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EACH issue of Fight Racism! Fight Imperialism! has a Cuba Vive
page bringing news of developments in socialist Cuba. Fight Racism!
Fight Imperialism! also contains a Rock around the Blockade section
with reports of RATB's activities across the country
and how you can get involved. |
| FRFI 199 October/November 2007 | ||||||||
Che Guevara: 40 years on. |
Colombia: President Uribe caught in his own trap. |
RATB round-up. |
| FRFI 198 August/September 2007 | |||||||||||
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False friends of the Cuban workers. |
Obituary to Vilma Espin. |
Cuba towards a more efficient socialism. |
Fidel Castro: Transforming food into fuel is a monstrosity. |
| FRFI 196 June/July 2007 | ||||||||
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Socialism in action: report of the RATB brigade to Cuba. |
Free the Cuban 5! |
US court frees Posada Carriles. |
| FRFI 196 April/May 2007 | ||||||
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Cuban economy grows. |
| FRFI 195 February/March 2007 | ||||||||
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Cuba news. |
SWP: Mired in sectarianism. |
Solidarity brigade to Cuba. |
| FRFI 194 December 2006/January 2007 | ||||||
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The fight against corruption in Cuba | US hypocrisy exposed | UN victory for Cuba |
| FRFI 192 August/September 2006 | |||||||||||
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US plans to destroy Cuba. |
Training doctors for the world's poor. |
Fidel Castro at 80. |
Rock around the Blockade report. |
| FRFI 191 June/July 2006 | ||||||
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Report from Mayday in Havana, Marx Alive and Kicking in Cuba, and more... |
| FRFI 190 April/May 2006 | ||||||
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Internationalism in Practice: Cuban Doctors in Pakistan. |
RATB roundup. |
| FRFI 189 February/March 2006 | ||||||
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Stirring society at its roots: Cuba's energy revolution and the fight against corruption. |
RATB roundup. |
| FRFI 188 December 2005/January 2006 | ||||||
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Cuba news in brief. |
ALBA vs ALCA: Cuba and Venezuela's revolutionary vision for Latin America. |
| FRFI 187 October/November 2005 | ||||||
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RATB's 2005 Brigade to Cuba:
Inspired by the Battle of Ideas. |
RCG's delegation to the World Festival of Youth and Students:
report from Venezuela
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| FRFI 186 August/September 2005 | |||||||||
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Cuba tackles Hurricane Dennis. |
The bloody trial of Posada Cariles. |
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| FRFI 184 April/May 2005 | ||||||
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Cuba takes on US at UN Human Rights Comission; Rights for all in Cuba The 61st session of the United Nations Human Rights Commission opened in Geneva on 14 March and will continue until 22 April. Once again it has become an arena for a political battle of David and Goliath proportions between socialist Cuba and the might of US imperialism. |
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| FRFI 181 October/November 2004 | ||||||
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Gay rights in Cuba Homophobia exists in Cuba as it does all over the world. But those who assert that widespread repression of homosexuality exists in Cuba rely on statements made in the 1960s when homosexuality was a criminal offence (as it was in Britain). While there have been instances in Cuba in recent times when gays have been subjected to harassment, this has been due to individuals? backward ideas and prejudice. But the idea of Cuba as a repressive regime where gays face constant persecution is constantly brought up by Trotskyists and opportunists in Britain as a stick to beat the Revolution, and needs to be countered, as RICHARD ROQUES shows. US and Panama collude against Cuba Cuba in brief |
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| FRFI 180 August/September 2004 | ||||||
