When socialist Cuba embraced Chernobyl's children

Thirty years after the Chernobyl disaster, the scale of the catastrophe remains difficult to grasp. Entire regions were contaminated, thousands of lives were disrupted, and the effects of radiation followed people for decades. For many families, the disaster did not end in 1986—it continued in illness, uncertainty and long-term health complications.

In the years that followed, the international response was uneven. Assistance existed, but often moved slowly, tied to political decisions or limited resources. Cuba chose a different course, as Granma recently reminded us. 

IMCWP Working Group: Statements against US-Israeli imperialist aggression and in solidarity with Cuba

The meeting of the Working Group (WG) of the International Meetings of Communist and Workers’ Parties (IMCWP), which was successfully held on 19 April in Istanbul, issued statements for the US-Israeli imperialist war in Iran and Lebanon as well as in solidarity with Cuba. 

Read below the two statements:

Statement on Solidarity with the Peoples of Iran, Lebanon, Palestine

Speech by Miguel Díaz-Canel: "The socialist character of our Revolution is not a phrase from the past..."

Speech delivered by Miguel Mario Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba and President of the Republic, at the ceremony marking the 65th anniversary of the proclamation of the socialist character of the Cuban Revolution, at 23rd and 12th Streets, Plaza de la Revolución municipality, on April 16, 2026, “Year of the Centennial of Commander-in-Chief Fidel Castro Ruz”:

Long live free Cuba!  (Shouts of: “Long live!”)

Down with the blockade!  (Shouts of: “Down with it!”)

The 24th International Meeting of Communist and Workers’ Parties to be held in Havana on 7-9 August

The meeting of the Working Group (WG) of the International Meetings of Communist and Workers’ Parties (IMCWP) was successfully concluded on Sunday, April 19, in Istanbul. The session focused on determining the venue, theme, and organizational matters for the 24th International Meeting.

The Working Group decided that the 24th IMCWP will take place in Havana from August 7 to 9, 2026, under the theme: “We defend and honor the legacy of the Cuban Revolution on the centenary of Fidel Castro; we deepen our solidarity with socialist Cuba; we strengthen our joint actions and unite our forces for peace and against imperialist aggression.”

How the European Parliament promotes anti-Cuban propaganda by applying double standards

A revealing case of “double standards” by the European Parliament has come to light regarding its stance toward socialist Cuba.

On 13 January 2026, the parliamentary group of the Communist Party of Greece (KKE) scheduled an exhibition dedicated to the internationalist contribution of Cuban doctors, focusing on the Henry Reeve medical brigades and their role in supporting peoples affected by pandemics and natural disasters. The exhibition was rejected by the Parliament’s authorities.

KKE: 65 years since the heroic victory of the Cuban Revolution at the Bay of Pigs

On the occasion of the 65th anniversary of the heroic victory of the Cuban Revolution at the Bay of Pigs, the CC of the Communist Party of Greece (KKE) stresses out: 

"In April 1961, the armed people of Cuba, under the leadership of Fidel Castro, crushed the attempted landing of US mercenary forces, inflicting a humiliating defeat on  North American imperialism.

The revolutionaries, led by the communists, delivered a decisive response to imperialist plans, halting the United States’ counter-revolutionary schemes, shattering the myth of the omnipotence of the imperialist superpower, and inspiring hope among the peoples of the world.

The homeland must be defended: Cuban unions call for mass mobilization on May Day 2026

In the context of escalating U.S blockade and ongoing economic challenges, the Cuban trade union movement call on workers across the country to mobilize for International Workers’ Day 2026. 

 

The following statement outlines the political significance of May Day and emphasizes unity, resistance, and national defense: 

Dear Cuban workers,

Why socialist Cuba is more democratic than the U.S

By Nikos Mottas 

The renewed escalation of hostility by the Trump administration towards Cuba—through tightened sanctions, political pressure, and open ideological aggression—once again exposes a fundamental contradiction. 

A country that presents itself as the "global model of democracy" continues to treat a small socialist island as a persistent threat. This is not a coincidence. It points to something deeper: what is being contested is not “democracy” in the abstract, but two fundamentally different ways of organizing power in society.

What If Cuba Had Nuclear Weapons? The Limits of “Peaceful Coexistence”

By Nikos Mottas

Today, more than six decades after the Cuban Revolution, the United States continues to enforce one of the most prolonged and comprehensive systems of economic warfare in modern history. The blockade—tightened, codified, and expanded over decades—seeks not merely to pressure, but to suffocate. 

Sanctions on fuel, financial strangulation, extraterritorial enforcement, and constant efforts to disrupt Cuba’s access to energy and trade are not isolated measures; they form a coherent strategy aimed at exhausting a society that refuses to abandon its chosen path.  

Cuba responds firmly to U.S destabilization attempts: Morón vandalism denounced by revolutionary forces

The recent events in Morón have once again exposed the real dynamics at play in Cuba: a people enduring material hardship under siege, and a handful of disruptive elements attempting to turn those hardships into political destabilization.

