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Lolita Lebron: Paragon of the Puerto Rican Independence Struggle

https://carlitoboricua.blog/2021/02/28/lolita-lebron-a-bold-fighter-for-puerto-rican-independence/ Lolita Lebrón, A Bold Fighter for Puerto Rican Independence February 28, 2021 By Carlito Rovira Throughout Puerto Rican history, women have played an exemplary and leading role in the struggle against colonialism and oppression. Political and military leaders like Mariana Bracetti, Lola Rodríguez De Tío, Juana Colón, Blanca Canales and many others, have been models of courage and devotion to the struggle for independence and self-determination. One of the most widely known and respected women from the 20th century Puerto Rican liberation struggle is Lolita Lebrón. [...]

By |2021-03-01T23:56:19-05:00March 1st, 2021|Activism, Anti-Racism/Racism, Beyond Capitalism, Chican@-Mexican@-Latinx, Cuba, Heroes and Whistleblowers, Historical, Human Rights, Justice/Injustice, Latin America, Movements, People, Politics, Prisons, Protests and Rallies, Puerto Rico, Solidarity, Women|0 Comments
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Jack Lieberman will live forever in the hearts of the Cuban people

Jack Lieberman will live forever in the heart of the Cuban people By Carlos Rafael Dieguez Translated and edited by Walter Lippmann for CubaNews. https://walterlippmann. com/jack-lieberman-siempre/ Jack Lieberman has just died physically in Fort Lauderdale and continues to live forever in the heart of the Cuban people and the world. Fervent revolutionary, as one of his close friends Camillo Coco remembers him: “Our brother Jack Lieberman passed away. The South Florida activist community has lost a great organizer, a fighter, and a man full of principles and [...]

By |2020-10-01T01:48:27-05:00October 1st, 2020|Activism, Anti-capitalism, Anti-Racism/Racism, COVID-19, Cuba, Free Speech, Heroes and Whistleblowers, Human Rights, In Memoriam, Latin America, Movements, News, Obituary, Politics, Socialism, Unity, Walter Lipman|0 Comments
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US Fabricates Pretext for Sanctions on Cuba, Venezuela

Heraldo Cubano: Estados Unidos y su poca imaginación. Por Arthur González (English translation follows below) Los yanquis han inventado tantas mentiras contra la Revolución cubana desde 1959, que ya no tienen imaginación creativa para construir otras falsedades para acusar a Cuba. Desde asesinatos, torturas, falsas leyes para privar a los padres de la patria potestad de sus hijos, inventadas violaciones de los derechos humanos, fabricación de opositores que resultaron ser aprovechados del dinero que les asignan para sus provocaciones y al final solo buscan las vías para [...]

By |2020-05-20T02:43:58-05:00May 20th, 2020|COVID-19, Cuba, Historical, Latin America, Movements, News, Peace and War, Venezuela|0 Comments
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Venezuela’s Surprising Victory Against COVID-19

Venezuela’s Coronavirus Response Might Surprise You httpss://venezuelanalysis.com/analysis/14824 By Leonardo Flores - Common Dreams - March 26, 2020 Within a few hours of being launched, over 800 Venezuelans in the U.S. registered for an emergency flight from Miami to Caracas through a website run by the Venezuelan government. This flight, offered at no cost, was proposed by President Nicolás Maduro when he learned that 200 Venezuelans were stuck in the United States following his government’s decision to stop commercial flights as a preventative coronavirus measure. The promise of one flight [...]

By |2020-03-26T16:48:32-05:00March 26th, 2020|Activism, Beyond Capitalism, COVID-19, Cuba, Donald Trump, Health, Health, Health Care, Human Rights, Latin America, Movements, News, Peace, Politics, Socialism, Solidarity, Venezuela, War|0 Comments
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Tricontinental: In Light of Global Pandemic, Focus on the People

In Light of the Global Pandemic, Focus Attention on the People MARCH 21, 2020 International Assembly of the Peoples and Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research. httpss://www.thetricontinental.org/declaration-covid19/ SARS-CoV-2 or COVID19, now declared a global pandemic by the World Health Organisation, has begun to wreak havoc in large parts of the world, with other parts waiting in anticipation. We are in a real struggle, which needs total mobilization; a struggle that needs to put life before profit. We will only win this struggle – as China has already done [...]

