December 11, 2000
HAVANA — During the Second World Conference of Friendship and Solidarity with Cuba, held here Nov. 10-14, Vilma Espín, president of the Cuban Federation of Women (FMC), led a discussion with more than 50 participants.
“As women took part in the revolution, their sense of solidarity grew. The changes have been enormous, a real revolution within the revolution.” From the earliest days, the revolutionary leadership has taken initiatives to expand the participation of women in society.
While according to law there are no restrictions on women taking any kind of job, explained Yolanda Ferrer, general secretary of the FMC, “the FMC wants to encourage women to take on nontraditional jobs. There are women who drive trucks, trains and sugar combines. We have women leaders in the sugar industry, in laboratories and in scientific work.”
December 12, 1975
The independence for which Angolans fought for so many years is now imperiled by South African and U.S. intervention.
The political pressure that was mobilized around the world for Angolan independence from Portugal must now be mobilized against the intervention — direct or indirect — of Washington, Pretoria, and the other imperialist centers.
The imperialists’ aim is to secure control over the wealth of Angola and the destiny of its people. They also know that Angolan independence could give a tremendous impetus to the liberation struggles in Namibia, Zimbabwe and South Africa.
The demand of all those in the United States who support the right of self-determination ought to be aimed squarely at Washington and its imperialist cohorts: Hands off Angola!
December 11, 1950
Attorney General McGrath’s petition to the new Subversive Activities Control Board, demanding that the Communist Party be required to register its membership under the provisions of the McCarran-Kilgore police-state law, will quickly be followed by petitions directed against other organizations now included on the Attorney General’s “subversive” blacklist.
This information was revealed by Seth Richardson, chairman of the SACB. “There are some 130 organizations, which already have been proscribed as subversive. Others may be added from time to time.” The ”subversive” list, initiated three years ago, was absolutely arbitrary and had no legal authority whatever.
Opponents of the new law, including the Militant, warned that the law was so loosely written that almost any organization could be attacked by an enforcement agency that chose to do so.