Unionists from Cuba, US, Latin America discuss way forward

Vol. 87/No. 27 - July 24, 2023
Unionists from abroad met April 29 with union leaders and workers in Cotorro municipality in Havana at a warehouse for food distribution at subsidized prices. They discussed gains made by Cuban workers through their socialist revolution, impact of U.S. embargo.

HAVANA — Some 100 trade union representatives and members of labor and political groups from 11 countries in Latin America and the United States exchanged experiences here during an April 24-28 workshop hosted by the Central Organization of Cuban Workers…


US rulers double down on lies about Cuba-China ‘spy bases’

Vol. 87/No. 26 - July 17, 2023
May 28 protest at Miami airport against U.S. rulers’ six-decades-long economic and political war on Cuba. Washington’s China “spy base” smears are used to justify tightening embargo.

The administration of President Joseph Biden — along with the Wall Street Journal — is stepping up a drumbeat of baseless allegations that the Cuban government has teamed up with Beijing to set up a spy station in Cuba. Trying…



‘A genuine revolution means leading the millions’

Class struggle in the US today, the Cuban Revolution and building a proletarian party
Vol. 87/No. 23 - June 12, 2023
April 25 book presentation in Havana at headquarters of Cuban Institute for Friendship with the Peoples. Inset, from left, Mary-Alice Waters; ICAP leader Noemí Rabaza, who chaired and spoke. In Cuba, Rabaza said, the government represents workers’ class interests not those of the capitalists. “What Noemí says is important,” Waters noted in discussion period. Cuba’s socialist revolution is a beacon worldwide and sets the example for working people in the U.S., too. “Alone we’ll be defeated. Fighting together, we can win,” Waters ended.

  The following are the remarks by Mary-Alice Waters at an April 25 presentation in Havana of the book The Low Point of Labor Resistance Is Behind Us: The Socialist Workers Party Looks Forward by Jack Barnes, Steve Clark and…


Puerto Rico brigade prepares for solidarity trip to Cuba

Vol. 87/No. 21 - May 29, 2023

The Cuba Solidarity Committee in Puerto Rico has not let FBI harassment of members of last year’s brigade to Cuba stop it from organizing to oppose the U.S. economic war on Cuba and tell the truth about Cuba’s Revolution. The…


‘Alone we will be defeated, together we can win’

Meeting in Havana discusses working-class course of the Socialist Workers Party
Vol. 87/No. 20 - May 22, 2023
April 25 presentation in Havana discussed Pathfinder Press book The Low Point of Labor Resistance Is Behind Us: The Socialist Workers Party Looks Forward. Bottom, from left, Mary-Alice Waters, Socialist Workers Party; and Noemí Rabaza, Cuban Institute for Friendship with the Peoples.

HAVANA — Amid preparations by working people across Cuba to celebrate May 1, International Workers Day, a special event was held here to discuss a new book by Pathfinder Press, The Low Point of Labor Resistance Is Behind Us: The…


Working people across Cuba mobilize for May Day actions

Vol. 87/No. 19 - May 15, 2023
April 14 assembly in Santiago de Cuba drew unionists and community organizations preparing their participation in upcoming International Workers Day celebrations across the island.

HAVANA, May 1 — The capitalist media, from the New York Times to the Miami Herald to BBC, ran articles today proclaiming “Cuba cancels May Day parade” or something similar. These assertions are false, as Militant reporters and others actually…


Farmers in Cuba confront impact of US economic war

Vol. 87/No. 15 - April 17, 2023
Cuban farmers with delegation of communists from U.S. and U.K. during visit to Cuban-Bulgarian Friendship Cooperative in Güines, Cuba, Feb. 24. They are looking at tank with tobacco leaf residue used to create tabaquina, a natural pesticide, to substitute for imported products that are difficult to obtain because of Washington’s 60-year-plus embargo.

GÜINES, Cuba — Farmers at a cooperative here are part of efforts by Cuba’s working people and their revolutionary government to boost agricultural production and reduce dependence on costly food imports. “Last year was very hard,” said Yunaiky Cruz, president…