Cuban Embassy official speaks in L.A., protests US gov’t sanctions

Vol. 87/No. 18 - May 8, 2023
Deputy Chief of Cuban Embassy Alejandro García speaks at Machinists union hall in L.A. April 18. Meeting called for end to U.S. embargo, getting Cuba off “state sponsor of terrorism” list.

LOS ANGELES — Alejandro García del Toro, deputy chief of the Cuban Embassy in Washington, D.C., and Javier Levy Hernández, a first secretary there, spoke to a community meeting of 75 people at the International Association of Machinists union hall…


End US rulers’ economic war against the Cuban Revolution!

Vol. 87/No. 16 - April 24, 2023

Why are the U.S. rulers waging an economic war against the people of Cuba?  “Not fear of the Cuban Revolution,” Fidel Castro told a meeting of a million in Havana in 1962. “But fear of the Latin American revolution.”  Fear…


For first time since 1959, Cuba plays baseball vs. US in Miami

Vol. 87/No. 16 - April 24, 2023
Cuban players celebrate win in World Baseball quarterfinal against Australia in Tokyo, March 15. Four days later, they played with dignity in Miami semifinal loss to U.S. team. Most fans backed the Cubans, but city officials turned blind eye as rightists tried to disrupt the game.

For the first time since the 1959 Cuban Revolution, a baseball team representing Cuba played in Miami March 19. They were participating in the World Baseball Classic semifinals against the U.S. team. The Cuban team played with dignity in the…


US bakery workers discuss job safety with unionists in Cuba

Vol. 87/No. 14 - April 10, 2023
Che Guevara, in uniform, visits a factory as Cuba’s minister of industry in the early 1960s. Along with Fidel Castro, Che was part of Cuba’s Marxist leadership that led workers to take control of production to maximize meeting needs of working people, ensure safety on the job.

HAVANA — Several industrial bakery workers from the U.S., members of the Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers union, had the opportunity to exchange experiences with leaders of Cuba’s trade unions earlier this year. We met with Jorge Luis…


NY meeting: ‘End the US economic war against Cuba!’

Vol. 87/No. 13 - April 3, 2023
March 11 rally at Malcolm X and Dr. Betty Shabazz Center in Harlem was part of two-day U.S.-Cuba Normalization Conference to build fight to end Washington’s punishing embargo.

NEW YORK — “Fidel Castro used to tell us, ‘If we had given in just once to the demands of the imperialists, the Cuban Revolution would not exist today. What has stayed their hand is the heroism of our people…


Defend Cuba-Puerto Rico solidarity mural in Harlem!

Vol. 86/No. 45 - December 5, 2022
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NEW YORK — “No matter how many times the right wing defaces this mural, we will restore it,” Marina Ortiz told a couple dozen people at a speak-out in front of the “Dos Alas” (two wings) mural here in the…


For 30th time, UN denounces US gov’t embargo on Cuba

Vol. 86/No. 43 - November 21, 2022
Protesters march from Times Square to United Nations building in New York Oct. 29 demanding an end to Washington’s economic, financial and trade war against Cuba.

UNITED NATIONS — For the 30th time since 1992, the United Nations General Assembly Nov. 3 voted overwhelmingly to call for “ending the economic, commercial and financial embargo imposed by the United States of America against Cuba.” The resolution passed…


Protests: End US embargo of Cuba now!

Vol. 86/No. 42 - November 14, 2022

NEW YORK — Opponents of Washington’s six-decade-long economic war against Cuba demonstrated here and across the country Oct. 29. Some 200 people from New York, New Jersey and cities as far away as Boston and Miami marched from Times Square…


Join protests to oppose US economic war on Cuba!

Vol. 86/No. 41 - November 7, 2022

Demonstrations and other activities will take place in more than a dozen cities across the U.S., Canada and the U.K. from Oct. 28 to Nov. 3 calling for the end to Washington’s more than 60-year-long economic war on Cuba. The…


Demand Washington end its economic war on Cuba! Now!

SOCIALIST WORKERS PARTY NATIONAL COMMITTEE STATEMENT
Vol. 86/No. 39 - October 24, 2022
Crews repair electrical grid Sept. 30 in Pinar del Rió after Hurricane Ian. There is no better moment to explain the facts and win working people to oppose U.S. economic war on Cuba.

Click below for downloadable pdfs of this article in English or Spanish           The following statement was released Oct. 11 by Jack Barnes, national secretary of the Socialist Workers Party. The Socialist Workers Party demands that…