Vietnamese fighter takes U.S. bomber pilot captive, 1965. By John Catalinotto, managing editor, Workers World newspaper Adapted from the author’s presentation at a May 4 webinar organized by the International Manifesto Group, “50 years since the liberation of Saigon: How Vietnam defeated the US empire.” A video of all the speakers is available, see end…

The following is part one of a talk given by the author to a meeting of the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) on April 24 in Philadelphia. (Trigger warning due to graphic descriptions of rape and torture.) The truth is that I struggle these days to find the right words. I think everyone does. I…

Home » Global » China helps build Cuba’s renewable energy sector Chinese-made solar panels The island nation of Cuba has consistently struggled with one economic barrier above all others: the United States blockade, which has blocked all trade between U.S. companies and Cuba since 1962. This economic strangulation has been exacerbated since the collapse of…

Burkina Faso’s Ibrahim Traoré is remaking his nation, and in the process, making enemies in the West. Since taking power in 2022, the young military leader has expelled French troops, ejected Western corporations, and aligned his country with Russia, Cuba, and Venezuela. Promoting pan-African unity and national self-reliance while surviving coup attempts, Traoré is positioning…