The nations of Latin America and the Caribbean unite in boycott of Biden’s Summit of the Americas
Leaders of over a dozen countries in the region have condemned the exclusion of Cuba, Nicaragua, and Venezuela from the Summit
“Revolution is a never ending song”: Gabriela Silva on drawing inspiration from the Cuban Revolution
Gabriela Silva, a young Brazilian-American organizer, reflects on her experience participating in a youth brigade to Cuba
After Cuba, US moves to ease energy sanctions on Venezuela
A day after easing restrictions on family remittances and travel to Cuba, the Biden administration announced the reversal of some energy sanctions on Venezuela. This comes amid widespread rejection of the exclusion of Cuba, Nicaragua, and Venezuela from the Summit of the Americas
Massacre in Buffalo exposes rotten core of white supremacy in US
After a white supremacist shooter murdered 10 Black people in Buffalo, many have pointed to the institutionalized racism behind the attack
Cuba describes easing of US sanctions as “a limited step in the right direction”
US President Joe Biden has finally announced the easing of some of the 243 sanctions imposed on Cuba by former President Trump
NLRB files sweeping complaint against Starbucks for union-busting
Starbucks workers fighting for a nationwide union have won a major victory after the US government agency sided with workers against the company
US Political prisoner Sundiata Acoli granted parole after 49 years
Sundiata, a Black revolutionary activist, politically persecuted by the US government before being incarcerated on false charges, is now finally to be released
In the wake of mass abortion rights protests across the US, the powerful start to react
US government figures have rushed to the defense of the political system after the leak of the draft decision set to overturn Roe v. Wade
“We are trying to transform society”: a socialist perspective on the abortion rights struggle
Karina Garcia, a socialist feminist activist, spoke to Peoples Dispatch in the wake of the Roe v. Wade draft decision
Abortion rights under attack in the United States
Roe v Wade is the only federal protection for abortion rights for women across the United States. Without it, millions of women in conservative states would be at the mercy of right-wing politicians who have expressed a desire to eliminate abortion altogether.
US Supreme Court set to eradicate abortion rights
A leaked draft decision by Justice Samuel Alito attacks the Roe v. Wade decision of 1973, the only federal protection for abortion rights in the country
Execution postponed for wrongfully convicted Texas mother
Across the United States, public figures and everyday people came together in support of Melissa Lucio, sentenced to death without evidence
- Ambulance drivers and nurses strike in Croatia
- IRGC colonel assassinated in Tehran, Iran vows revenge
- Iraqi leftist poet Muthaffar al-Nawab dies aged 88
- First commercial flight in last six years takes off from Yemen’s Sanaa airport
- Cuba describes easing of US sanctions as “a limited step in the right direction”
