Cuba

Cuban lessons for Latin America’s left
In Depth

Trump v Cuba: The US empire strikes back

Where does US contempt for Cuba come from?
24 May 2026
Cuban lessons for Latin America’s left
International

Trump’s indictment of Raul Castro ratchets up threat of US intervention in Cuba

Trump threatens indictment against Raul Castro.
19 May 2026
Current president Miguel Diaz Canel has done little but impose austerity
International

Food queues and blackouts as US tightens Cuba blockade

Lift the blockade
16 February 2026
John F Kennedy and Nikita Khrushchev a year before teh Cuban Missile Crisis
In Depth

The Cuban Missile Crisis—when it almost went nuclear

Nuclear war was on the brink
09 October 2022
One month from the 11 July protests. A declaration by Comunistas Cuba
International

Cuba — no to repression of protesters against poverty

A call for solidarity
13 April 2022
One month from the 11 July protests. A declaration by Comunistas Cuba
Comment

One month from the 11 July protests. A declaration by Comunistas Cuba

This article was originally published on the website of Comunistas Cuba.
12 August 2021
What was behind the 11 July protests? Greetings for 26 July from Cuban communists
Comment

What was behind the 11 July protests? Greetings for 26 July from Cuban communists

This is a translation of an article originally published in Spanish on the website comunistascuba.org.
27 July 2021
From Cuba: a description of the protests
News

From Cuba: a description of the protests

As a service to a fuller understanding of the recent Cuban protests, we publish a description by socialists in Cuba.
17 July 2021
US imperialism, capitalism and Cuban protests
In Depth

US imperialism, capitalism and Cuban protests

The current protests in Cuba have raised arguments. Sophie Squire analyses the nature of Cuban state capitalism, the pressure from the US and today’s revolt.
16 July 2021
Back the protests in Cuba, but beware US imperialism
International

Back the protests in Cuba, but beware US imperialism

Mass protests in Cuba are prompted by real grievances. Sophie Squire looks at the revolt but warns of the forces that will try to use them
12 July 2021
Wasp Network is a solid Cuban political spy thriller
Reviews & Culture

Wasp Network is a solid Cuban political spy thriller

This film on Netflix tells a little known story of US state-sponsored terror without romanticising Cuba’s Castro government
26 June 2020
Cuban lessons for Latin America’s left
Alex Callinicos

Cuban lessons for Latin America’s left

Latin America has returned to the headlines with the explosive revolts in Chile and Ecuador. They show how neoliberalism continues to evoke massive popular resistance
29 October 2019
Socialist Review Archive

Debating critical Marxism in Cuba today

In May over 100 people attended an international conference in Cuba discussing the ideas of Leon Trotsky, with the aim of shaking up state–sanctioned “Marxism”. Héctor Puente Sierra reports.
03 June 2019
The Troublemaker - Thatcher’s Tories covered up the tainted blood scandal
The Troublemaker

The Troublemaker – Thatcher’s Tories covered up the tainted blood scandal

Margaret Thatcher’s Tory government had a deliberate policy of refusing to accept any responsibility for allowing contaminated blood to be given to haemophiliacs.
31 October 2017
Socialist Review Archive

Fidel Castro, Cuba and socialism

The death of Castro, long time leader of Cuba, last November provoked a polarised response. The establishment denounced him as a dictator who ruined Cuba, while some on the left celebrated him unquestioningly. Andy Brown argues that socialists must retain their critical faculties.
03 January 2017
Fidel Castro 1926-2016
Obituaries

Fidel Castro 1926-2016

History must judge Fidel Castro both as the freedom fighter whose defiance humiliated US imperialism and as the ruler of a repressive, unequal society.
29 November 2016
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Letters

Letters

Includes letters on Cuba-US relations, GM crops ban, defending abortion rights and more.
18 August 2015
US to end 55-year embargo of Cuba
International

US to end 55-year embargo of Cuba

The US government has finally agreed to re-establish full diplomatic ties with Cuba. The two countries are set to exchange ambassadors for the first time since 1961.
06 January 2015
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The SW View

Storm Sandy shows the hypocrisy of our rulers

Post-tropical storm Sandy is the largest Atlantic tropical system on record. Before it hit the US it ravaged Jamaica, Cuba, the Bahamas, Haiti and the Dominican Republic.
30 October 2012
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Socialist Review Archive

Cuba’s contradictions

Last month a national congress in Cuba agreed to reforms aimed at opening the country up to market forces. Mike Gonzalez examines Cuba's contradictions
01 May 2011
Ska With Laurel: Bringing together history and politics of British ska
Reviews & Culture

Ska With Laurel: Bringing together history and politics of British ska

Born in Cuba in 1927 but settling in Jamaica at the age of 11, Laurel Aitken was dubbed "The Godfather of Ska", and he was the real pioneer of the genre.
02 November 2010
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Reviews & Culture

Imperfect Cinema

Death of a Bureaucrat, directed in Cuba by Tomás Gutiérrez Alea, opens on a factory where a worker creating busts of José Marti (leader of the Cuban independence struggle of the 1890s and icon of the 1959 Revolution) is killed in an accident. The last bust to emerge is the worker himself.
01 October 2010
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International

Obama’s ‘backyard’ politics for Latin America are very much like George Bush’s

A few weeks ago US presidential hopeful Barack Obama travelled to Miami to speak to the Cuban American Foundation, a right wing organisation much loved by George Bush.
17 June 2008
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Socialist Review Archive

Cuba after Fidel Castro: Following Fidel

Fidel Castro has resigned from his position as head of the government of Cuba after 49 years in charge.
01 March 2008