Morales Named “World Hero of Mother Earth” and Fidel Castro “World Hero of Solidarity” by UN General Assembly

LA PAZ – The president of the United Nations General Assembly, Rev. Miguel D’Escoto Brockmann, on Saturday declared Bolivian President Evo Morales as “World Hero of Mother Earth” in a ceremony at the presidential palace in this capital.

With a medal and a parchment scroll, the General Assembly of the United Nations Organization named Morales “the [...]

A view from Cuba: 50 years of transition to Socialism

By James D. Cockcroft*
(Texto disponible en español en Rebelión)
In his January 2009 speech commemorating the 50th Anniversary of the triumph of the Cuban Revolution, President Raúl Castro, known popularly as Raúl, repeated Fidel’s oft-quoted 2005 speech to University of Havana students: “This nation can self-destruct… those who can’t destroy it are them [the U.S. imperialists]; [...]

Cuban counter revolutionaries supported the coup in Honduran

The well known counterrevolutionaries Carlos Alberto Montaner and Otto Reich —former sub-secretary of state under the Bush administration—, supported and gave advise during the coup against Manuel Zelaya in Honduras.
Cuban newspaper Granma (on 9th of July ) published information revealing a secret report sent from a European government, providing very detailed and convincing information about [...]

Gracias! Celebrate 50 years of Revolutionary Cuba- Hasta la victoria siempre!

The Centre for Latin America Solidarity and Studies (CLASS) thank you all for participating in the event Celebrate 50 years of Revolutionary Cuba
Thank you to the unions that supported us, the Conch, the great Cuban artists and performers, Candela Dance, the FMLN, the Centro cultural Pablo Neruda, the Australia-Cuba Friendship society and everyone who helped [...]

Cuban youth call for continuing the fight to free the Five

THE youth of Cuba have called on all people of goodwill in the world to continue the fight for [...]

The shameful history of the OAS –Part 1

SINCE its take-off as a nation, the United States of America has always countered the ideology of Latin American unity and integration with its pretensions for continental domination, an ambition expressed on December 2, 1823 in the famous Monroe Doctrine and synthesized in the phrase: “America for the Americans.” It was not until the final [...]

The shameful history of the OAS -Part 2

… Continued
End of the ministry of colonies of the USA
On September 2, 1960, after the OAS conspiracy against Cuba was established in San José, Commander in Chief Fidel Castro convened the Cuban people in a Great General Assembly in the José Martí Plaza de la Revolución, and read out the historical proclamation known as the [...]

50 years of the Cuban Revolution - Hasta la victoria siempre!

CLASS invites you to celebrate 50 years of Revolutionary Cuba and its achievements in social justice, education, health and environment.
Saturday 20th of June, from 6:30pm
Hall of the MUA (46 Ireland St, West Melbourne, Melway 2A F12)
Featuring reportback from workers solidarity May Day brigade to Cuba
Cuban Trova by Yordis Seijo, music by The Conch and Latin [...]

Evo Morales: I want to declare myself as a marxist and communist, let’s see if the OAS expels me

April 16, 2009 – During his intervention at the VII ALBA Summit, Bolivian president Evo Morales recalled the 1962 documents of the Organisation of American States (OAS) that resulted in Cuba being expelled from the organization, and outlined the importance of reflecting over the motives of that expulsion.

Cuba’s energy revolution - combating global warming

By Marce Cameron
Compact fluorescent light globes are as bright as incandescent globes but consume 75-80% less energy and last 5-10 years. If every one of 110 million US households replaced just one 60-watt incandescent globe with a compact fluorescent, the energy saved would be enough to power a US city of 1.5 million people — [...]