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Eric Toussaint looks at the great public debate on the nature of the economy that occurred after the 1959 Cuban revolution, involving Ernesto Che Guevara, Alberto Mora, Ernest Mandel, and Charles Bettelheim.
Zbigniew Marcin Kowalewski and Adrianna Nowak reconstruct the long Cuban struggle to preserve revolutionary autonomy within an unequal alliance with the Soviet Union.
Hardening of US sanctions has fueled a sharp rise in Cuba’s infant mortality rate
The expansion of US sanctions against Cuba since 2017 have likely been the primary cause for a major rise in infant mortality in Cuba, writes Dan Beeton.
Strikes and resurgent trade unionism in Chile: Interview with Domingo Pérez Valenzuela
Domingo Pérez Valenzuela discusses the resurgence of Chilean trade unionism, strengths and limitations of its strike model, and what lessons the country’s recent labour struggles offer for labour renewal internationally.
Notes for reading the Cuban reality
Julio Carranza argues that Cuban society is suffering from an economic and social crisis whose most severe phase began in 2020, and whose causes are manifold.
The rich and powerful hate Cuba because it does so much better than the US in caring for its own people, explains Don Fitz.
Trump’s kidnapping of Maduro: Meaning and consequences
Peter Rosset, Lia Pinheiro Barbosa and Edgardo Lander debate the meaning of Maduro’s kidnapping, how the left should judge the Bolivarian project, and how to show solidarity with Venezuela.
Trump’s actions against Iran, Venezuela and Cuba have few parallels in modern history. Steve Ellner argues they call for a reevaluation of analysis and strategy on the left.
‘Our oil’: Venezuela, Trump and the brutal logic of 21st century imperialism
Opposing US intervention is necessary, but doing so without analysing the limits of the Maduro regime risks reducing politics to reflexive allegiance, writes Sankha Subhra Biswas.
How can Venezuela recover its sovereignty?
Responding to Venezuelan leftist Luis Fernando Marquez, Chris Slee writes the left needs to be able to explain how US imperialism can be defeated.
Denis Ospino looks at the situation facing Venezuelan workers, the regime of “tutelage” imposed by Trump after January 3, the growing wave of trade union protests and the issue of anti-imperialist solidarity.
Despite his country’s critical situation, Silvio Rodríguez insists he has not succumbed to despair: “I am sure many Cubans would be willing to defend our country with weapons.”
