By Marta Harnecker Translated by Federico Fuentes Links International Journal of Socialist Renewal Dear Fidel, I do not want to talk about you but rather talk to you, because you are still here among us and will be forever. I apologize for referring informally to you, but I feel so close to you that I…
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Popular Democratic Power is the Way to Challenge Inequality
Thapelo Mohapi Abahlali baseMjondolo Oslo, Norway Fighting Inequality – Talks on How to Change the World Greeting to all. I am Thapelo Mohapi the current elected General Secretary of the movement Abahlali baseMjondolo. I would like to begin by thanking our friends at Norwegian People’s Aid for the invitation to participate in this discussion. Abahlali…
Umkhonto We Sizwe (MK): How the Armed Struggle Succeeded
An address delivered at the University of Witwatersrand on November 25, 2016 on the topic of The politics of armed struggle in Southern Africa. By Ronnie Kasrils. The turn to armed struggle in Southern Africa The people’s patience is not endless. The time comes in the life of any nation when there remain only two…
Theodore Shackley: A Life in the CIA
By Hugo Turner *With Special Thanks to Douglas Valentine Libya 360° | Internationalist News Agency Theodore Shackley is one of the most infamous figures in the history of the CIA. His career in the CIA involved him in many of their most notorious operations. He recruited Nazis and traitors to spy on the Soviet Union…
Fidel’s Enduring Lesson is that, Yes, it is Possible
Remarks by Army General Raúl Castro Ruz, First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba Central Committee, and President of the Councils of State and Ministers, during the political posthumous tribute to Comandante en Jefe of the Cuban Revolution, Fidel Castro Ruz, in Santiago de Cuba’s Plaza Mayor General Antonio Maceo Grajales, December 3, 2016,…
Hasta Siempre Comandante Fidel
By Dr Francisco Dominguez While some of the mainstream media are unsuccessfully seeking to tarnish Castro’s image, thousands upon thousands of messages are pouring into Cuba from literally all over the world to pay homage to him. The fact of the matter is that, after a long and grave illness back in 2007 when he…
Joao Pedro Stedile at the ALBA Movements Assembly in Colombia
Carlos Aznárez Last Thursday, in the framework of the II Continental Assembly of Social Movements Towards the ALBA, the first panel of speakers was led by the representative of the Landless Rural Workers’ Movement (MST) of Brazil, João Pedro Stedile, who offered a master class titled “Political juncture: neoliberalism, neodevelopmentalism and socialism in our continent”….
Combating the Misrepresentation of Fidel Castro in Imperialist Narratives of the Cuban Revolution
By Ramona Wadi “The resentment of imperialism is so profound, its hatred of our revolution so great, that the imperialists refuse to resign themselves.” Uttered by Fidel Castro during a speech in 1961, the statement generates a particular relevance in relation to the dissemination of contrasting narratives regarding Fidel and the Cuban Revolution. In the…
Haiti: It’s Time to Stop Seeing Elections as a Panacea
By Henry Boisrolin Translated by Sara DeLorenzo They always recommend that before making any sort of judgment or taking a political stand regarding the situation of a people, one makes a deep analysis of the causes that led to that situation. And today, in a generalized situation of political and humanitarian crisis, it’s extremely important…
Unity is the Highest Tribute to the Legacy of Fidel
It was with deep sorrow and regret that the Cuban people learned of the passing of Comandante en Jefe Fidel Castro Ruz. Granma shares some reactions to the news. Author: Granma | informacion@granma.cu It was with deep sorrow and regret that the Cuban people learned of the passing of Comandante en Jefe Fidel Castro Ruz….
When Afghanistan Called Fidel and Cuba Answered
Fraidoon Amel One of the lesser known facts of 20th-century world history is Cuba’s military help in Afghanistan during the critical years of the Saur Revolution of 1978. One of the most striking world historical beacons in the 20th century is revolutionary Cuba’s meaningful, spartan, and heroic internationalism. While Cuba’s internationalist solidarity still exists in…
Salute to a Great Freedom Fighter: The Indomitable Spirit of Fidel Castro will Live Forever
Gerald A. Perreira, on behalf of Organization for the Victory of the People, Guyana, South America Internationalist 360° Fidel Castro can never die. Today he departed the physical plane but he will live on forever. His intellectual prowess and wisdom were extraordinary among mortals. His legacy and influence is global and monumental. This humble man,…
Fidel: A Global Revolutionary
No one can look back over 20th and 21st century history, without studying the work and ideas of this Cuban who wrote a small Caribbean island into the pages of “true global history,” as told by the people. Author: Sergio Alejandro Gómez | informacion@granma.cu You can learn as much about a man from his critics…
Evo Morales: Fidel Castro Was a Master of Principles and Values
La Paz, Nov 26 (Prensa Latina) Cuban Commander Fidel Castro was a master of principles and values, a protector of the people, a guide in the struggle against imperial domination, and he taught us how to face hegemonic forces, Bolivian President Evo Morales said on Saturday. After a minute of silence to honor Fidel Castro,…
Black America and the Passing of Fidel Castro
By Bill Fletcher, Jr. For many of us in “Black America,” Fidel represented the audacity that we have desired and sought in the face of imperial and racial arrogance. It is impossible to discuss Fidel Castro outside of an examination of the Cuban Revolution. And, while I hear that there are many Cuban Americans dancing…
