February 2026 – Page 4

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Be ready to respond in action to any U.S. provocation!

Vol. 90/No. 8 - March 2, 2026

FEB. 25 — The Cuban government announced this afternoon that a speedboat registered in Florida approached their coast near Corralillo, in Villa Clara province. When a Cuban border guard boat approached to ask for identification, those on the U.S. boat…

25, 50, and 75 years ago

Vol. 90/No. 8 - March 2, 2026

February 26, 2001 The entire labor movement has a stake in supporting efforts by the coal miners to defend and extend black lung benefits. It is part of the fight for human dignity, the right to a safe workplace, and…

Ukraine drones supply cookies, not just bombs

Vol. 90/No. 8 - March 2, 2026

The shopping list is radioed, as it is every morning. Today it’s for oatmeal cookies, smoked bacon, mayonnaise, vegetables and fruit, coffee, bread, some sandwiches. “Copy that,” the supply chief replies. The “customers” are Ukrainian soldiers in front-line trenches, ordering…

Fidel Castro: ‘We have made a socialist revolution right under their very nose’

Vol. 90/No. 8 - March 2, 2026

As part of celebrations in Cuba and worldwide marking the 100th anniversary of the birth of Fidel Castro, the Militant is printing excerpts over the coming year from the speeches and writings of the central leader of Cuba’s socialist revolution.…

Lenin, Castro led political movements that changed history

Vol. 90/No. 8 - March 2, 2026

Fidel Castro prepares workers and peasants to defend their socialist revolution against 1961 U.S.-backed mercenary invasion at the Bay of Pigs. Under his leadership, they prevailed.

Understanding History: Marxist Essays by George Novack is one of Pathfinder’s Books of the Month for February. The excerpt is from the article “From Lenin to Castro: The role of the individual in history making.” In it Novack deals with…

‘Hands off Cuba’ protests spread across the United States

Vol. 90/No. 8 - March 2, 2026

ATLANTA — Twenty-two people joined a busy downtown street protest here Feb. 17 with signs demanding “U.S. hands off Cuba” and “No economic blockade.” The Socialist Workers Party and the Democratic Socialists of America Cuba Solidarity Working Group co-sponsored the…

Cultural events show dignity of Cuban people in face of US threats

Vol. 90/No. 8 - March 2, 2026

Valentine’s Day peña (cultural celebration) was organized by the University for Older Adults in the Vedado neighborhood of Havana, Feb. 14. Above, part of the audience with singer who also presided over the event; inset, another singer who also performed at the peña.

HAVANA — Militant reporters joined 75 people for a poetry reading at a popular cultural center here Feb. 13. The next day we were invited to a Valentine’s Day peña (cultural performance) hosted by members of the University for Older…

Ambassador Yuri Gala López explains Cuba’s revolution

Vol. 90/No. 8 - March 2, 2026

“U.S. government policy of hostility toward Cuba has been in place since the very triumph of the Cuban Revolution back in January 1959,” Yuri Gala López, deputy permanent representative of Cuba to the United Nations, told a Feb. 15 webinar…

Syrian gov’t deals blows to Kurds right to self-determination

Vol. 90/No. 8 - March 2, 2026

The fight of Kurds for self-determination was dealt serious blows when Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa sent forces in January to seize the autonomous zone controlled for years by the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces in northeastern Syria. Washington backed al-Sharaa’s move…

Join Socialist Workers Party campaigning to support Cuba

Vol. 90/No. 8 - March 2, 2026

As Washington’s blockade of the Cuban people intensifies, members of the Socialist Workers Party and Communist Leagues in Australia, Canada and the United Kingdom are campaigning to get out the truth about, and defend, Cuba’s socialist revolution. They’re organizing public…