Marjorie Cohn reports on the Biden administration’s loyalty to Trump’s policy of maximum economic pressure on Cuba.
Cuba Calls Biden’s Blockade the Most Punishing
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An Achievable Necessity
“It is easier to imagine the end of the earth than to imagine the end of capitalism.” Vijay Prashad reflects on the work of the Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research in developing a necessary worldview.
Varoufakis: How to End ‘Global Empire of Capital’
In the face of climate catastrophe and a rising risk of nuclear war, Greece’s former finance minister says the global ruling class are “doing their best to push humanity over both cliffs at once.”
Near-Unanimous UN Call to End Cuba Blockade
Thursday’s vote was 185-2. The only two “no” votes were those of the United States and Israel, with Ukraine and Brazil abstaining.
The Last Thing Haiti Needs Is Another Military Intervention
Waves of invasions have prevented the country from securing its sovereignty and have prevented its people from building dignified lives, writes Vijay Prashad.
Without Culture, Freedom is Impossible
Vijay Prashad writes of the need for cultures that offer an emancipation from the flashy world of unaffordable commodities.
US Watches as Cuban Fire Rages
The Biden administration is not offering meaningful assistance to contain a potential ecological disaster 90 miles from the U.S. coastline, write Natasha Lycia Ora Bannan and Medea Benjamin.
A Pan-Africa Response to the ‘New’ Imperialism
The continent’s political liberation and economic emancipation can’t be one-country affairs, but pan-African combined with international solidarity, writes P. Anyang’ Nyong’o.
Pressure on Biden to Remove Cuba From Terror List
If anything, it is Cuba that has been the victim of international terrorism emanating mainly from the U.S., write Medea Benjamin and Natasha Lycia Ora Bannan.
The Failure of Sanctions
Humberto Márquez says a visible demonstration of sanctions’ ineffectiveness are the imported products sold in hundreds of stores in Caracas and other cities and towns in Venezuela.