The demonstrations in Cuba present a strategic challenge for the left, especially the Latin American left. The defense of Cuba against imperialism is a question of principles. The project of overturning the Cuban government is counterrevolutionary. The restoration of capitalism would be brutal, Cuba would be recolonized and transformed, in practice, into a U.S. protectorate, like Puerto Rico.
To Chi-kuen and Promise Li: “We just had the heart to fight the boss,” a Hong Kong leftist’s story
Interviewer’s note: Hong Kong’s protest movement has seen a major setback with the introduction of the National Security Laws in July. In this atmosphere, continuing to archive, analyze, and humanize the political choices protestors made […]
Claudia Korol: All power to the peoples of Bolivia
The triumph of the Bolivian people against the coup leaders and the right wing in the October 18 elections, the strength of the results, and the possibility of deepening a process of […]
Omar Vázquez Heredia: Situation disgraceful for all in Venezuela
As of May 18, Venezuela is reporting 541 coronavirus infections and 10 Covid-19 deaths. This number is low by international standards for the time being, but multiple economic, social, and political factors […]
Eric Toussaint: Suspend public debt payments to fight Covid-19
The territorial spread of the coronavirus pandemic has resulted in a global health crisis which has created a completely new situation. The human suffering caused by the spread of the virus is […]
Lai Brown: Collective Action against Covid-19 in Nigeria
As of April 8, Nigeria reports 254 coronavirus infections and 6 Covid-19 deaths. However, like many low-income, high-poverty countries whose governments focus more on repression than public health, once the virus gets […]
Marea Socialista: Trump threatens Venezuela under cover of coronavirus
Although Venezuela is only reporting 153 coronavirus infections and seven Covid-19 deaths as of April 4, that is likely a radical underestimation of the contagion’s spread. Venezuela’s healthcare system has been pushed […]
Patrick Bond: Covid-19 attacks the down-and-out in ultra-unequal South Africa
South Africa has the highest number of coronavirus infections in Africa, topping 1200 as of March 30, including the second Covid-19 fatality. More than twenty-five years after the ANC’s triumph and Nelson […]
Joshua Santos and Herido Corazon: quarantines and human rights, Covid-19 in the Philippines
Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte introduced aggressive measures two weeks ago in the face of spreading coronavirus infections, describing the outbreak as “the fight of our lives.” Yet confirmed cases have risen from […]
ROAPE: Out of Control — Crisis, Covid-19 and Capitalism in Africa
Activists and researchers from across Africa speak about the impact of Covid-19 on their countries. Writing from Kenya, South Africa, Burkina Faso and Nigeria and Zimbabwe, Femi Aborisade, Heike Becker, Didier Kiendrebeogo, Gacheke […]