US imperialism

Cuba’s future need not be reduced to a choice between bureaucratic centralization and private capital accumulation, writes Isaac Saney.

The Autonomous and Independent Workers’ Committee reveal the extent of the tragedy triggered by Venezuela’s double earthquake, amid US military aggression, tutelage and financial restrictions.

An interview with three Cuban economists — Juan Triana, Omar Everleny, and Julio Carranza — on the approved package of 176 economic measures in Cuba and the key priorities for overcoming the crisis.

When life for the people becomes so difficult, the primary duty is not to explain the crisis better, but to change whatever needs to be changed, contends Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez.

The US economic war on Cuba makes reform riskier, yet this pressure has ultimately propelled a transformation that had been continuously postponed, writes La Joven Cuba.

With Cuba under attack from the US empire, major powers that present themselves as defenders of a multipolar world have confined themselves to declarations of solidarity, writes Eric Toussaint.

Partido Lakas ng Masa challenge Akbayan’s Perci Cendaña’s statement lauding national defence secretary Gibo Teodoro as a defender of Philippine sovereignty and respond to attacks by an Akbayan supporter.

Realignments since January 3 have served to strengthen US control over Venezuela, but the conditions for recolonization were set in place years before, contends Luís Bonilla-Molina.

Statements opposing US indictment of Raúl Castro by Socialist Alliance (Australia), Socialist Party of Malaysia and Partido Lakas ng Masa (PLM, Party of the Labouring Masses, the Philippines).

Originally conceived as a strategy for regime change — which has failed — the sanctions policy has successfully mutated into a form of collective punishment, writes La Joven Cuba editorial board.

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.

Elías Jaua explains Trump’s plan for Venezuela, and how the people have responded. Jaua also discusses the Maduro government, the United Socialist Party of Venezuela, the communes and solidarity with Venezuela.