Cuba at the Crossroads – Cuba and the debate about Socialism of the 21st Century Cuba is reaching a turning point. Cuban professor Frank Solar points out the dangers and opportunities the Revolution is facing. See also in Spanish.
Cuba: "One day of the blockade is equal to 139 urban buses." The Cuban revolution has made many spectacular advances, but it faces serious problems. From the streets of Havana Darrall Cozens offers an eyewitness account of these successes, challenges, and the debates that are taking place in the island.
“Cuba: the only way out is to spread the revolution throughout Latin America” The Spanish Marxist journal, El Militante, recently interviewed Frank Josué Solar, a Cuban university lecturer and communist. As he says, “the only way out is the extension of the revolution throughout Latin America to create a socialist federation.”
“Che” - an icon? The life and ideas of Ernesto Guevara Ernesto (“Che”) Guevara was executed by Bolivian troops near the town of La Higuera on 9 October 1967, following an ambush. The operation was planned by the CIA and organized by US Special Forces. On the anniversary of his death it is appropriate that we make a balance sheet of this outstanding revolutionary and martyr. In this article, originally written on the 40th anniversary of Che's death, Alan Woods looks at the evolution of Che Guevara from his early days to the day he was killed.
Interview with Celia Hart: "How can you not be a Trotskyist in the Cuban Revolution!" During her stay in Buenos Aires at the end of June, El Militante Argentina interviewed the Cuban revolutionary Celia Hart. In this interview, Celia tells us about the role of Fidel in the Cuban revolution and the perspectives for Cuba, about the relevance of the ideas of Che and Leon Trotsky, and about the Venezuelan revolution and the tasks for Latin American revolutionaries.
Interview with Gerardo Hernandez, jailed by the US for fighting against terrorism In the first ever media interview given by any of the Cuban Five, BBC's Newshour's Claire Bolderson spoke to Gerardo Hernandez from his maximum security prison in Victorville, California. Audio and transcript.
Posada’s release exposes Washington’s hypocrisy The decision by the US authorities to release the terrorist Luis Posada Carriles exposes before the eyes of the world the hypocritical attitude of the United States government to terrorism.
Granma publishes Alan Woods' article on Iran On March 6th the official organ of the Central Committee of the Cuban Communist Party Granma published a translation of Alan Woods' article War Drums in Washington or Bush's Last stand.
Book by Celia Hart debuts in Havana Here we publish the English translation of the article Se presenta en la Havana libro de Celia Hart (28 March 2007).
An instructive book for today’s revolutionaries Here we publish the English translation of a recent article published in Granma after the Cuban edition of Bolshevism, the Road to Revolutionby Alan Woods was launched at the 2007 Havana Book Fair.
Wars and terrorism: symptom of the disaster of capitalism Here we publish the English translation of an article published last year in Granma after the Cuban edition of Reason in Revolt was launched at the Havana Book Fair with Alan Woods and Adan Chavez speaking.
Alan Woods presents his book Bolshevism: the road to revolution at 2007 Havana Book Fair In presenting his book on the history of the Bolshevik party, Alan Woods was able to set the record straight on what really happened in the Russian Revolution, in particular emphasising the role of Leon Trotsky. The fact that Trotsky’s books on sale at the stand of the Frederick Engels Foundation were sold, once again, is an indication that on the island there is a thirst for the genuine ideas of Marxism.
Alan Woods speaks at the University of Santiago de Cuba Following the spectacular success at the Havana Book Fair, where for the third year running, the Frederick Engels Foundation achieved record sales, Alan Woods went to Santiago de Cuba to address two very successful meetings at the Universidad de Oriente.
Keen interest in publications of the Frederick Engels Foundation at the Havana Book Fair The Frederick Engels Foundation is intervening at the Havana Book Fair for the third consecutive year. Again, the works of Trotsky are proving to be the main attraction, together with other Marxist works. So far two successful book presentations have been held by the Foundation.
Future of Cuba and Venezuela tied together It is clear that Castro is now very ill. The fact that he has not appeared in public for some time would seem to confirm this. The capitalists of the world are now looking eagerly to the post-Castro era where they hope to make deals with some sections of the Cuban state bureaucracy to introduce measures favourable to the return of capitalism. But the swing to the left in the whole of Latin America and especially in Venezuela is working against this.
