The Guardian • Cuba
Success of Cuba’s fight against Coronavirus
On the 1st of January, 2021, Cuban revolution completed 62 years.
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Issue #1957
Gilda Chacón
“The physical disappearance of our dear colleague Gilda Chacón Bravo constitutes a sensitive loss for the Cuban and International Trade Union Movement.”
Read moreXi to walk together with Cuba to build socialism, be exemplars of coordination
Chinese President Xi Jinping said Monday that China is willing to walk together with Cuba in building socialism and be good partners in pursuing common development, in a phone conversation with Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel.
Read moreRaúl Castro passes baton to next generation
Former Cuban President Raúl Castro retired from his last major public office this weekend ...
Read moreNo crime lasts a hundred years
Twitter’s news feed did not stop. Facebook played live videos, one after another.
Read moreEye-witness account of US attempts to destabilise Cuba
Approximately two weeks after Father’s Day, the COVID-19 Delta variant began to take hold, particularly in the province of Matanzas.
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Issue #1978
Don’t believe all that you hear — here’s what’s really going on in Cuba
The emails kept coming in … from farmers and students and chefs and academics whom I’d taken to that tiny island country over the past two decades to learn about her leadership in sustainable agriculture, cooperatives, and growing food in cities
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Issue #2032
22nd International Meeting of Communist and Workers’ Parties
“Solidarity with Cuba and all the struggling peoples. United, we are stronger in the anti-imperialist struggle, together with social and popular movements, in the face...
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Issue #2003
With inexhaustible patriotic love and creative impulse
We do not say it, history does: when the Cuban people, making use of their will and their fortitude, undertake a goal, they do not...
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Issue #2031
22nd International Meeting of Communist and Workers Parties met in Havana
The 22nd International Meeting of Communist and Workers Parties (IMCWP) met in Havana on 27th-29th October 2022 hosted by the Communist Party of Cuba (CPC)....
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Issue #2032
Plan of Action of the 22nd International Meeting of Communist and Workers’ Parties
The 22nd International Meeting of Communist and Workers’ Parties (IMCWP) held on October 27-29, 2022 in Havana, Cuba defined the following main guidelines and actions...
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Issue #1980
Ramifications of the US blockade on Cuba – international socialism
From its inception in 1962, the embargo against Cuba has remained the most comprehensive US economic sanctions regime against any country in the world.
Read moreA star on the chests of 13 tireless Cubans
The honorary title of Hero of Labor of the Republic of Cuba and other decorations were placed on the chests of men and women who have devoted their lives to the homeland.
Read moreThe US’ unilateral coercive policies and the truth about Venezuela
Washington’s aggression against Cuba, Venezuela, Iran and other countries is a flagrant violation of human rights.
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Issue #2022
Cuba’s day of liberation celebrated in Sydney
On 26th July 26 1959 an armed force led by Fidel Castro stormed the Moncada Barracks in Cuba, leading to the liberation of the Cuban...
Read moreCuba is not alone
The Communist Party of Australia recently sent a diplomatic delegation to Canberra.
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Issue #1974
Commemoration of Moncada Barracks for Cuba held in Brisbane
On the 26th of July, the Brisbane Branch of the Australia-Cuba Friendship Society held a public commemoration of the 68th anniversary of the Moncada Barracks attack.
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Issue #2032
Lessons from the Cuban Missile Crisis Sixty Years
Sixty years ago during the Cold War the world came close to a nuclear war between the two superpowers of the day, the Soviet Union...
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Issue #1998
Resolutions of the 14th Congress of the CPA
RESOLUTION ON THE SITUATION IN UKRAINE The war between Russia and Ukraine is part of a wider conflict between capitalist powers, between Russia on one...
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Issue #2016
Remembering 26th July 1953 in 2022 – the spark of the Cuban Revolution continues
26th July 1953, Fidel Castro Ruz, a sharp and upcoming lawyer led an attack of 150 on the Moncada Army Barracks in the eastern Cuban...
