Cuba takes steps to improve its production of electricity

Vol. 90/No. 39 - November 2, 2026

“We are moving forward with the solutions we’ve decided on. Without resources it’s a long, hard road, but we’re alive and we’re slowly making progress — with our people,” Vicente de la O Levy, Cuba’s minister of energy and mines,…



Rapid spread of new Ebola epidemic in Africa is a deadly threat

Vol. 90/No. 39 - November 2, 2026
In October 2014 then Cuban President Raúl Castro sees off volunteer medical brigade members going to Sierra Leone to combat Ebola. Today Washington is doing nothing to treat new Ebola outbreak in Democratic Republic of the Congo. Instead, it is preventing Cuban help.

Today’s largest and fastest growing Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo reached 9,552 confirmed cases with 4,602 deaths by Oct. 19. This is the most rapid spread of Ebola-caused deaths ever. Washington and other imperialist powers are…


Lessons for today from past union struggles

Vol. 90/No. 39 - November 2, 2026

Fighting to protect working people from the destructive effects of rising prices for food, housing, childcare and other essentials is a central responsibility in front of the unions. It goes side by side with fighting for jobs, safe working conditions…



25, 50 and 75 years

Vol. 90/No. 39 - November 2, 2026

October 29, 2001 HAVANA — Four hundred people from 60 countries participated in the World Forum on Food Sovereignty here, convened by the National Association of Small Farmers of Cuba. A delegation from the United States included farmers from Wisconsin,…


Hotel workers use rolling strikes in Chicago Loop

Vol. 90/No. 39 - November 2, 2026
Striking members of UNITE HERE Local 1 picket the Palmer House Hilton in downtown Chicago Loop Oct. 13.

CHICAGO — Members of UNITE HERE Local 1 are continuing their fight for a contract at dozens of downtown hotels here. Workers at six of the largest hotels struck for five days Oct. 9-13, when the bosses had looked forward…


SWP is working-class alternative to bosses’ Democrats, Republicans

Vol. 90/No. 39 - November 2, 2026

As the 2026 elections near, Socialist Workers Party candidates find increasing interest in their campaigns. They offer the only class-struggle program to protect workers from the attacks we’ve faced under both Democratic and Republican administrations and the further assaults the…


Cuba takes fight against US blockade to the UN

Cuban people act to defend their socialist revolution
Vol. 90/No. 39 - November 2, 2026
Ambassador to U.N. Mike Waltz, right, speaks at U.S.-organized panel to peddle lies on Cuban Revolution, hoping to blunt effect of Oct. 27-28 U.N. vote against Washington’s blockade.

A striking report prepared by the government of Cuba detailing the U.S. government’s over six-decades-long record of attacks, sanctions and the recent oil blockade against its people will be presented and debated at a meeting of the United Nations General…


Ohio school bus drivers strike for wages, healthcare and respect

Vol. 90/No. 38 - October 26, 2026

SHARONVILLE, Ohio — Close to 100 Princeton City school bus drivers went on strike here Oct. 1. The workers, who transport over 5,000 students daily, are demanding higher wages after years of unlivable pay and no medical or prescription drug…