President Miguel Díaz-Canel’s speeches about Cuba’s economic and social reforms
Speeches by Cuba’s President Miguel Díaz-Canel about the economic and social reforms that have been announced.
International
The current attack on voting rights and the midterm elections
The growth of large metropolitan centres, especially in the South, has transformed the growing urban population – with more Black, Latino, Asian, progressive, and unionised voters. For the ruling class this poses a threat which requires a response – either diluting, or outright preventing these votes from being expressed.
Iran inflicts another defeat upon US imperialism
The signing of the Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) by Iran and the United States does not signify the end to US imperialism’s long-term assault upon the Islamic Republic.
We must now press the US to honour and implement the commitments made in the MOU.
World Cup 2026: Omar Artan, the visa bans, and the racism in the room
What surrounds the 2026 World Cup is a concentrated form of how the United States conducts itself more broadly. A state that stratifies entry to its territory by race and by geopolitical alignment has staged the world’s most international event, and has carried that stratification intact into the stadium.
Stop ReArm Europe – Protest Europe’s rearmament drive 14 June Brussels
Stop ReArm Europe – Campaigners from across Europe are gathering in Brussels on June 14 to oppose Europe’s accelerating militarisation and cuts to public services.
A base, not a gift: Israel’s recognition of Somaliland and the war for the Red Sea
Israel’s recognition of Somaliland was not a unilateral initiative or a diplomatic improvisation. The recognition was a military act. The peoples of the Horn of Africa are being drawn into a conflict whose objectives have nothing to do with their interests.