Sri Lanka: Crimes against humanity with the West’s complicity
By Ron RidenourMay 25, 2012 – Links International Journal of Socialist Renewal -- The US-UK axis is quite adroit at launching aggressive wars against governments and peoples who do not buckle under....
View ArticleEyewitness Cuba: March Against Homophobia celebrates new outlook
Dancing at March Against Homophobia, Cienfuegos, Cuba, May 17, 2012. Photo by Don Fitz. [See also "Rainbow Cuba: the sexual revolution within the revolution".]By Don Fitz and Jacquelyn Omotalade,...
View ArticleSystem or siege? Samuel Farber misses the main cause of Cuba's problems
Cuba since the revolution of 1959: a critical assessmentBy Samuel FarberHaymarket Books, Chicago, 2011Review by Chris SleeJune 13, 2012 – Links International Journal of Socialist Renewal -- Samuel...
View ArticleDebate: Cuba has a state bureaucratic *system* – a response to Chris Slee
This article is a reply to "System or siege? Samuel Farber misses the main cause of Cuba's problems", Chris Slee's review of Samuel Farber's Cuba Since The Revolution of 1959: A Critical Assessment...
View ArticleWashington and the Cuban Revolution: Ballad of a never-ending policy – the...
Passengers prepare to board a flight to Cuba from Fort Lauderdale."Ever-growing numbers, at or near majority levels, of Cuban-Americans favour normal relations with Cuba and an end to economic and...
View ArticleCuba: `Our task is to oppose imperialist threats, to create the best...
In an invasion approved by US President John F. Kennedy, on April 17, 1961, 1300 Cuban counter-revolutionaries, armed with US weapons, landed at the Bahia de Cochinos (Bay of Pigs). They hoped to cross...
View ArticleJohn Riddell on the US SWP: Part 1, SWP attempts an outward turn (1976–83)
In 1976, the campaign of SWP presidential candidate Peter Camejo won unprecedentedly wide support from left currents.The Party, The Socialist Workers Party 1960-1988, Volume I: The Sixties, a Political...
View ArticleJohn Riddell on the US SWP: Part 2, causes of a socialist collapse (1976–83)
The Party, The Socialist Workers Party 1960-1988, Volume I: The Sixties, a Political Memoir by Barry Sheppard, Resistance Books (Sydney), 2005, 354 pages.The Party, The Socialist Workers Party...
View ArticleForo Social Latinamericano, July 2012 issue: Segundo Golpe de Estado...
July 11, 2012 -- Links International Journal of Socialist Renewal -- Providing facts and analysis, and publicising and organising Latin America solidarity activities in Australia, Green Left Weekly and...
View ArticleCuba's coming co-operative economy?
Havana billboard: “We are working – and you?”By Marcelo VietaJuly 18, 2012 -- The Bullet-- In 2011, I made two trips to Cuba to study the new co-operatives. In June I was kindly invited by Camila...
View ArticleWashington and the Cuban Revolution: Ballad of a never-ending policy --...
[This is the second in a series of articles by Ike Nahem. The first can be found HERE. For more articles on Cuba, click HERE.]By Ike NahemJuly 22, 2012 – Links international Journal of Socialist...
View ArticleThe debate about the nature of the former Soviet Union: Who was right?
Moscow 2008. [For more discussion on the nature of the Soviet Union click HERE. See also the related discussion on Stalinism HERE.] By Chris SleeJuly 30, 2012 – Links International Journal of Socialist...
View ArticleCuba's internationalism: 11,000 doctors graduate; 5315 Cuban and 5694 from 59...
By José A. de la Osa, HavanaJuly 19, 2012 -- Granma.cu -- This July, 11,000 students are to receive their degrees as doctors of medicine; 5315 Cubans and 5694 students from 59 other countries, the...
View Article`Foro Social Latinamericano', Green Left Weekly's Spanish-language...
September 9, 2012 -- Links International Journal of Socialist Renewal -- Providing facts and analysis, and publicising and organising Latin America solidarity activities in Australia, Green Left Weekly...
View ArticleReport to the UN: Cuba and the world versus the US blockade, 2012
September 21, 2012 -- Links International Journal of Socialist Renewal -- For 21 consecutive times a resolution titled “The necessity of ending the financial and commercial embargo imposed by the...
View ArticleAustralia: Cuba's literacy program a success for Aboriginal community (+...
Jose Chala Leblanch In Wilcannia, with his local footy jumper. Photo shared by Jose Chala Leblanch.See also "Los! Hau Bele! -- `Yo! Si Puedo' comes to Timor Leste: Cuba assists the eradication of...
View ArticleCuba: The legacy of the October 1962 Missile Crisis
By Ike Nahem[This is the third in a series of articles by Ike Nahem. The first can be found HERE and the second HERE. For more articles on Cuba, click HERE.]October 22, 2012 – Links International...
View ArticleSri Lanka to be 'tried' for genocide against Tamils
By Ron RidenourNovember 11, 2012 -- Links International Journal of Socialist Renewal -- An unprecedented move by internationalists and activists for human rights and justice, one that could inspire...
View ArticleWhy is Cuba’s health-care system the best model for poor countries?
Cuba-trained medical student examines Peruvian child, Lima, Peru, December 2010. Photo by Don Fitz. [Read more about Cuba's health-care system and its international health-care solidarity HERE.]By Don...
View ArticleSalvador Allende, Cuba and internationalism, 1970–73
Fidel Castro with Chile's President Salvador Allende upon his arrival at Pudahuel Airport in Santiago on November 10, 1971. [For more articles by John Riddell, click HERE.]By John Riddell January 6,...
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