On May 20, U.S. government prosecutors indicted Raúl Modesto Castro Ruz, a lifelong Cuban revolutionary and former president of Cuba, for murder. The charges stem from the 1996 shooting down of two planes operated by a counterrevolutionary terrorist group, the Miami-based “Brothers to the Rescue.” Four people died in the . . .

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The following statement was posted on radiohc.cu on May 20, 2026. The Revolutionary Government [of Cuba] condemns in the strongest terms the despicable accusation by the United States Department of Justice announced on May 20 and proclaimed for several weeks against Army General Raúl Castro Ruz, leader of the Cuban . . .

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The writer is Workers World Party’s First Secretary. Workers World Party’s position on the Iran war is straightforward and premised on the theoretical tradition of Vladimir Lenin and Sam Marcy, the late chairperson of WWP. The Party unconditionally supports the Islamic Republic of Iran in this war. The political and . . .

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Hamas issued the following press statement on May 15, 2026, on the Hamas Online English Mirror. Seventy-eight years have passed since the occupation of the blessed land of Palestine, during which this Zionist enemy has committed the most horrific massacres and crimes against our land, people and holy sites, escalating . . .

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The People’s Organization for Progress (POP), a longtime ally in struggles against racism, white supremacy and imperialist wars, organized a spirited two-hour picket line and rally in front of the federal courthouse in downtown Newark, New Jersey, on May 13, 2026. The rally protested the recent racist U.S. Supreme Court . . .

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Rank-and-file leaders of Branch 34 of the National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC) and their allies rallied at Boston City Hall and marched to the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) headquarters at South Station on May 17, days before the May 22 expiration of their current labor agreement. WW Photo: Steve Gillis . . .

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Download the PDF Union in Italy demands More $ for wages, not for war! Stonewall still means RESIST! NAKBA DAY: Protests across U.S. Hamas vs. media bias ‘Boycott the U.S.’ Impact of AI: Environment Mass firings Investors’ frenzy Long Island Railroad strike Defending voting rights from Memphis to Newark, N.J. . . .

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Actions across the U.S. and around the world were called to observe the 78th anniversary of the Nakba (Catastrophe). Nakba Day — May 15 — commemorates the period in 1948 that the Zionist State of Israel declared its formation amidst its opening genocide campaign, when Zionist militias demolished 500 villages, . . .

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A countrywide general strike took place in Italy on May 18 with demonstrations in many cities, including the capital Rome, demanding higher wages and a lower military budget. It was the Union Sindacale di Base (USB — Rank-and-File Union) and other popular organizations that organized the actions under the slogan . . .

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Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt booed at Arizona State University every time he mentions AI. May 17, 2026. The Big Six — so big that everyone knows Meta, Amazon, Alphabet/Google, Oracle, Microsoft and Apple — are planning to spend $650 billion on artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure in 2026 after spending . . .

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