From Tricontinental Magazine, 1981 a look at the great revolutionary victory at the Bay of Pigs. Cuban writers H. Zumbado and Arnaldo Tacoronte who fought at Playa Giron, are co-authors of the book Company, Attention!, which won the 26th of July Contest sponsored by the Cuban Ministry of the Revolutionary Armed Forces in 1975. This is an excerpt: THE battle began in the early morning of Monday, April 17. 1961, when the Second Infantry Battalion of mercenary troops landed at P

Statement of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of the Workers of Spain (PCTE) on the 73rd Anniversary of July 26 On July 26, 1953, the assault on the Moncada and Carlos Manuel de Céspedes barracks ushered in a new era in Cuba’s history. That revolutionary action, led by Fidel Castro, marked the beginning of a process that would lead to the triumph of the Revolution on January 1, 1959 and which, shortly after that, would move decisively along the path of socialism. S

The flame of 26 July continues to light the way Statement by the Communist Party of Turkey (TKP) Central Committee on the anniversary of the assault on the Moncada Barracks. On 26 July 1953, the assault on the Moncada Barracks by 135 young Cuban revolutionaries became the symbol of the Cuban people's uprising against the Batista dictatorship, imperialist domination and exploitation. The city of Santiago de Cuba, home to the Moncada Barracks, had already witnessed the first fl

On the mention of the Germany-Cuba Friendship Association in Rubio’s anti-Cuban “report” By Thomas Tews This Monday, the U.S. State Department, led by Marco Rubio, released a 100-page “report” titled “Cuba: The Capital of 21st Century Communism.” It is divided into nine chapters: “The Revolutionary State,” “Birth of a New Left,” “Exporting Revolution,” “An Espionage Empire,” “Revolutionary Tourism,” “Racial Revolution,” “Front Groups and Fellow Travelers,” “Anti-American Inte

SPEECH BY THE FIRST SECRETARY OF THE PROVINCIAL COMMITTEE OF THE COMMUNIST PARTY OF CUBA IN PINAR DEL RÍO, YAMILÉ RAMOS CORDERO, AT THE EVENT IN HONOUR OF JULY 26 (Translated from the Spanish) Comrade Miguel Díaz Canel Bermúdez, First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Party and President of the Republic; Colleagues of the presidency; Guests; Dear people of Pinar del Río, Today we honor the heroes of the assaults on the Moncada and Carlos Manuel de Céspedes barracks. L

We bow the red flag of the Communist Party of Mexico in memory of Commander Ramiro Valdés Menéndez (translated from the Spanish) We pay tribute to the Commander of the Revolution Ramiro Valdés Menéndez who died on June 20. He was an unwavering fighter for the freedom of the Cuban people and for the triumph of the Cuban Revolution and its socialist character. From a young age, as a rebellious worker from Artemis, he took on the commitment to stand against injustice and exploit

Via the Communist Party of Cuba (PCC), translated from the Spanish With profound sorrow, the leadership of the Party, the State, and the Government inform our people that on the morning of Sunday, June 21st, the historic Commander of the Cuban Revolution Ramiro Valdés Menéndez, Hero of the Republic of Cuba and of Labor, passed away. He left behind a brilliant and extraordinary record of service to the nation. Comrade Ramiro was born in Artemisa on April 28th, 1932. From very

Fidel Castro, Havana, 1978 -- Daily LIFT #1998

Images via Estudios Revolución By Demetrio Villaurrutia & Héctor Martínez, translated from the Spanish With the participation, through videoconference, of the leader at the head of the Cuban Revolution, Army General, Raúl Castro Ruz, and led by the First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba (PCC) and President of the Republic, Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, the Third Extraordinary Session of the National Assembly of People's Power in its X Legislatur

Speech delivered by Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba (PCC) and President of the Republic, at the closing of the June 17 Extraordinary Plenary Session of the Central Committee in Havana. Via video translation and transcription Comrades, members of the Party’s Central Committee; Distinguished guests; Compatriots: This extraordinary plenary session is taking place at a decisive moment for Cuba. As proud heirs to

Dimitris Koutsoumbas speaks at the rally -- all images via the Communist Party of Cuba on X The Communist Party of Greece (KKE) reports that on June 15 a large crowd of workers and young people attended the KKE event marking the 100th anniversary of the birth of the leader of the Cuban Revolution, Fidel Castro. The rally also called for an immediate end to the US blockade against Cuba, the removal of Cuba from the US government’s despicable list of “state sponsors of terroris

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 commemoration of the 95th birthday of Army General Raúl Castro Ruz and the 65th anniversary of the creation of the Ministry of the Interior, at the Karl Marx Theater, June 5, 2026 Speech delivered by Miguel Mario Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba and Presid

Cuba’s approach to providing healthcare is indicative of the nature of the revolution: to serve Cubans and the oppressed across the world. Doctors of the internationalist Henry Reeve Brigade By Nuvpreet Kalra, Common Dreams Last week, the Cuban Center for Molecular Immunology, or CIM, announced a major health breakthrough with VAXIRA, a vaccine treatment for lung cancer. This is a remarkable achievement, made only more impressive by the fact that this is Cuba’s second lung ca

The Trump Administration as the Latest Stage of 128 Years of US Imperialism toward Cuba By Thomas Tews At a meeting of US President Trump’s cabinet on May 27, 2026, Secretary of State Marco Rubio stated: Cuba’s in a lot of trouble because, unfortunately for them, it’s run by a bunch of incompetent communists. [...] It’s 90 miles from our shores, and having a failed state 90 miles from our shores is a threat to the national security of the United States. Cuba—a country strangl

June 3rd is the 95th birthday of Army General Raúl Castro Ruz, a guerrilla fighter who has dedicated and dedicates his life to fighting for the Cuban Revolution. May this serve as a sincere and grateful tribute to him. Photo: Estudios Revolución By Alina Perera Robbio, translated from the Spanish Twenty-five years have gone by, and as time keeps layering itself one moment over another, I find myself wondering how that conversation in the province of Ciego de Ávila with Army G

Image from the mass rally in Havana, May 22 Declaration by the Central Committee of the Party of Labour of Austria (PdA) on the arrest warrant issued by the corrupt US judiciary against the former Cuban President. Vienna, 22 May 2026. At the behest of US President Donald Trump, the judiciary of the United States of America has issued a fabricated arrest warrant against the former President and, to this day, a significant leader of the Cuban Revolution, Raúl Castro. The US has

Vilma Espín, Fidel Castro, Raúl Castro and Celia Sánchez on the Second Eastern Front, Cuba 1958 -- Daily LIFT #1974

Images via the PCC By Angélica Paredes López, translated from the Spanish Raúl Castro Ruz is the loyal Cuban. The tireless guerrilla fighter who, a few days before his 95th birthday, is still in the battle to defend our hard-won sovereignty. Raúl is the brave and loyal patriot who has dedicated his life to the Revolution. From the 1950s to today, there hasn’t been a moment in Cuba’s history where his ideas and actions weren’t part of the story. Over the decades, without seeki

Image via the PCC Via Granma and the Communist Party of Cuba (PCC), translated from the Spanish The 5th National Exercise for the Prevention and Confrontation of Crime, Corruption, Drugs, Illegal Activities, and Social Indiscipline has begun in Cuba, this time with the purpose of intensifying actions against these acts and behaviors that threaten the country's priorities. It is being carried out under particularly complex circumstances, as a consequence of the intensified eco

Fidel Castro speaks at the Kremlin with Khrushchev in the background, 1964 -- Daily LIFT #1966