Jamie Brown, president of National Nurses United, speaking at June 30 press conference outside Capitol in Washington, D.C., calls for an end to the U.S. oil blockade of Cuba. Other speakers, from left, Bob Schwartz, executive director of Global Health Partners, and U.S. Representatives Jonathan Jackson and Pramila Jayapal.

Protest in New York: ‘US hands off Cuba!’

National Nurses union says No! to blockade

Nat’l Nurses United union: ‘We will not remain silent!’ WASHINGTON — Setting an important example for the entire labor movement, National Nurses United — the largest union of registered nurses in the U.S. — organized a press conference here June…


Protests call for end to oil blockade, threats on Cuba

Over 60 people picketed Federal Post Office in New York June 27 demanding “U.S. hands off Cuba!” in action called by Cuba Sí NY/NJ coalition. Similar protests are taking place elsewhere.

NEW YORK — Some 60 people protested outside the main federal post office in midtown Manhattan here June 27 to demand the U.S. government end its brutal economic blockade of Cuba. This was the third picket this year organized by…


US, Tehran seek Mideast deal as Israel defends its very existence

Underground Hezbollah drone factory found by Israeli soldiers June 18 in southern Lebanon.

After another round of drone and airstrikes and counterstrikes, the U.S. and Iranian governments sent representatives to Qatar to seek negotiations June 30. Having dealt big blows to Tehran’s military in repeated missile and drone attacks beginning in February, the…


Protests hit new Supreme Court blow to TPS for Haitians in US

Union-sponsored rally north of Miami Jan. 28. Protests also took place in Springfield, Ohio, elsewhere against Supreme Court ruling allowing government to end TPS for Haitians, Syrians.

Hundreds demonstrated in defense of continuing Temporary Protected Status for refugees from Haiti in Springfield, Ohio, and other cities following a U.S. Supreme Court ruling June 25. The decision says President Donald Trump’s administration has the right, as the executive…




UN hearing backs independence fight in Puerto Rico

UNITED NATIONS — Tens of thousands across Puerto Rico have been without running water for weeks on end, on top of years of frequent electrical blackouts, Damara González told the United Nations decolonization hearing on the status of Puerto Rico…

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US imperialism and the catastrophe in Venezuela

The overall number of deaths from two devastating earthquakes 100 miles west of Caracas, Venezuela, are not known, with close to 2,000 found dead and thousands more still missing. What is certain is the scale of the deaths and destruction…




US out of the Middle East!

Several people were killed by Iranian missile strike in Beit Shemesh, Israel, March 1. Israel’s defensive war aims to prevent Tehran launching a nuclear Holocaust to wipe out Jews, Israel.
The following statement was released March 1, 2026, by Jack Barnes, national secretary of the Socialist…










Cuba and Chernobyl

This Cuban documentary produced in 2006 tells the story of the Chernobyl nuclear catastrophe in Ukraine and Cuba’s exemplary internationalist medical program that treated more than 25,000 victims.