The Cuban people have vowed to resist a new U.S. invasion, writes Marjorie Cohn. Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel said the nation is a “free sovereign state” with the right to “self-determination,” and not “subject to the designs” of the U.S.
Alan MacLeod reports on the internationalist convoy that traveled by land, sea and air to arrive in Havana on Saturday carrying dozens of public figures, including Hasan Piker, Greta Thunberg, Jeremy Corbyn and the Irish hip-hop band Kneecap.
After witnessing Cuba’s ailing economy in a recent visit, Asoka Bandarage looks beyond BRICS for an alternative to both authoritarian socialism and neoliberal capitalism.
Vijay Prashad writes of the need for cultures that offer an emancipation from the flashy world of unaffordable commodities.