| The oppressed people of the world support socialist Cuba – why doesn’t the SWP? According to the Socialist Workers Party (SWP), the Cuban Revolution has never been socialist because it was not the ‘self-emancipation of the working class.’ A new book, Che Guevara and the Cuban Revolution by Mike Gonzalez, the SWP’s expert on Latin America restates this view: ‘Che looked on the workers’ movement, students and protest only to support and supply the guerrillas. He described himself as a Marxist now. Yet for Marx, a revolution was the moment when the working class achieved its own liberation through collective action. This does not appear in Che’s worldview – or in his political writings – any more than it does in the political pronouncements and manifestos of Castro.’ |
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| FRFI 179 June/July 2004 | ||||||
| ‘The people of the world will win’ – Fidel Castro’s message for May Day On May Day, Fidel Castro addressed over a million Cubans in Havana’s Revolution Square. Referring to Cuba’s moral victory at the UN Human Rights Commission and Cuba’s motion for a UN investigation into the US’ Guantanamo concentration camp, Fidel said ‘a crushing blow was dealt to the enormous hypocrisy, permanent falsehood and cynicism the masters of the world use to try to preserve the rotten system of political and economic domination they have imposed on the world’. US ratchets up pressure against Cuba |
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| FRFI 178 April/May 2004 | ||||||
| Cuba and Haiti: socialism or poverty Haiti is Cuba’s closest neighbour in the Caribbean. The two countries share a common history of sugar plantations, slavery and colonial exploitation. Both have had wars and revolutions to overthrow their colonial masters. The revolution in Haiti in 1804 against the French established the world’s first black republic. In Cuba the 19th century wars of liberation against the Spanish colonialists finally culminated in the revolution of 1959 that threw out the US imperialists and their puppets who had usurped the Spanish role. Yet the paths then taken by the two countries have been very different, as JIM CRAVEN reports. Miami 5 appeal – a step nearer victory? Cuba leads 'the other America' against FTAA |
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| FRFI 177 February/March 2004 | ||||||
| Cuban doctors bring hope to Venezuela’s barrios In recent months, Cuba has strengthened agreements made with the Venezuelan government, aimed at improving the living conditions of the Venezuelan working class through social projects ranging from free sports training to a massive literacy campaign. One of the most impressive contributions has been in health care, which the Chavez government aims to revolutionise by providing virtually free medical care via local clinics, with the help of thousands of Cuban specialists. Cubans are involved in similar campaigns from Honduras to Argentina; perhaps it is this solidarity that US Secretary of State Colin Powell was referring to in January when he hypocritically attacked Cuba for so-called attempts to ‘destabilise parts of the region’ and ‘create discontent’. JUANJO RIVAS reports on the Cuban internationalist mission in Venezuela. Miami Five appeal to be held in mafia territory Cuba has lowest infant mortality rate in Latin America |
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| FRFI 176 December 2003/January 2004 2004 | ||||||
| 179 countries vote against US blockade ‘There is no more profound or permanent change than a Revolution’ Cuban Foreign Minister Felipe Perez Roque at the UN. On 4 November the UN General Assembly voted by an overwhelming majority to end the economic, commercial and financial blockade imposed on Cuba by the United States. Just three countries opposed the Cuban resolution – the US itself, its Zionist client state Israel, and the tiny Marshall Islands. Two countries abstained – Micronesia and Morocco, although the latter spoke in favour of the anti-blockade resolution. A further seven, including, for obvious reasons, Iraq, were absent. The vote represents a resounding political victory for Cuba on the world stage. JUANJO RIVAS reports. US steps up war of attrition Review: Comandante.
