No to U.S./U.N. military occupation in Haiti! No U.S. aid to Haiti dictatorship

By Marty Goodman May 6, 2023 U.S. imperialism and its U.N. proxies have not yet decided who would take part in the third imperialist occupation of Haiti but the answer may come soon. An intervention will surely be pitched as a “humanitarian” multi-national mission to curb Haiti’s rampant gang violence, mass hunger and a re-emerging … Continue reading No to U.S./U.N. military occupation in Haiti! No U.S. aid to Haiti dictatorship →

Lula’s Shameful Record of Sending Troops to Haiti

By MARTY GOODMAN Under the previous administration of supposed “leftist” Brazillian President Lula da Silva, Brazil sent thousands of troops to Haiti as part of the UN occupation following a CIA-backed coup.

Socialist Action says No to U.S./UN Sanctions on Haiti! No to U.S./UN Occupation! Haiti is for Haitians!

By MARTY GOODMAN, SOCIALIST ACTION NATIONAL COMMITTEE Socialist Action strongly opposes all sanctions on Haiti and any armed or unarmed U.S. or U.N. intervention. US imperialism and its surrogate, the UN, has no right to interfere in Haiti’s internal affairs.

Call Me – Washington’s Generosity

By ISAAC SANEY and CHERYL LaBASH While various countries such as Mexico and Venezuela were concretely assisting Cuba in overcoming the unprecedented disastrous fire consuming the Mantanzas oil storage facility, the United States cynically sat on its hands, instead asking Havana to call them.

Matanzas Explosion Unleashes Wave of Solidarity for Cuba

By ALEJANDRA GARCIA from Havana The eyes of the world are upon Cuba after an enormous fire caused by a lightning strike on a crude oil storage tank in the Cuban city of Matanzas killed one firefighter and injuring more than 120 people.

Tell Biden to take Cuba off the State Sponsor of Terrorism list!

By ROGER WATERS I am constantly amazed at the cruel pretexts the United States uses to destabilize Cuba. Since the triumph of the Cuban revolution, the US government has relentlessly attacked the country’s socialist project.

The Struggle for Haiti’s Freedom Past and Present: Video of Socialist Action webinar

WEBINAR ON HAITI — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kx0yJLBzhjY

France, Pay Your Debt to Haiti!

Thursday, July 28 at 4pm. Come join us at the San Francisco site of Citibank and the French Consulate to highlight and protest their role in foreign intervention in Haiti.

A Tale of Two Summits

By RICK STERLING Last week (June 8-10) there were two summits in Los Angeles, California: the Summit of the Americas hosted by the US State Department and the Peoples Summit hosted by US and international activist organizations. The two summits were held in the same city at the same time but could not be otherwise more different.

How Latin American Women Are Winning the Battle for Abortion Rights

By DIANA CARBONI Today, 37 percent of Latin America and the Caribbean’s population of 652 million live in countries where women have won rights to legal abortion or are no longer imprisoned for terminating a pregnancy (including Cuba, Guyana, and Puerto Rico). Five years ago, it was less than 3 percent. None of this would have been possible without feminist activism, networks and demonstrations, and public conversations about the autonomy of women.

Abortion in Cuba vs US shows which country is truly democratic

By CALLA WALSH The author was part of the May Day Brigade in Cuba, along with several members of Bay Area Cuba Saving Lives. We reprint this article from VenceremosBrigadeBayAreaCubaNews 50VBbayarea@gmail.com

Haiti Sweatshop Workers Lead Rebellion Against Hunger and Misery!

By MARTY GOODMAN Protesters fighting for $15 per day were met with police repression from the U.S. backed dictatorship of Prime Minister Ariel Henry, including the police murder of a journalist.

Racist U.S. & Dominican Rulers Massively Deport Haitians!

By MARTY GOODMAN Biden has deported 16,200 Haitians since September and 18,100 since he took office. Biden’s campaign promises to “end Trump’s detrimental asylum policies,” restore “the dignity of migrants,” and “uphold their legal right to seek asylum” were lies.

The Hell That is Haiti!

