
Socialist-minded people still need to discuss implosion of Soviet socialism
All socialist-minded people should be encouraged to discuss Sam Webb's "Season's Reflections on Socialism."

Cuba’s infant mortality rate at its lowest level ever
Cuba's infant mortality rate (IMR) for 2014 was 4.2, unchanged from the previous year and again the lowest in Cuban history.

Trade (and geopolitical) wars cut oil prices
There is a trade war in oil and fossil fuels. It has four causes I can identify.

The worry about Assata Shakur
A concern has been raised about the fate of Assata Shakur, an African-American activist who was given political asylum by the government of Fidel Castro in 1982.