A film by Oliver Stone |
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| FRFI 173 June/July 2003 | ||||||
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| FRFI 172 April/May 2003 | ||||||
 Cuba's revolution in educationWhile the forces of imperialism lead the world into ever-greater barbarism, socialist Cuba is working to create the most cultured, educated and humane society that has ever existed: a pathway of hope for a better world. JIM CRAVEN examines the steps Cuba is taking to deepen the revolution through socialist education. Miami 5: US tortures Cuban political prisoners |
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| FRFI 171 February/March 2003 | ||||||
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| FRFI 170 December 2002/January 2003 | ||||||
| Socialism is built by people and for people One of the great lessons of the Cuban Revolution over the past 43 years has been that building socialism is a process, not something immutable and finished. It is a lesson completely lost on the bourgeois and sectarian mindset of a British left for whom the achievements built by and with the Cuban people are somehow never quite socialist enough. JIM CRAVEN examines the issues. US promotes terrorism against Cuba If you think it is bad here... Rock around the Blockade round-up Gracias a FRFI |
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| FRFI 169 October/November 2002 | ||||||
| Che Guevara: A battle cry against imperialism 35 years ago this October, Ernesto Che Guevara was arrested, tortured and murdered by CIA-trained Bolivian soldiers. After playing a leading role in the Cuban Revolution, both the war of liberation and in building socialism after 1959, he travelled as a revolutionary first to Africa and then Bolivia, with the aim of carrying out in practice his call to build 'two, three and many Vietnams'. Miami 5 prisoners cannot be silenced Cuba at the Earth Summit Cuban Revolution: the urban underground Building international solidarity with Cuba |
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| FRFI 168 August/September 2002 | ||||||
| Cuba: 'We will be socialist forever' In early June, nine million Cubans took to the streets to support a constitutional modification declaring Cuba's socialist system irrevocable. A petition in support of the same question held at the end of June was signed by 8,188,198 Cubans - 99.25% of the electorate - in just four days. Free the Miami 5! SWP, CANF - spot the difference Review: Global justice, Che Guevara Review: War, racism and economic injustice, Fidel Castro |
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| FRFI 167 June/July 2002 | ||||||
| Cuba resists 'This 40th anniversary of the UJC takes place as our people are involved in the Battle of Ideas...[which] is not just about principles, theory, knowledge, culture, arguments, replies and counter-replies, destroying lies and seeding truths - it is also about action and concrete realisations...At the vanguard of this great work are the young people, the students and our wonderful children. Because of them our optimism and confidence in the future is stronger every day.' Fidel Castro, 4 April 2002 UJC celebrates |
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| FRFI 166 April/May 2002 | ||||||
| Cuban young communists tour Britain with RATB From 1 to 18 March, Kenia Serrano and Nancy Coro, two leading members of Cuba's Union of Young Communists (UJC), travelled around England and Scotland on a speaking tour jointly organised by the UJC and Rock around the Blockade. It was the first time the UJC had been invited as an organisation to speak in Britain. They addressed packed meetings at community centres and universities in Liverpool, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Dundee, Manchester, Preston, Brighton, London, Leicester, Wolverhampton, Newcastle and Bath Free the Miami Five, political prisoners of imperialism! |
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| FRFI 165 February/March 2002 | ||||||
| The Cubans are coming 1-18 March 2002 Our Cuban visitors' whirlwind tour will include meetings in seven universities: SOAS and LSE in London, the Universities of Manchester, Central Lancashire, Wolverhampton, Sussex and the Caledonian University in Glasgow. Nancy and Kenia will also meet local residents from estate projects in Newcastle and Glasgow. They will speak to the Latin American community, Afro-Caribbean youth groups, and the Kurdish and Turkish refugee community. They will visit health centres and hospitals in inner cities, youth homelessness projects and schools. The Cubans will also visit the historical sites of Marx's London. Free the Miami Five! |
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| FRFI 164 December 2001/January 2002 | ||||||
| Cuban socialism weathers the storm In November, Cuba was lashed by Hurricane Michelle, the most powerful storm to hit the country in over 50 years. Despite winds of over 135 mph and extensive flooding, only five Cubans were killed. This compares with 12 deaths and 26 people reported missing when a much weaker Michelle crossed Central America earlier. In floods in the Philippines and Algeria in the same period, hundreds of lives were lost. JIM CRAVEN reports. Enemy values |
