Farm solidarity: Lessons to learn from Cuba’s regenerative agriculture

Farm solidarity: Lessons to learn from Cuba’s regenerative agriculture

BY OCTOBER KARREMAN Cuba remains an enigma to many people in the United States, still shrouded in the mists of profound cultural and political differences. Due to the U.S. economic blockade of Cuba, most Cubans and Americans are unable to trade goods or ideas or to collaborate on scientific research. However, in the realms of environmental sustainability and organic farming, those […]

Ain’t no party like a Communist Party: Portugal’s Avante! Festival

Ain’t no party like a Communist Party: Portugal’s Avante! Festival

By Jamal Rich AMORA, Portugal––Close to 40,000 regular festival goers descended upon Amora, small suburb outside of Portugal’s capital Lisbon, this past weekend for the 45th Avante! Festival—a cultural, musical, and political extravaganza that is a highlight of summer here. The event is named for and sponsored by the newspaper of the Portuguese Communist Party—Avante! (or Onward! in English)—which was instrumental in overthrowing […]

The outlook of today’s radicalized youth

The outlook of today’s radicalized youth

By Maicol David Lynch Organizing students and the youth overall is a “waste of time.” At least that’s what I’ve been hearing recently in some of the leftist organizing circles I belong to. When I push back on this narrative, those who initially took this position modify their stance: “Well, let’s focus on organizing young workers. They can be radicalized […]

U.S. media finds its voice—to bay for blood over Afghanistan

U.S. media finds its voice—to bay for blood over Afghanistan

By Ian Goodrum It would appear the United States’ corporate-owned media has finally gotten over their love affair with President Joe Biden for not being Donald Trump. Now, at long last, they’re actually criticizing his administration. Are they taking issue with his inaction on student debt, or his mishandling of the new coronavirus variants sweeping through the populace? Maybe they’re […]