Workers give bosses’ ‘blood money’ bribes to build SWP

Vol. 82/No. 15 - April 16, 2018

During the last two weeks in March 18 workers contributed a total of $3,911.79 of “blood money” to the Socialist Workers Party Capital Fund, which strengthens the party’s long-term work. “Enclosed is $102.01 from ‘incentive pay’ I received from the…


Bolshevik Revolution transformed all social relations

Vol. 82/No. 15 - April 16, 2018

Below is an excerpt from “The Struggle for Cultured Speech,” published in Pravda, May 16, 1923, a chapter in Problems of Everyday Life: Creating the Foundations for a New Society in Revolutionary Russia by Leon Trotsky. The title is one…


Chinese rulers, NKorea push for talks with Washington

Vol. 82/No. 15 - April 16, 2018

After North Korean leader Kim Jong Un met with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing March 26 — his first foreign trip since coming to power — Xi telephoned President Donald Trump. He told Trump that plans for a May…


Cuba’s role in defeat of apartheid debated at UK meeting

South African forces ‘broke their teeth’ against Cuban and Angolan forces in battle of Cuito Cuanavale
Vol. 82/No. 15 - April 16, 2018

LONDON — Sharply conflicting assessments of the historic victory won by Cuban and Angolan forces over the apartheid South African army at the battle of Cuito Cuanavale in 1988 were presented at a daylong conference here March 23. The event,…


Cuban women leaders speak in NY about revolution’s gains

Vol. 82/No. 15 - April 16, 2018

NEW YORK — A March 16 meeting here featured leaders of the Federation of Cuban Women (FMC), the National Union of Writers and Artists of Cuba (UNEAC) and the National Union of Cuban Jurists. The event, which drew more than…