Sekou Odinga, Black liberation fighter and former political prisoner, passes at 79

January 16, 2024 Natalia Marques
Odinga leaves behind a legacy of resistance, having helped Assata Shakur escape prison and having been a member of the most notable Black liberation organizations Sekou Odinga, a former United States political prisoner for 33 […]
Palestine

University students across the U.S. walk out of classes for Gaza

October 27, 2023 Natalia Marques
On Wednesday, October 25, students across dozens of campuses in North America staged walkouts in protest of Israel’s genocidal war against Gaza. The walkout, taking place at university campuses in the United States and Canada, […]
Cuba

Cuban President exchanges with U.S. revolutionaries on UNGA visit

September 26, 2023 Natalia Marques
On September 23, hundreds of people packed the auditorium of the New York Society for Ethical Culture to hear Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel speak, along with Venezuelan Foreign Affairs Minister Yván Gil Pinto, historian, and […]
In the U.S.

Attacks on student loan forgiveness threaten millions in the U.S.

June 4, 2023 Natalia Marques
Congress is spearheading an effort to force millions of student debtors deeper into financial despair U.S. Senators from the Republican and Democrat parties pushed to quickly approve the bipartisan debt ceiling deal on Thursday night, […]
La Lucha por el Socialismo

Cómo el gobierno cubano y su pueblo colaboraron en el Código de Familia

April 2, 2023 Natalia Marques
El 25 de septiembre de 2022, Cuba aprobó uno de los códigos de familia más progresistas del mundo. De una sola vez, la pequeña nación insular legalizó el matrimonio entre personas del mismo sexo, definió […]
Cuba

How the Cuban government and its people collaborated on the Family Code

March 24, 2023 Natalia Marques
Revolutionary Havana youth describe the process of building legislation in direct dialogue with the people. On September 25, 2022, Cuba passed one of the world’s most progressive codes on families. All in one go, the small island […]
Cuba

The U.S. blockade of Cuba hurts medical patients in both countries

January 23, 2023 Natalia Marques
Scientists in Cuba believe that the breakthroughs they have made in the healthcare and technology sectors should be used to save and improve lives beyond the country’s borders. This is why the island nation has […]
Labor and strikes

Over 7,000 nurses are on strike in New York City. Here’s why

January 10, 2023 Natalia Marques
On Monday, January 9, over 7,000 New York City nurses from Mount Sinai and Montefiore hospitals in Manhattan and the Bronx, respectively, went on strike. Nurses, organized by the New York State Nurses Association (NYSNA), […]
U.S. / NATO war

U.S. spends billions on war in Ukraine and working class pays the price

March 28, 2022 Natalia Marques
The largest national defense budget in the world just got larger. Earlier this month, the United States Congress passed $728.5 billion in discretionary funding for the Department of Defense for the 2022 fiscal year, a sharp 5% […]