Black Labor from Chattel Slavery to Wage Slavery

Sam Marcy Black August commemorates the Aug. 7, 1970, raid on the Marin County Courthouse led by young revolutionary Jonathan Jackson, and the Aug. 21, 1971, assassination of Black Panther prison organizer George Jackson at San Quentin Prison. Every year, revolutionaries use this month to uplift the Black liberation struggle, especially the cause of political prisoners. …

‘The Politic of Blood’: Political Repression in South Africa

Kerry Ryan ChanceAn Anti-Eviction Campaign activist gazes at the construction site of the Delft transit camp, a ‘temporary relocation area’ for people evicted from shacks closer to the city. March 2009. Political Repression in South Africa In his famous speech from the dock in April 1964, Nelson Mandela spoke of ‘revolutionary democracy’ rooted in precolonial…

State Terrorism in Chile Against the Mapuche

Florencia Lagos Neumann Chile is one of the countries with the highest number of infected people in the region: 2,000 daily, and the world leader in the number of infections per million inhabitants. In response the government resorts to the old strategy of diverting attention to another conflict by applying the shock doctrine. In this…

The Mapuche People are a Target Where All the Bullets of the States are Fired

We talked to Moira Millán about the serious situation brought about by the viral outbreak, but not only because it is a contagious disease suffered on a global scale, but also because the action of the powerful, whether it is the big mining companies that destroy the land or the serial deforestation that abounds in…

Cuba’s Medical Brigades in Africa Embody a Long Tradition of Solidarity

Pan Africanism Today Secretariat The Cuban medical contingent in Cape Verde. Photo: Cuba News The coronavirus pandemic has revealed the interdependence of nations, with its global spread triggering a Great Lockdown of life as we know it. As front line workers stepped up to wrestle with this lethal virus, Cuba’s deployment of hundreds of medical…

Berta Cáceres in Her Own Words

Asís Castellanos and Adrienne Pine Berta Cáceres, photo provided by Silvio Carrillo and used with permission of COPINH. Much of what has been written about Lenca/Honduran activist Berta Cáceres has focused on her identifications as an Indigenous woman and as an environmentalist. While neither is false, those two facts alone paint an anemic picture of…

Violent Attacks on Shack Dwellers Continue in South Africa

Peoples Dispatch The eKhanana Occupation in Cato Manor was attacked by the Metro Police, the Anti-Land Invasion Unit and Calvin & Family Security. They destroyed 13 homes, seriously injured thee people and stole building materials, money and cellphones. Photo: Abahlali baseMjondolo Two shack dwellers have been hospitalized after the South African police, along with a…

The Henry Reeve Brigades and the Fruits of Revolution

The COVID-19 global pandemic is a historic event. And the reactions to this event show the true character of a nation and its social, political, and economic systems. Nowhere is this more apparent than in Cuba, whose renowned Henry Reeve International Brigades, with their health solidarity missions in 70 countries, have inspired a campaign to…

Cuban People on Battle Footing, Challenging All Walls

Leidys Maria Labrador Herrera Here is the people of a thousand battles, the people of a blazing history, the tireless defender of justice and truth. Here we are, not battered, not subjugated, not tired. Scars, yes, there will always be scars, because to conquer rights you must face the bullets, and your skin suffers, and…

Cuban Medical Internationalism Has Been a Core Component of the Revolution

Alejandro Pedregal and Don Fitz A delegation of Cuban doctors arrives in Angola on April 10 to help the African country fight the Covid-19 pandemic. Photographer: Ampe Rogerio/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock Don Fitz has taught Environmental Psychology in multiple universities around the US, especially in the St. Louis area, Missouri, where he lives and was the candidate for…

In Commune: The Panal 2021 Commune (Part 2)

Katrina Kozarek Outside of Venezuela, communes are a little known aspect of the Bolivarian Revolution, yet the development of the communal state is integral to the vision of 21st century socialism laid out by former President Hugo Chavez. In this series, In Commune, Venezuelanalysis will explore different experiences of rural and urban communes to help…

Cuba and the Complex Relationship Between the Individual and the Collective

Karima Oliva Bello El Carro de la Revolución, by painter and engraver Alfredo Sosabravo, portrays the history of the Cuban people on the road to independence and sovereignty. Photo: Abel Rojas Just recently, the 59th anniversary of Fidel’s quintessential words to Cuban intellectuals was commemorated. One passage in the speech is particularly noteworthy. Fidel said,…