Honors to Fidel, Fiery Prophet of the Dawn
Let’s go, you ardent prophet of dawn, to build the new world that you dreamed of, spreading humanity among the poor of the earth and sowing solidarity, peace and respect between people in the hearts of all of us. – Che One of the world’s most beloved and emblematic leaders, the main protagonist of the…
Comandante Fidel: Combatant to the End
By Dr. Helen Yaffe Fidel’s genius was his ability to meet the need for tactical steps, responding to the day’s urgencies, without losing sight of the strategic direction. It could have been the armed struggle, terrorism, assassination or the serious illness which, at his own admission, nearly killed him in 2006; but in the end Fidel…
Fidel: Hasta Siempre, Comandante
¡Hasta la victoria siempre! A las 10:29 de este viernes 25 de noviembre de 2016 murió el Comandante en Jefe, Fidel Castro. La noticia la confirmó Raúl en una alocución en la emisión de cierre del Noticiero Nacional de Televisión, que reproducimos para nuestros lectores: Querido pueblo de Cuba: Con profundo dolor comparezco para informar…
Omali Yeshitela on the Need to Dismantle Imperialism and White Power
Chairman Omali Addresses the African Nation on U.S. election of Trump
Demand for Reparations to the Caribbean for Genocide of Native People and Slavery
Colonialism Reparation supports the request for reparations of the members of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) for the genocide of the native people and the slavery and calls on the former colonizers (United Kingdom, France, Netherlands, etc. ) to apologize and pay reparations for the colonial period.From April 2016 it began a series of Reparations relays…
On Actually Existing Fascism and the Hypocrisy of the Left
Dolores Vek With the election of Donald Trump, we’re being told that now is the time to fear fascism in America. What is this nightmare-vision of a fascist America supposed to look like? This alternate-reality USA, under the uniquely vicious reign of the Trump regime, is one in which minorities have to fear for their lives….
Food Crisis: Weaving a Web of Peoples’ Resistance to Corporate Capture of Agriculture
Leonida Odongo La Via Campesina Multinational corporations that are directly responsible for the destruction of food systems in Africa and globally are now purporting to provide innovative approaches to addressing the crisis – the so-called “green revolution.” Absent from these discussions are the voices of smallholder farmers who in reality feed the world. But these…
Decolonisation of Higher Education: Dismantling Epistemic Violence and Eurocentrism in South Africa
By Savo Heleta A decolonised curriculum will not neglect other knowledge systems. Universities still have to develop graduates knowledgeable about the world and all its complexity. However, the education must be free from Western epistemological domination, Eurocentrism, epistemic violence and worldviews that were designed to degrade, exploit and subjugate Africans and other formerly colonised peoples. South…
Occupation of Indigenous Land: Accumulation by Dispossession
BY KELLY ROSE PFLUG-BACK,ENA͞EMAEHKIW KESĪQNAEH Illustration by Lianne Charlie | November/December 2016 issue of Briarpatch Magazine Maehkaenah-Menaehsaeh (Turtle Island) has sustained people and other living things from time immemorial. Complex and interconnected systems of life make up its forests, rivers, lakes, prairies, and tundra. Beneath the ground, millions of years of intricate geological processes have…
Eritrea: Deconstructing the Commission of Inquiry’s Report
By Sophia Tesfamariam Sheila Keetharuth, the UN Special Rapporteur on Eritrea, has engaged in activities that constitute a flagrant abuse of her mandate and continues to act with blatant violation of the principles of impartiality, non-selectivity and objectivity that govern the work of Special Rapporteurs, thus breaching the equality principles of the Charter of the…
Election Aftermath: Racism, Poverty, Environmental Destruction and War
teleSUR reached out to several young activists around the U.S. to hear their views on why elections don’t really change things. The U.S. elections have left millions out of the equation. Many people, especially young people, vow to continue organizing after Nov. 8 and refuse to settle for the antics of the 2016 presidential campaign….
The Idea and Praxis of Participatory Democracy in Cuba
People’s Power is a governmental system in which the grassroots are represented by their municipal delegate, an irreplaceable figure in the process of voicing the ideas and demands of the people. Lauren Céspedes Hernández | informacion@granma.cu On the occasion of the 40th anniversary of the creation of the Provincial Assemblies of People’s Power, formal ceremonies…
Abu Zaid’s Struggle is Stronger Than Any Talk
The following is a translation of a critically important article published a short while ago. (أبو زيد كفاح أبلغ من الكلام) I am deeply grateful to the translator who made this document available in English. Not only is this a tribute to Dr. Dorda, it is a damning indictment of the crimes of NATO, the…
Black Snake Destruction Report
The Dakota Access Pipeline Project is continuing work every single day at an accelerated speed. We need Water Protectors to come to Standing Rock and physically support this resistance now. Red Warrior Camp Via El Enemigo Común Note: This report is a synthesis of information obtained from DAPL’s official status reports and on the ground…
The World Opposes the US Blockade of Cuba
Statements Made by Member Nations on the Sanctions Against Cuba at the Seventy-first Session, 32nd & 33rd Meetings (AM & PM) General Assembly Plenary For the first time not a single country voted against the resolution to end the genocidal policy imposed on Cuba by the U.S. government. The result of the vote – 191…
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