Cuba está en una aguda crisis de combustible porque EE.UU. le está estrangulando el suministro. El combustible para aviones ha desaparecido de los aeropuertos, y hospitales y escuelas están racionando la electricidad, enfrentando apagones en toda la isla. El presidente cubano, Miguel Díaz-Canel, llamó a esto por lo que es, un “bloqueo energético” que afecta a todos los sectores de la sociedad. Es indefendible.
Cuba is in the grip of an acute fuel crisis because the U.S. is choking its supply. Jet fuel has disappeared from airports, and hospitals and schools are rationing power, facing blackouts across the island. Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel named this for what it is, an ‘energy blockade’ that hits every sector of society. It’s indefensible.
Seattle, WA — On February 7, two dozen people attended fundraiser for medical aid for Cuba hosted by the Freedom Road Socialist Organization. The fundraiser featured a screening of the Spanish-language documentary Che: Un Hombre Nuevo and a panel discussion with activists who had all recently been to Cuba and who shared details about the blockaded country.
Fight Back News Service is circulating the International League of Peoples’ Struggle (ILPS) statement on the occasion of the February 8 birthday of Chairperson Emeritus Jose Maria Sison.
The International League of Peoples’ Struggle commemorates the birthday of its Chairman Emeritus, Professor Jose Maria Sison. His guidance since the founding of the League has proved invaluable to the revolutionary forces of many countries and to the strengthening of the broad anti-imperialist united front across the globe.
Brooklyn, NY — On February 3, dozens of people gathered outside the Metropolitan Detention Center to mark the one-month anniversary since the United States attacked Venezuela and kidnapped President Maduro and First Lady Flores.
The Freedom Road Socialist Organization stands with our Filipino comrades to demand the immediate release of Chantal Anicoche from military custody, an end to de facto martial law on the island of Mindoro and an end to U.S.-backed violations of human rights and humanitarian law in the Philippines and around the globe.
Caracas, Venezuela – On January 14, massive rallies led by trade union members demanded the immediate return of President Nicolás Maduro and First Lady and National Assembly deputy Cilia Flores.
Fight Back News Service is circulating the following January 12 statement from the Communist Party of the Philippines.
Over the past week or two, the US-Marcos regime has mounted a frenzied media and social media campaign to intimidate and threaten the Filipino youth, who, more and more are growing disenchanted amid deep and widespread social ills, and are being drawn to question the rotten ruling system and seek radical and revolutionary ways to end corruption, injustice and abuses by those in power.
Chicago, IL – On January 8, Filipinos and allies gathered in front of the Consulate General of the Philippines to demand the release of Filipino American activist, Chantal Anicoche, and an end to the bombing of Mindoro.
Fight Back News Service is circulating the following statemen from the Coalition of Black Trade Unionists (CBTU) statement condemning military invasion of Venezuela.
On Saturday, January 3rd at 2 am, the United State Air Force, under the direction of the President and not Congress, invaded Venezuela. While details are still coming out, it appears Venezuelan President Maduro and his wife were also kidnapped by U.S. Armed Forces. All this was done without provocation, approval from Congress, or any other legitimate method of engagement. Instead, the president of the United States of America acted in dictatorial fashion to impose regime change.
Carcass, Venezuela – The Venezuelan Ministry of Work hosted a videoconference with leaders of Venezuelan trade unions and international labor representatives on January 8 to share their thoughts about the attack on January 3 and the kidnapping of President Nicolás Maduro and the First Lady Cilia Flores.
Caracas, Venezuela – Nearly 1000 people from over 70 countries attended a videoconference with the Ministry of Popular Power and Foreign Affairs of Venezuela in the morning of January 5. A continuation of the Assembly of the Peoples of Our America for Peace and Sovereignty that met in Caracas on December 9 and 10, participants expressed their solidarity with Venezuela in the face of the brutal military aggression of the United States and the kidnapping of President Nicolás Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores.
Caracas, Venezuela – Del 9 al 11 de diciembre, miembros de la Organización Socialista Camino de la Libertad (OSCL) participaron en una delegación de solidaridad a Venezuela, junto con miembros de la Red de Acción Anti-Guerra, la Alianza Nacional En Contra De La Represión Racista y Política, el Partido Mundo Obrero y el Centro Harriet Tubman. Estuvieron presentes para asistir a la Asamblea Internacional de los Pueblos por la Soberanía y la Paz, organizada por el Instituto Simón Bolívar para la Paz y la Solidaridad entre los Pueblos.
Caracas, Venezuela – On December 17, the Constituent Assembly of the Venezuelan Working Class welcomed international delegates to share in their historic achievement of integrating the trade union movement into the national plan of resistance and advancing the cause of the working class in the national democratic Bolivarian Revolution.
La Organización Socialista Camino de la Libertad condena enérgicamente la incautación ilegal de un petrolero por parte del gobierno de Trump en las costas de Venezuela. Trump ha violado otra ley internacional al hacer que las fuerzas estadounidenses se apoderen de un barco comercial indefenso. Como petróleo nacionalizado, pertenece al pueblo de Venezuela. Denunciamos el uso de la violencia por parte de los imperialistas estadounidenses para robar lo que quieren. En este caso, parece piratería de la Guardia Costera de los Estados Unidos.
Chicago, IL – On December 20, over 175 people gathered in the Chicago Teachers Union Hall to stand in solidarity with Gustavo Petro and the people of Colombia as their country faces an intensification of U.S. aggression.
Petro has had his visa revoked by the Trump administration, and the country is seeing attacks in the form of sanctions, tariffs and military threats. These attacks have been because of his un-fearful stance against U.S. imperialism, from calling out the U.S./Israel’s genocide in Gaza to defending the sovereignty of Latin American nations. Petro is a popular and progressive internationalist.
Caracas, Venezuela – Dozens of Venezuelan trade unions representing public and private sectors ranging from national oil company workers to educators to motorcycle taxistas joined together in the Constituent Congress of the Working Class on December 15-17 in Caracas. They gathered as the culmination of over 22,000 assemblies of workers throughout the country involving nearly 67,000 elected delegates from October to December.
Caracas, Venezuela – Venezuelan trade unions gathered on December 15 to discuss plans and proposals to expand their participation in the defense of the country and the goals of the working class. The Congress of the Working Class invited international delegates to join them in solidarity.
The U.S. has pledged the largest ever arms sale to Taiwan, worth $11.1 billion. This destabilizing and dangerous move represents an attempt to block the inevitable reunification between the People’s Republic of China with the province of Taiwan. Once again, the U.S. is willing to sink resources for wars across the globe while things at home continue to deteriorate.
Washington, D.C. – On Sunday, November 30, over 100 activists and community members gathered in DC’s DuPont Circle to protest corruption in the Philippines and demand the ouster of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and Vice President Sara Duterte.