" Build protests now to defend Cuba's sovereignty ! US hands off Cuba " [ NEWS from the " The Militant " voice of the American Socialist Workers Party ]

Build protests now to defend Cuba’s sovereignty! US hands off Cuba! A Call to Action by the Socialist Workers Party Vol. 90/No. 22 June 8, 2026 Right, 250,000 Cubans rally in front of U.S. Embassy in Havana May 22 to protest Washington’s indictment of Raúl Castro, a central leader of Cuba’s socialist revolution. Left, 100 people joined rally next day in Boston, among growing protests against U.S. war threats on Cuba. Left, Militant/Judy Freiwirth; right, Granma Right, 250,000 Cubans rally in front of U.S. Embassy in Havana May 22 to protest Washington’s indictment of Raúl Castro, a central leader of Cuba’s socialist revolution. Left, 100 people joined rally next day in Boston, among growing protests against U.S. war threats on Cuba. The following statement was released May 26 by Jack Barnes, national secretary of the Socialist Workers Party, on behalf of the party’s National Committee. The Socialist Workers Party, in the strongest possible terms, condemns the U.S. rulers’ accelerating acts of aggression against the Cuban people and their government. We condemn the total oil blockade designed to punish every man, woman and child on the island. The SWP calls on working people in the United States and worldwide to organize emergency picket lines, rallies and other public protests now to demonstrate our rejection of the U.S. government’s decadeslong bipartisan attacks that are aimed at strangling the Cuban people and dismembering their socialist revolution.]