In the early hours of March 14, a group of individuals carried out acts of vandalism against the local headquarters of the Communist Party, setting fire to property and attempting to manufacture an image of generalized unrest. 

 

From Bay of Pigs to Speedboats: Trump Still Doesn’t Get It

There are moments when the class character of imperialist aggression reveals itself with brutal clarity. February 25, 2026, was one such moment. Cuban border guards intercepted a Florida-registered speedboat just one nautical mile off Cayo Falcones in Villa Clara province. The vessel carried ten armed Cuban exiles operating from U.S. soil. 

 

When the patrol approached to enforce sovereignty, the infiltrators opened fire. Cuban forces defended themselves, killing four − including at least one U.S. citizen − and wounding six. 

 

Why is it important for Communist and Workers Parties to meet in Havana this year?

                 By Nahide Özkan* 

 

In the twentieth century, the existence of the Soviet Union and the socialist bloc led to an “extraordinary” deviation in the course of capitalism. The unrestrained aggression of the imperialist system, backed by colonial accumulation, was somewhat restrained by strong working-class governments, both in domestic social policies and in the arena of international relations, and bound by certain rules that gave it a “civilized” face.

 

Massive KKE rally in Greece sends message of solidarity with Cuba: “CUBA IS NOT ALONE!”

Thousands of people gathered on Wednesday afternoon at Syntagma Square in Athens in a massive demonstration of internationalist solidarity with Cuba and its heroic people, organized by the Communist Party of Greece (KKE).

The rally sent a strong political message against the decades-long U.S. blockade and imperialist threats, with demonstrators chanting and proclaiming that “Cuba is not alone.”

World Federation of Trade Unions calls for solidarity week with Cuba

WFTU Solidarity Week with Cuba

There is no doubt that the aggressive and warmongering nature of imperialism is manifested in its most stark and most undisguised way today.

The massacre and genocide of Palestinians in Gaza by the murderous Israeli state with the open support of the US, NATO, and the EU, and their allies, the attacks against Lebanon, Syria, Yemen, and the aggressive war against Iran, the invasion of Venezuela by the US army and the kidnapping of President Maduro and Cilia Flores are actions that remind us once again how ruthless imperialism can be in order to promote the economic and geostrategic interests of monopoly capital and the dominant circles of capitalism.

Open Letter by a Cuban Woman to the Peoples of the World

By Ikay Romay

To all humanity, to mothers of the world, to Doctors Without Borders, to journalists with self-respect, to governments that still want justice: I condemn the crime they don’t want to see.

My name is like millions of others – no famous last name, no important position. I am an ordinary Cuban woman – a daughter, a sister, a patriot. I write this with a broken heart and trembling hands. What my people go through today is not a crisis. It is slow, calculated murder, coldly executed from Washington. And the world looks the other way.

KKE in EU Parliament denounces U.S threats towards Cuba, submits question to Kaja Kallas

The threats of an imperialist attack against Cuba, along with the demand for the immediate lifting of the country’s economic blockade and its removal from the list of “states sponsoring terrorism,” are highlighted in a parliamentary question submitted to the High Representative for Foreign Affairs, Kaja Kallas, by the Communist Party of Greece (KKE) Members of the European Parliament, Kostas Papadakis and Lefteris Nikolaou-Alavanos.

 

Communist and Anti-imperialist Youth Organizations: Solidarity with the Cuban people! Hands off Cuba!

At the initiative of KNE (Communist Youth of Greece), Communist and Anti-imperialist Youth Organizations from around the world have signed a joint statement condemning the escalating threats by the US and its allies against Cuba and expressing their solidarity with the Cuban people, the Communist Party of Cuba, and the Union of Young Communists of Cuba.

 

The full statement reads: 

 

Cuba Sends Doctors. The USA Sends Bombs

By Nikos Mottas 

There are moments when history reduces itself to a single, unavoidable contrast. Today is one of them. As renewed threats and economic aggression once again emanate from Washington under Donald Trump, an old truth regains its sharpness: 

Cuba sends doctors. The United States sends bombs.

This is not a slogan invented for effect. It is a reflection of two opposing social systems, two different priorities, two irreconcilable visions of what a society should produce—and for whom.

More than 100 Communist and Workers' Parties say: Stop the escalation of aggression against Cuba!

In a joint statement published in SolidNet, more than 100 Communist and Workers' Parties and Organizations demand an immediate end to the imperialist aggression of the U.S government against Cuba. More specifically, the statement, which is open for further signatures, points out:

«Stop the escalation of aggression against Cuba!» 

"We firmly condemn US imperialism’s new escalation of aggression against the sovereignty and independence of Cuba and against the rights of the Cuban people. 

Cuba Is Not Alone! PAME internationalist delegation to visit the Island of the Revolution

Cuba Is Not Alone! PAME internationalist delegation to the Island of the Revolution

An internationalist delegation of the All-Workers Militant Front (PAME) will visit the Island of the Revolution, Cuba, from February 20 to 23, as part of the development and strengthening of internationalist bonds of solidarity among the workers of our countries. This visit is part of PAME’s internationalist initiatives and follows the recent visit to heroic Palestine.