International Solidarity

7 Minutes

World

US blockade caused Cuba $5.5 billion economic loss last year

PV January 5, 2021

By T. Whitney Jr. Cuba’s Foreign Ministry every year prepares a report on Cuba’s experience with the US economic blockade of the island, in force since 1962. On October 22, Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez...

3 Minutes

Culture

“Be Fascinated”: On the legacy of Robert Fisk

PV December 9, 2020

By Owen Schalk I first read Robert Fisk’s Pity the Nation in the summer of 2017. I read it while working an unsurprisingly drab office job, the demands of which were so tedious that...

3 Minutes

Canada

Norman Bethune: forgotten in Canada but more relevant than ever

PV November 12, 2020

By Owen Schalk Henry Norman Bethune was an accomplished surgeon, a communist internationalist and a forgotten hero of Canadian history. As a member of the Communist Party of Canada he fought with anti-fascist forces...

3 Minutes

World

Build and strengthen anti-imperialist solidarity with Venezuela

Editorial October 20, 2020

On December 6, Venezuelans will head to the polls to elect a new National Assembly. The stakes are extremely high. For many, it will probably be a relief simply to be rid of the...