New US indictment replays the frame-up of the Cuban 5

Vol. 90/No. 22 - June 8, 2026
Cuban Five in Havana, Dec. 20, 2014, celebrate their release from U.S. prisons. From left, Gerardo Hernández, Fernando González, Antonio Guerrero, René González and Ramón Labañino.

Washington’s April 23 indictment of Cuban revolutionary leader Raúl Castro and five Cuban air force pilots for “conspiracy to kill U.S. nationals” in the shoot down of two planes that invaded Cuban airspace in 1996 replays the frame-up that became…


25, 50, and 75 years ago

Vol. 90/No. 22 - June 8, 2026

June 4, 2001 Hundreds of thousands of Berber people marched in Algeria May 21 demanding the removal of the police who have killed dozens of protesters. The mobilization comes on the heels of weeks of demonstrations involving tens of thousands.…



SWP campaigns discuss road forward for the working class

Vol. 90/No. 22 - June 8, 2026
Karla Jarquín, left, buys The Fight Against Jew-Hatred and Pogroms in the Imperialist Epoch from Socialist Workers Party member Lisa Rottach in North Miami parking lot May 23.

On actions demanding U.S. hands off Cuba, strike picket lines, and knocking on doors in working-class neighborhoods, members of the Socialist Workers Party find a growing interest in what the Militant has to say on the expanding threats of war,…


Gov’t targets supporters of Cuban Revolution in the US

Vol. 90/No. 22 - June 8, 2026

Side by side with its mounting attacks on Cuba, the U.S. government is stepping up probes against individuals and groups in the U.S. that promote solidarity with Cuba. It has begun issuing subpoenas to interrogate participants in the March “Nuestra…


Protests spread against stepped-up US war threats against Cuba

Vol. 90/No. 22 - June 8, 2026
Members of Sugarcane Workers Union in Dominican Republic say, “Women cane cutters demand end to blockade of Cuba” in protest outside the U.S. Embassy in Santo Domingo May 20.

BOSTON — More than 100 people from across Massachusetts gathered here May 23 for an emergency rally and press conference protesting the Justice Department’s indictment of Raúl Castro, the tightening U.S. blockade against Cuba and the threat of escalating U.S.…


SWP campaigners find interest in defense of Cuba in Miami

Vol. 90/No. 22 - June 8, 2026

MIAMI — Socialist Workers Party members here are campaigning to discuss with working people why they should oppose Washington’s escalating aggression against Cuba. The discussions are welcomed by many of those they’re meeting. “This government’s policies are hurting the Cuban…


Tens of thousands of ex-students, farmers demand jobs from Iraq

Vol. 90/No. 21 - June 1, 2026

Tens of thousands of former students and their supporters took to the streets in Baghdad and other cities across Iraq May 18 to demand the newly formed government provide them jobs. While the unemployment rate in the oil-rich country is…