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| FRFI 163 October/November 2001 | ||||||
| The Cubans are coming! Cuban communist youth to visit Britain on tour with Rock around the Blockade in Spring 2002. Meetings are planned in Cardiff, Bristol, Manchester, the Midlands and Scottish cities, with a final meeting and rally in London. We plan to include visits to hospitals, youth centres, schools and universities, as well as film showings, gigs and social events - a revolutionary mix of music and politics. A call for reflection, restraint and responsibility Counting the cost of the illegal US blockade So farewell then, arch reactionary Jesse Helms Statement from the government of Cuba on the attacks in the USA |
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| FRFI 162 August/September 2001 | ||||||
| 'No other nation is freer': Cuba's revolutionary struggle The Cuban people are the most experienced anti-capitalist protesters on the planet. They have been locked in a life and death struggle with the forces of global capital for over 40 years. The anti-capitalist movement should look to Cuba for inspiration and for the alternative society we will need to build, as JIM CRAVEN argues. Cubans framed in Miami show trial Cuba news in brief |
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| FRFI 161 June/July 2001 | ||||||
| Human rights in Cuba This year at the United Nations Human Rights Commission, it was Britain's turn to sponsor the annual resolution condemning Cuba for its alleged human rights abuses. It was passed by the narrow majority of two, 22 to 20. This was two less than last year's majority. BARNABY MITCHELL reports. On the trail of Bacardi: interview with Hernando Calvo Ospina World Bank praises Cuba's social welfare |
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| FRFI 160 April/May 2001 | ||||||
| Bacardi: secret agent of US imperialism Over the last two years, Rock around the Blockade has led a vibrant and successful campaign in Britain to expose the role played by Bacardi in attempting to undermine the Cuban Revolution. In September 1999, two months after launching the campaign with a demonstration that closed down Bacardi's British headquarters for the day, we attended a Eurosolidarity conference called by the British Cuba Solidarity Campaign (CSC) with the aim of spreading the campaign to other countries. Incredibly, we found ourselves facing indifference and even censorship from the CSC - until the radical Colombian journalist Hernando Calvo Ospina silenced critics with a resounding defence of the importance of targeting Bacardi. Now his new book, Ron Bacardi: la guerra occulta [Bacardi's secret war], proves the point and provides new ammunition for those serious about the defence of Cuba. US State and Cuba: the case of Otto Reich |
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| FRFI 159 February/March 2001 | ||||||
| Cuba in the new millennium Three comrades from the Revolutionary Communist Group visited Cuba over the New Year, the 42nd anniversary of Cuban Revolution. They took proposals for two major projects to strengthen our solidarity work with Cuba: a speaking tour by Cuban communists and a pamphlet on the gains of socialist Cuba Terrorism against Cuba on the rise The failure of capitalism Cuba in brief |
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| FRFI 158 December 2000/January 2001 | ||||||
| Shameful dogma: why 'Socialist Party' attacks socialist Cuba The new pamphlet Cuba - Socialism and Democracy by Peter Taaffe, one of the leaders of the Socialist Party (ex-Labour Militant) is a tedious and mendacious attempt to rewrite the history of the Cuban revolution to match his own tired and reactionary dogma. Healthcare for all - British doctors are learning from Cuba Cuban economy grows by 7.7% |
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| FRFI 157 October/November 2000 | ||||||
| Castro denounces globalisation at Millennium Summit The UN Millennium Summit was held in the United States at the beginning of September and attended by over 100 world leaders, including the president of Cuba, Fidel Castro. Amid the pious bleatings of Western leaders about the need to reduce world poverty and disease, he was the only world leader to point a finger directly at those responsible - the handful of robber baron nations that dominate the world, squeezing the lifeblood out of the oppressed nations. Guantanamo rocking to solidarity disco US anti-Cubans crumbling in Elián wake Cuba notes |
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| FRFI 156 August/September 2000 | ||||||
| Human wrongs in Geneva Three months after voting against Cuba at the Human Rights Commission in Geneva, Britain has been condemned by the United Nations for its own human rights record. This further exposes the Geneva Commission's condemnation of Cuba as a hypocritical and politically motivated attack on Cuban socialism, as HELEN YAFFE reports. Elián's return: a victory for socialist Cuba Cuba in brief |
