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Communist teacher turned health minister leads pandemic fight in India

December 2, 2020 By Beatrice Lumpkin

Shailaja’s passion for science led her to become a physics and biology teacher. The class struggle in India drew her to the Communist Party.

PW Podcast: U.S. imperialism hinders Cuban COVID-19 vaccine

November 25, 2020 By Chauncey K. Robinson And Matt Bernico

While the U.S. government's response to the pandemic has been disjointed and politicized, there are other areas in the world that have fared better—socialist Cuba among them.

Is there life after coronavirus? China proved pandemic can be controlled

November 20, 2020 By C.J. Atkins

In Wuhan, where COVID first emerged, Trump’s claim the virus can’t be managed has been proven a lie.

Cuban report says U.S. blockade still causing immense economic loss

November 4, 2020 By W. T. Whitney, Jr.

In recommending a blockade, Lester D. Mallory sought “a line of action which makes the greatest inroads in denying money and supplies to Cuba, to decrease monetary and real wages, to bring about hunger, desperation, and...

Cuba’s triple troubles: Pandemic, blockade, and economic crisis

October 26, 2020 By W. T. Whitney, Jr.

60 years of the U.S. economic blockade made worse by COVID- 19 means Cuba’s already shaky economy is deteriorating.