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Fidel and Billy Dean Smith

It was Sept. 28, 1972. Angela Davis and Fidel Castro were speaking at a mass meeting in Havana. Davis, recently…

December 10, 2016

Para Fidel: Fidel Castro-Ruz (1926-2016): VIVA FIDEL!

Fidel Castro, father of the 1959 Cuban Revolution, has died, after 90 years of a life of rebellion and resistance.…

December 10, 2016

Black Lives Matter: Lessons from Fidel

We are feeling many things as we awaken to a world without Fidel Castro. There is an overwhelming sense of…

December 10, 2016

ICC says it may investigate U.S. crimes in Afghanistan

A Nov. 14 article in the New York Times suggests that the Netherlands-based International Criminal Court may investigate the United…

December 8, 2016

A communist in the U.S. remembers FIDEL

In the third week of June 2000, I traveled to Havana, Cuba, as part of a U.S. delegation to participate…

December 7, 2016

War against Syria defines today’s imperialism

The war against Syria is not just another imperialist adventure. It is not just some pirate ships leaving the port…

December 7, 2016

S. Korea swept by massive protests

Dec. 5 -- The downfall of the regime in south Korea seems imminent. For the sixth Saturday in a row,…

December 6, 2016

Syria and the Trump administration

Excerpted from a talk by Sara Flounders, co-coordinator of the Hands Off Syria Coalition, to a Dec. 2 coalition meeting…

December 6, 2016

Fidel’s enduring lesson: Yes, revolution is possible

Cuba’s nine-day, islandwide farewell to Fidel Castro ended Dec. 4 in Santiago de Cuba on the island’s southwest tip. The…

December 6, 2016

Haitians protest election shenanigans

The Haitian presidential election was held on Nov. 20 in such a serene fashion that the country’s ruling class, with…

December 4, 2016