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| FRFI 154 April/May 2000 | ||||||
| Cuba leads This is an edited version of a speech given by TREVOR RAYNE at Rock around the Blockade's Boycott Bacardi! Smash the US Blockade! dayschool on 11 March. Cuban economy continues to grow Elián: US corruption and conspiracy Rock around the Blockade Fifth Brigade heads for Guantanamo |
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| FRFI 153 February/March 2000 | ||||||
| Cuban socialism: against the odds Cuba's survival concerns all true socialists. For in a world where 1.3 billion people live in poverty and degradation, Cuba's struggle to provide a decent life for all its people proves that there is another way. BARNABY TASKER, who will be joining the Rock around the Blockade brigade to Cuba in April, looks back at 41 years of revolution. Elián Gonzalez: hostage of imperialism |
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| FRFI 146 December 1998/January 1999 | ||||||
| Fighting prostitution in Cuba 'We cannot fill the country with police and the definitive solution cannot be repressive, but we're conscious that we've spent a lot of time persuading and there are symptoms of a certain disrespect, of mockery of the law, that we cannot permit. If we don't take measures, we will cause our people to stop being combative and see these things as something normal.' |
| FRFI 144 August/September 1998 | ||||||
| A Cuban communist speaks: facing the challenge in Cuba today ERNESTO JAQUINET of the Union of Young Communists (UJC) explains to FRFI the challenges for the UJC in its work with young Cubans, which will be central to its discussions at its congress in December. |
| FRFI 142 April/May 1998 | ||||||
| The Bay of Pigs and the fight for socialism As the United States landed an invasion force on the shores of Cuba on 16 April 1961, Fidel Castro announced the socialist nature of the Cuban Revolution. Within 72 hours, the Cuban people had defeated the invaders, inflicting the first-ever defeat on US imperialism in the western hemisphere. |
| FRFI 141 February/March 1998 | ||||||
| Cuba: defender of human rights While imperialism's apologists concede that there are no death squads in Cuba, no 'disappeared', no detention without trial and no torture - in sharp contrast to the US's favoured 'democracies' of Latin America such as Brazil, Guatemala and El Salvador - the US continues to cite human rights abuses as its main rationale for the blockade, a cry taken up by the Labour Party in Britain. The Pope's visit |
| FRFI 137 June/July 1997 | ||||||
| Cuba's response to AIDS The AIDS sanatorium at Los Cocos outside Havana is a far cry from the image perpetuated in the West of an institution where patients are forcibly restrained. There are 150 houses in which patients live, free to come and go as they please, set in extensive grounds amongst palm trees and lawns. RICHARD ROQUES visited the sanatorium with other members of the No Pasaran! brigade in January Helms-Burton act: imperialists strike a deal |
| FRFI 135 February/March 1997 | ||||||
| No Pasaran! Brigade to Cuba While in Ciego de Avila, the No Pasaran! brigade met with the provincial executive committee of the Federation of Cuban Women (FMC). This mass organisation is open to every woman in Cuba over 14 years of age. Like other mass organisations in Cuba, the FMC is organised into grassroots organisations in neighbourhoods. |
| FRFI 133 October/November 1996 | ||||||
| Cuban economy on the road to recovery On 23 July, Carlos Lage, Vice President of the Council of State and Secretary of the Executive Committee of the Council of Ministers, reported on the current state of the Cuban economy, in particular its performance over the first six months of 1996. This report is of particular interest, since it tells us the effects of measures taken in the 'Special Period' |
| FRFI 131 June/July 1996 | ||||||
| Cuban communists prepare for battle The Communist Party of Cuba is preparing to do ideological and political battle against a growing internal threat to the revolution. The very measures that Cuba has been forced to adopt in defence of the social gains of the Revolution are producing class forces hostile to collectivism and egalitarianism. EDDIE ABRAHAMS comments on a 23 March speech to the Communist Party Central Committee, by Raúl Castro, head of the Cuban army |
| FRFI 130 April/May 1996 | ||||||
| US steps up aggression against Cuba On 24 February Cuban exiles from the counter-revolutionary Brothers to the Rescue deliberately flew into Cuban airspace in defiance of previous Cuban warnings. It was 'an open secret' in the Miami exile community that something was going to happen. After issuing warnings, Cuban MiG fighter planes shot down two of the three pirate Cessnas. Four pilots died, sacrificed to the cause of tightening the blockade against Cuba. KATHY FERNAND and CAT WIENER report |
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