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Issue #2031
Comrade Irving’s contribution to the 22nd International Meeting of Communist and Workers’ Parties
The following is a speech delivered by Communist Party of Australia General Secretary Andrew Irving at the 22nd International Meeting of Communist and Workers’ Parties....
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Issue #2035
Contributions to IMCWP 2022
Editor’s note: The following are contributions from the Iraqi Communist Party and the Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia (Czech Republic) to the International Meeting...
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Issue #1964
Bridges of love global campaign
On Sunday the 30th of May, activists in Perth joined the global campaign Bridges of Love.
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Issue #2033
Cuba wins for the 30th consecutive time at the UN General Assembly
Activists around the world celebrated Cuba’s win at the UN General Assembly as 185 countries voted in favour of Cuba’s draft resolution to end the...
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Issue #2046
Call to end Cuban embargo: 63 years of suffering
On 10th February 2023, local councillors in Washington DC put up resolution PR25-0113 calling for the Biden administration to remove Cuba from the State Sponsors...
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Issue #2034
The Belize-Guatemala conflict and the role of Cuba
In September 2022 the Belize Defence Force and Coast Guard encountered five maritime vessels belonging to the Guatemalan Armed Forces, near Sarstoon Island in the...
Read moreMANDELA IN CUBA
When Nelson Mandela was released from prison in 1990, he asked me to write his speeches.
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Issue #2027
The ideology of a rogue state: a “rules-based international order”
In the last few years, those of us in Western capitalist countries have heard more and more of a so-called “rules-based international order.” To the...
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Issue #2052
CUBA: More than 10 million people became literate thanks to the Cuban program “Yes, I can.” The program was Fidel Castro’s initiative that helped to...
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Issue #2038
End the blockade!
1st January marked the 64th anniversary of Cuba’s national liberation. On New Year’s Day, 1959, the brutal US-backed dictator Fulgencio Batista fled the country after...
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Issue #2022
Urgent aid for Cuba
A combined celebration of the Cuban Revolution and Fidel’s birth, ninety-six years ago, after the horrific events of 5th August virtually became a plea for...
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Issue #2025
Diversity – sustainability – socialism
Cuba is one of the world’s most sustainable economies despite the six decades’ long illegal and economically crippling US blockade. Since the 1960s, the Cuban...
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Issue #2046
GLOBAL BRIEFS
HONDURAS: The President of Honduras has announced that the country will seek to establish diplomatic relations with mainland China instead of Taiwan. The Foreign Minister...
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Issue #2047
GLOBAL BRIEFS
America: The Pentagon has blocked attempts by the US federal government to share alleged Russian war crimes in Ukraine with the International Criminal Court (ICC)...
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Issue #1947
CPA statement on US inclusion of Cuba on its terror list
On Monday 11th January 2021, just nine days short of the end of President Donald Trump’s mandate, the State Department under Mike Pompeo unilaterally decided to include Cuba on the US list of terror. President Obama had removed Cuba from that list in 2015.
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Issue #2012
South Australia: Cuban solidarity and party building on the agenda
Over the course of the last period, CPA South Australia has been involved in a litany of tasks to strengthen our Party and promote working...
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Issue #2015
Curry with comrades night – a CPA SA tradition
Through a close association with the Port Adelaide United Workers’ Club, the CPA Port Adelaide branch has access to two fine venues for celebrations and...
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Issue #2040
GLOBAL BRIEFS
THE PHILIPPINES: The US and the Philippines announced plans for four more US bases to be established in the Philippines. The agreement was reached during...
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Issue #2044
GLOBAL BRIEFS
CUBA: Cuba’s President Miguel Diaz-Canel criticised the inclusion of his country in the US Department of State’s list of “States sponsor of terrorism.” “The US...
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Issue #2050
63 years: A call to end the Cuban blockade
On 10th February 2023, local councillors in Washington DC put up resolution PR25-0113 calling for the Biden administration to remove Cuba from the State Sponsors...