By Marty Goodman Haiti is being hit by an unending series of natural and human-made disasters – seemingly all at once. The assassination on July 7 of its president Jouvenel Moise; an Aug. 14 earthquake; tropical storms; rampaging gang violence and a COVID crisis in a society tortured by extreme poverty and inequality. In the … Continue reading The Hell That is Haiti! →

The Hell that is Haiti Webinar

Join us for a special Socialist Action webinar on the latest developments in Haiti. Featuring prominent activists in the Haitian community. Thursday, September 23 at 5:30 pm PT / 7:30 pm CT / 8:30 pm ET. Bring a friend! Click here to join the webinar. Haiti is being torn by a presidential assassination, a deadly earthquake, … Continue reading The Hell that is Haiti Webinar →

Let the Cuban People Live! End the Blockade and Sanctions!

By Barry Sheppard President Biden has not only kept all of Trump’s sanctions designed to severely harm the Cuban people, he has added two more. His response to the July 11 protests in Cuba was to call for the overthrow of the socialist Cuban Revolution. The July 11 protests of the Cuban government were wildly … Continue reading Let the Cuban People Live! End the Blockade and Sanctions! →

Crisis in Cuba: A Socialist Action Webinar

What’s behind the recent protests in Cuba? How has COVID-19 affected Cuba? Learn about the history of the U.S. embargo of Cuba, and the ongoing imperialist threat towards the Cuban Revolution. Wednesday, July 21 5:30 PM PT/7:30 PM CT/8:30 PM ET LIVE STREAMED ON SOCIALIST ACTION’S YOUTUBE CHANNEL

Biden Continues Trump’s Policies on Refugees

By Barry Sheppard July 6, 2021 Despite promises made during his election campaign, Biden in office is continuing Trump’s policies on refugees fleeing the horrific conditions in Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras, conditions flowing from U.S. imperialist policies. An article in the June 26 New York Times reported, “Human rights and immigration advocates have assailed the Biden … Continue reading Biden Continues Trump’s Policies on Refugees →

Racial Capitalism and the Betrayal of Haiti

The richest Haitians By Yves Engler Domination by multinational corporations and “light skinned” local capitalists — that’s the story of Haiti as illustrated by one recent event. The day after his already paper-thin constitutional legitimacy completely eroded Jovenel Moïse gave significant amounts of Haitian land to a light-skinned oligarch working with Coca-Cola. According to most Haitian constitutional … Continue reading Racial Capitalism and the Betrayal of Haiti →

U.S. Imperialist Boot on Haiti

By Marty Goodman On Feb. 28, thousands of Haitians marched through the capital, Port-au-Prince, and other cities across the country to demand that the de facto President Jovenal Moïse and his corrupt crony capitalist blood-stained oligarchy step down. A relentless, arrogant U.S. imperialism is putting its money – once again – on this Haitian dictator … Continue reading U.S. Imperialist Boot on Haiti →

Cuba’s COVID-19 Vaccines Serve the People, Not Profits

BY W. T. WHITNEY JR. February 28, 2021 Cuba’s socialist approach to developing vaccines against COVID-19 differs strikingly from that of capitalist nations of the world. Cuba’s production of four vaccines is grounded in science and dedicated to saving the lives of all Cubans, and to international solidarity. The New York Times’s running report on the world’s … Continue reading Cuba’s COVID-19 Vaccines Serve the People, Not Profits →

Jack Lieberman, Haiti solidarity activist, 1950-2020

Prominent Haiti solidarity activist Jack Lieberman died of COVID-19 on Sunday.

Dreams Deferred: Book Review of “Red International and Black Caribbean”

By MARTY GOODMAN A review of “Red International and Black Caribbean: Communists in New York City, Mexico and the West Indies, 1919-1939,” by Margaret Stevens

Interview: Rising hopes for Puerto Rican independence

By ERNIE GOTTA “Every day, folks now more than ever wake up daily with a new notion of politics that is not bound to a vote every four years but to direct action.” The recent protests in Puerto Rico, taken in the context of uprisings across the globe in Sudan, Hong Kong, and Algeria, paint … Continue reading Interview: Rising hopes for Puerto Rican independence →

Puerto Rico defiant!

By WYATT MUND The island of Puerto Rico has been the site of massive unrest and protest for over the past two weeks. Hundreds of thousands have taken to the streets in the largest demonstrations in the island’s history. After a fierce struggle, the initial call from the streets for the resignation of Ricardo Rossello … Continue reading Puerto Rico defiant! →