The Cuban Revolution was one of the most inspiring events in history, creating the first workers’ state in the Western hemisphere. In this talk, Keelan Kellegher discusses the struggle for socialism in Cuba and where it must go from here, to spread the revolution and free itself from isolation.
“Latin America has everything required to build a paradise on Earth, but its people have been forced to endure a hard purgatory… For 500 years the lands and peoples of Latin America have been ruthlessly and systematically looted.”
Donald Trump and US imperialism have effectively implemented an oil embargo on Cuba. They are intent on asphyxiating the Cuban Revolution to restore the market and a US friendly regime. Workers of the world must rally and demand: Hands off Cuba! End the blockade!
The Easter Rising of 1916 is one of the most inspiring events in Irish revolutionary history. The rising saw Europe’s first Red Army, the Irish Citizen’s Army, fight the forces of British Imperialism on the streets of Dublin and sacrifice their lives for the cause of a free Ireland for the Irish workers and poor. When Lenin got news of the Rising, he criticised those who wrote it off as a ‘putsch’ saying ‘Whoever expects a ‘pure’ social revolution will never live to see it. Such a person pays lip-service to revolution without understanding what revolution is.’ These comments still […]