By |2020-03-23T14:32:56-05:00March 23rd, 2020|Anti-capitalism, Anti-Racism/Racism, Beyond Capitalism, Climate Change, Cuba, Ecology, Economy, Health, Health, Health Care, Healthcare, Heroes and Whistleblowers, Human Rights, Immigration/Migrant rights, Indigenous Nations, Justice/Injustice, Latin America, Movements, National Security, News, Politics, Poverty, Security and Insecurity, Socialism, Solidarity, Sustainability, Unity|0 Comments
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PDF of January 2020 issue of Change Links

By |2019-12-30T22:48:15-05:00December 30th, 2019|Activism, Anti-capitalism, Black Lives Matter, Calendar, Cuba, Editorial, Free Speech, Independent Media, Justice/Injustice, Latin America, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, Movements, Peace, Peace Vigils, Poetry Corner, Politics|0 Comments
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Cuba: Itinerary of an Obsession

Cuba: Itinerary of an Obsession By Rosa Miriam Elizalde on December 12, 2019 You could fit Cuba’s archipelago 90 times into the United States. There is no lithium, nor large mineral resources, and so far, not a single field has been found—as in Mexico—to awaken the unquenchable thirst of the oil industry. "Cuba is a palm grove in the middle of the ocean," said Jose Fornaris, a romantic poet of the 19th century. "An island trapped in the infernal cycle of sugar cane," as Jean Paul Sartre [...]

By |2019-12-30T22:47:31-05:00December 30th, 2019|Anti-capitalism, Commentary, Cuba, Human Rights, Latin America, Movements, National Security, Solidarity|0 Comments
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Study Medicine in Cuba at ELAM (Latin American Medical School)

Full Scholarship Program to Study Medicine in Cuba IT IS VERY IMPORTANT THAT ALL APPLICANTS READ THIS DOCUMENT IN FULL BEFORE CONTACTING THE IFCO OFFICE.   If you are interested in a scholarship to the medical school in Cuba, you MUST fit the following criteria:   Be US citizens (with US passport)   Be between the ages of 18 and 25 by the time of matriculation.   (Please note that in limited circumstances exceptions MAY be considered for those over 25. For more information about this, it [...]

By |2019-12-30T22:45:12-05:00December 30th, 2019|Activism, Anti-capitalism, Cuba, Education, Health, Health, Health Care, Healthcare, Human Rights, Latin America, Movements|0 Comments
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3rd Annual Left Coast Forum Postponed

The third annual Left Coast Forum will be held this year on a date and venue to be determined after a conflict on scheduling arose at Occidental College. The keynote speakers are: Melina Abdullah – an outspoken, deeply passionate Black Lives Matter activist as well as the Chair of the Pan African Department at the California State University Los Angeles Mario Solis-Marich – a seasoned political consultant, radio and tv host and producer Dominique DiPrima – host of KJLH Front Page Show with Dominique DiPrima on 102.3 [...]

By |2019-10-02T05:29:22-05:00October 2nd, 2019|Activism, Anti-capitalism, Anti-Racism/Racism, Black Lives Matter, Cuba, Events, Gentrification/Displacement, Healthcare, Human Rights, Independent Media, Justice/Injustice, Labor, Latin America, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, Michael Novick, National Security, Peace, Peace and War, Police Brutality, Politics, Puerto Rico, Socialism, Unions, Unity, Venezuela, War, Whistleblowers|0 Comments
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Cuba – Que Linda Es Cuba!

Cuba, Que Linda Es Cuba by Michael Novick, Anti-Racist Action LA I went to Cuba for the first time, as part of the 50th Venceremos Brigade, for two weeks in July and August, along with over 150 others, the largest solidarity delegation in many years. The visit was eye-opening about the on-going revolutionary process and humanitarian values of their socialist society. It inspired us to oppose the US embargo/blockade against Cuba, and to organize to demand that the US recognize and respect Cuban sovereignty and dignity, stop [...]

By |2019-09-19T12:24:33-05:00September 5th, 2019|Activism, Africa, Anti-capitalism, Anti-Racism/Racism, Beyond Capitalism, Capitalism, Climate Change, Commentary, Cuba, Donald Trump, Ecology, Economy, Health, Health Care, Healthcare, Heroes and Whistleblowers, Historical, Human Rights, Jails, Labor, Latin America, Los Angeles, Michael Novick, Movements, News, Peace, Peace and War, People, Politics, Reports, Socialism, Solidarity|0 Comments
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