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Changing the paradigm: Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez speaks at the UN

Michael Laxer

Sep 23, 20219 min read

Changing the paradigm: Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez speaks at the UN

The full text of the Cuban President's tour-de-force speech to the United Nations, September 23, that touches on global inequality,...

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Michael Laxer

Sep 11, 20211 min read

Daily LIFT #533

Castro and Allende in conversation, June 1973 -- Daily LIFT #533

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Red Review #21: International Left and Labour News

Michael Laxer

Sep 4, 202112 min read

Red Review #21: International Left and Labour News

The twenty-first edition of our weekly review of international left and labour news with stories from Greece, Bolivia, Cuba, China, the...

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Michael Laxer

Sep 3, 20211 min read

Daily LIFT #529

One million Cubans in Havana participate in the "March of a Fighting People", May Day 1980 -- Daily LIFT #529

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"Our people have done nothing but break their chains!" - Fidel Castro Sept. 2, 1960

Michael Laxer

Sep 2, 20213 min read

"Our people have done nothing but break their chains!" - Fidel Castro Sept. 2, 1960

Today is the anniversary of the speech Fidel Castro gave before a crowd of one million people announcing the First Declaration of Havana...

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Red Review #20: International Left and Labour News

Michael Laxer

Aug 29, 202112 min read

Red Review #20: International Left and Labour News

The twentieth edition of our weekly review of international left and labour news with stories from Peru, the USA, Bolivia, the UK, Canada...

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Michael Laxer

Aug 25, 20211 min read

Cuba-Vietnam solidarity reaffirmed

The two socialist nations reaffirmed their "unshakable solidarity and the spirit of mutual assistance" on Monday with Cuba pledging to...

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Taliban take Kabul: Red Review #19 -- International Left and Labour News

Michael Laxer

Aug 21, 202112 min read

Taliban take Kabul: Red Review #19 -- International Left and Labour News

The nineteenth edition of our weekly review of international left and labour news with stories from the UK, Venezuela, Cuba, Canada and...

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Red Review #18 -- International Left and Labour News

Michael Laxer

Aug 15, 20219 min read

Red Review #18 -- International Left and Labour News

The eighteenth edition of our weekly review of international left and labour news with stories from Ecuador, Zambia, Venezuela, Peru,...

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Red Review #17 -- International Left and Labour News

Michael Laxer

Aug 8, 20216 min read

Red Review #17 -- International Left and Labour News

The seventeenth edition of our weekly review of international left and labour news with stories from Cuba, Kenya, South Africa, Venezuela...

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Michael Laxer

Aug 4, 20211 min read

Solidarity with revolutionary Cuba!

Today, the Latin American peoples are showing by their struggle that the American continent is not a preserve of the U.S.A. Latin America...

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Castillo inaugurated: Red Review #16 -- International Left and Labour News

Michael Laxer

Aug 1, 20218 min read

Castillo inaugurated: Red Review #16 -- International Left and Labour News

The sixteenth edition of our weekly review of international left and labour news with stories from Peru, Cuba, the US, Canada, the UK and...

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Solidarity shipments, OAS meeting cancelled, KKE condemns joint imperialist statement: Cuba updates

Michael Laxer

Jul 29, 20212 min read

Solidarity shipments, OAS meeting cancelled, KKE condemns joint imperialist statement: Cuba updates

Cubans rally in defense of the Revolution, July 17 Havana With Joe Biden not backing away from Donald Trump's increased sanctions against...

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Castillo victorious: Red Review #15 -- International Left and Labour News

Michael Laxer

Jul 24, 20218 min read

Castillo victorious: Red Review #15 -- International Left and Labour News

The fifteenth edition of our weekly review of international left and labour news with stories from Peru, Cuba, Ukraine, Canada, the UK...

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Michael Laxer

Jul 22, 20211 min read

Daily #499

Raul and Che, c. 1960 -- Daily LIFT #499

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UK union Unite condemns "inhumane blockade imposed by the United States on Cuba"

Michael Laxer

Jul 21, 20212 min read

UK union Unite condemns "inhumane blockade imposed by the United States on Cuba"

Cubans at a mass rally in defense of the Revolution and against the blockade, Havana July 17 -- image via Twitter One of the UK's leading...

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Michael Laxer

Jul 20, 20211 min read

Daily LIFT #498

Ed Sullivan interviews Fidel Castro, January 11, 1959 -- Daily LIFT #498 Sullivan flew down to Cuba to interview Castro a mere ten days...

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Michael Laxer

Jul 19, 20212 min read

Daily LIFT #497

Fidel Castro addresses the United Nations, 1979 -- Daily LIFT #497 Mr. President, distinguished representatives, there is often talk of...

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Cuba defends the Revolution: Red Review #14 -- International Left and Labour News

Michael Laxer

Jul 17, 20218 min read

Cuba defends the Revolution: Red Review #14 -- International Left and Labour News

The fourteenth edition of our weekly review of international left and labour news with a special section this week on international...

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Michael Laxer

Jul 14, 20216 min read

Hands off socialist Cuba!

"It is our duty, as it is the duty of all democratic and left forces, to rally to the Cuban people, to rally to the Cuban Revolution." --...

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