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Issue #2053
WEASEL WORDS
Working poor This term comes to us from whatever combination of spin doctor and focus group that gets words into Opposition Leader Peter Dutton’s mouth....
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Issue #2054
GLOBAL BRIEFS
JAPAN: Dozens of anti-nuclear activists protested to demand Japan scrap its plans to dump radioactive waste water from the Fukushima nuclear plant into the ocean...
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Issue #2046
A return to Cuba
Since January 1983, dedicated groups of Australian and New Zealand friends of Cuba have made their way to the Caribbean to show their support for...
Read moreCPA president’s contribution to the CPC and World Political Parties Summit
I thank the Communist Party of China’s International Department for the invitation to participate in this Summit.
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Issue #2068
Let Cuba Live!
1 MILLION SIGNATURES TO TAKE CUBA OFF THE LIST OF STATE SPONSORS OF TERRORISM. Join the urgent call to take Cuba off the State Sponsors...
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Issue #2054
In solidarity with Cuba
A recent Construction Forestry Mining Energy Union (CFMEU) delegation of seven from around Australia attended the celebration of May Day in Cuba. More than 1200...
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Issue #1957
Vale Gilda Chacón-Bravo
It was with great sadness we received the news in Australia of the passing of comrade Gilda Chacón on the 8th April 2021.
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Issue #2010
Sixty years of Australian-Cuban solidarity
On Saturday, 4th June 2022, activists from around Australia gathered at the Cuban Embassy in Canberra to receive commendations from the Cuban Institute for Friendship...
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Issue #2022
Venezuelan film premieres in Perth
On Saturday 13th August 2022 in a joint venture between the Embassy of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela in Canberra, the Australia-Cuba Friendship Society and...
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Issue #2046
Saving the Cuban Revolution
DISASTER When the Soviet Union and socialist bloc of Eastern Europe collapsed in 1990-91 the results were catastrophic for Cuba. Overnight GDP fell by 35...
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Issue #1970
CPA statement in solidarity with socialist Cuba
The Communist Party of Australia condemns in the strongest possible terms the subversive campaign waged by the US government and Western media against the Cuban Revolution, its government, and people.
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Issue #2050
DINGO
The governments of ten Latin American and Caribbean countries met to discuss the best ways to jointly counter the inflationary wave sweeping the world which...
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Issue #2066
Cuba: revolutionary continuity
The Australia-Cuba Friendship Society (ACFS) welcomed young Cubans, Marianniz Diaz and Ivan Barreto to Perth on 11th - 14th August 2023. Their visit was the final leg...
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Issue #2063
Communist Party of Australia greetings to the heroic people of Cuba on the 70th anniversary of the assault on the Moncada barracks on 26th July 1953
Communist Party of Australia greetings to the heroic people of Cuba on the 70th anniversary of the assault on the Moncada barracks on 26th July...
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Issue #2071
Year 65 of the Cuban Revolution
Instituto Cubano de Amistad con los Pueblos St 17 No. 301, Vedado Phone: 7838-2413 Email: presidencia@icap.cu Havana, August 25th, 2023 “Year 65 of the Cuban...
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Issue #2059 03-07-2023
United around the world against the criminal US Blockade on Cuba!
The Communist Party of Australia condemns in the strongest possible terms the inclusion of Cuba in the US list of countries that sponsor terrorism. The...
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Issue #2064
Cuban resilience to overcome the blockade
Cuban Ambassador, Tanieris Dieguez La O, expressed her gratitude to the Consultation for the continuing Australian solidarity with the Cuban people. At the Australia Cuba...
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Issue #2064
Learning from Cuba
Really standing up to the US is something Australia could do, but which the vast majority of our media and both our largest political parties...
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Issue #2068
Intergenerational Report – The march of history
A spectre is haunting Europe – the spectre of Communism. All the powers of old Europe have entered into a holy alliance to exorcise this...
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