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Celebrate the political life of Dave Prince

‘Book highlights Cabral’s leadership, Cuba’s proletarian internationalism’

The following is the talk by Mary-Alice Waters to the Feb. 18 presentation in Havana, Cuba, of the new book, Cuba and the Independence War in Guinea-Bissau and Cape Verde: The Fall of the Last Colonial Empire in Africa by…

US hands off Cuba! End Washington’s oil blockade!

The U.S. imperialist rulers are stepping up their suffocating oil blockade against the Cuban people and their threats to overturn Cuba’s socialist revolution, as the White House boasts about the “lethality” and “prowess” of the U.S. military in its bombing…

Protests hit US threats of war against Cuba

NEWARK, N.J. — Chanting “U.S. hands off Cuba!” and “Cuba sí, bloqueo no!” some 35 people joined a picket line at Military Park here March 8. The action — one of a growing number across the country and around the…

Join ‘Militant’ fight to overturn ban by prison officials in Florida

The Militant is winning growing support in its fight to overturn the ban of three consecutive issues by prison authorities at the Taylor Correctional Institution in Perry, Florida. The state-run prison impounded issues nos. 4, 5, and 6, objecting to…

Hamas moves to reestablish dictatorial control in Gaza

The Al-Qassam Brigades, Hamas’ military wing, released a statement Feb. 28 condemning the bombardments of Iran by Washington and Israel. Calling for Palestinians “to act in anger against Zionist and American policy,” the group vowed the “battle with Zionists will…

Celebrate the political life of Dave Prince

A meeting will be held in New York March 22 to celebrate the political life of Dave Prince, a central leader of the Socialist Workers Party. The program on his life, political contributions and the party he helped build, will…

Havana residents condemn US-based armed provocation

HAVANA — Some 120 residents of Colón, a working-class district in central Havana, gathered here Feb. 25 for an evening street meeting, organized by the neighborhood-based Committees for the Defense of the Revolution (CDRs). They discussed Washington’s latest attacks on…

‘Brothers to the Rescue’ shot down flying provocatively toward Cuba in the 1990s

As part of its stepped-up threats against the Cuban people and government, Washington is dusting off the long-discredited charge against Raúl Castro, a central leader of the Cuban Revolution, of ordering the shooting down of two planes by Cuba’s air…

Largest nurses’ union in US condemns blockade of Cuba

National Nurses United, the largest union of registered nurses in the U.S. with over 225,000, members released a statement Feb. 27 calling for an end to Washington’s blockade of Cuba. Excerpts are printed below. “The nurses call on the administration…