US imperialism has launched the harshest offensive against Cuba since the Cold War, blocking fuel shipments to the island to forcibly starve it into regime change. Cuba needs to import 22,000 barrels of oil a day. Trump has cut that down to 150 barrels, importable only by private businesses. A Russian tanker has been permitted […]
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Imperialism out of all Latin America! Stand against pro-capitalist policies on the island, wherever they come from! Build mass struggle and raise the banner of international socialism and workers’ democracy! After the US military intervention in Venezuela, Cuba is in the crosshairs of U.S. imperialism. Trump wants to impose historic defeats on the peoples of […]
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Defend the Gains of the Cuban Revolution! The shortage of medicines, as well as the growing economic crisis which has been aggravated by the pandemic, has generated a growing discontent among Cuban working people, who took to the streets on July 11. The ruling Communist Party (CP) bureaucracy described the demonstrations as counter-revolutionary and pro-imperialist. […]
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Tony Saunois is a member of the Committee for a Workers’ International. 1 January 2019 marked the 60th anniversary of the victory of the Cuban Revolution. Tony Saunois looks at the Cuban Revolution and the life of its main leader, Fidel Castro. The article also discusses what is the way forward to defend the gains of […]
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Tony Saunois is a member of the Committee for a Workers’ International. Fifty years after his death, the image of Che Guevara is familiar to most people. A fashion statement for some, for many others it is a political declaration. They identify with the legacy left by Che Guevara as a symbol of struggle, defiance, […]
Continue ReadingTony Saunois is a member of the Committee for a Workers’ International. Gains of the revolution of Che Guevara and Fidel Castro under threat The Financial Times boasted: “There is a new entry among Cuba’s roll of important dates. Alongside Fidel Castro’s 26th July movement and the January 1st 1959 ’triumph of the revolution’, there […]
Continue ReadingTony Saunois is a member of the Committee for a Workers’ International. Historic handshake between Barack Obama and Raúl Castro, turmoil in Venezuela, and stalled reforms in Bolivia – as well as crises in Brazil – symbolize a new turn in Latin America and the Caribbean The historic handshake between Barack Obama and Raúl Castro, […]
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