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Defending and Building Socialism Under Siege: Cuba’s New Economic Measures, Socialist Renewal, and the Struggle for Sovereignty

By: Isaac Saney, June 18, 2026* WATCH: President Díaz-Canel’s Speech at the Extraordinary Plenary Session of the Party Central Committee https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lx_fcswdqRo In one of the most consequential economic policy announcements since the Special Period of the 1990s, Cuba has unveiled a comprehensive package of reforms designed to confront the island’s most severe economic crisis inContinueContinue reading “Defending and Building Socialism Under Siege: Cuba’s New Economic Measures, Socialist Renewal, and the Struggle for Sovereignty”

The Philippines: Is Akbayan now supporting the US against China?

By: Partido Lakas ng Masa [Editor’s note: Filipino socialist activist Khyl Ramos, from the Partido Lakas ng Masa (PLM, Party of the Labouring Masses), will be speaking at Ecosocialism 2026, September 11-13, Magan-djin/Brisbane, Australia. For more information visit ecosocialism.org.au.] See also below Partido Lakas ng Masa statement “On the malicious attacks against PLM being circulated byContinueContinue reading “The Philippines: Is Akbayan now supporting the US against China?”

Pahayag ng Partido Lakas ng Masa (PLM) sa Pag-apruba ng HB 8389

IPINASA ng Kamara ang House Bill No. 8389, o panukalang Anti-Political Dynasty Act, kahapon, June 3, bago mag-recess ang Kapulungan. Ang panukala ay pagsalubong sa lumalawak na rejection ng mamamayan sa political dynasty. Sa Pulse Asia survey (February 27-March 2, 2026), ang gusto ng dynasty ban ay 71% sa Luzon, 81% sa Visayas, at 53%ContinueContinue reading “Pahayag ng Partido Lakas ng Masa (PLM) sa Pag-apruba ng HB 8389”

Pahayag ng Partido Lakas ng Masa (PLM) Sa Pag-apruba ng HB 8389 sa Second Reading

Paulit-ulit na binubudol ng dinastiya ang masa Muli na namang binudol ng mga naghaharing uri at dinastiya ang malawak na masa nang aprubahan ng Kamara sa 2nd reading ang House Bill No. 8389, o pekeng panukala na Anti-Political Dynasty Act. Nagkapit-bisig ang magagaling na 175 kinatawan ng Kamara para suportahan ang HB 8389 na angContinueContinue reading “Pahayag ng Partido Lakas ng Masa (PLM) Sa Pag-apruba ng HB 8389 sa Second Reading”

[VIDEO] ‘In an era marked by AI, is the Marxist Labor Theory of Value still valid?’

Professor Stavros Mavroudeas deals with this issue in his online presentation to Moscow Lomonosov University. https://youtu.be/WqbP2t4AXOI?si=M00MCebHCNohkeIR “This paper addresses the issue of new information technologies and especially of the so-called artificial intelligence (AI). It proposes a critical evaluation of both their abilities and also their purported purge of human labor from the economy. Main pointsContinueContinue reading “[VIDEO] ‘In an era marked by AI, is the Marxist Labor Theory of Value still valid?’”

[TAGALOG] Ibasura ang Pax Silica at ang paggamit nito sa Pilipinas bilang sentro ng imperyalistang gyera at imprastrukturang militar sa ngalan ng AI (artificial intelligence).

PLM Statement (Tagalog version) Ibasura ang Pax Silica at ang paggamit nito sa Pilipinas bilang sentro ng imperyalistang gyera at imprastrukturang militar sa ngalan ng AI (artificial intelligence). [Ang Pax Silica ay initiative ng U.S. at iba pang high-tech countries para kontrahin ang pagsikad ng China sa iba’t ibang bahagi ng AI at computer technology.ContinueContinue reading “[TAGALOG] Ibasura ang Pax Silica at ang paggamit nito sa Pilipinas bilang sentro ng imperyalistang gyera at imprastrukturang militar sa ngalan ng AI (artificial intelligence).”

[ENGLISH] Philippines: AI, Industrial Sovereignty, and Pax Silica

[POSITION PAPER] Philippines: AI, Industrial Sovereignty, and Pax SilicaThe Struggle for Sustainable Industrial Development, Technological ‘Self-Determination’, and National Sovereignty By Reihana Mohideen, PLM-International View: [VIDEO] ‘In an era marked by AI, is the Marxist Labor Theory of Value still valid?’ I. Pax Silica: A New Geopolitical-Industrial Order In December 2025, the US established Pax Silica,ContinueContinue reading “[ENGLISH] Philippines: AI, Industrial Sovereignty, and Pax Silica”

[TAGALOG] Posisyon ng PLM sa Krisis sa Kuryente

Hindi Dapat Ikalakal ang Kuryente, Gawing Serbisyo sa Mamamayan! Isabansa ang Industriya ng Enerhiya sa Ilalim ng Workers’ Control 1. Estruktural, hindi teknikal, ang dahilan ng krisis sa kuryente. Ang paulit-ulit na red at yellow alert sa mga grid sa Luzon at Visayas ay hindi simpleng pagkabigo sa teknikal na aspeto nito, kundi bunga ngContinueContinue reading “[TAGALOG] Posisyon ng PLM sa Krisis sa Kuryente”

[ENGLISH] PLM Position on the Power Crisis

Electricity Should Not Be Traded as a Commodity — It is Public Service for the People! Nationalize the Energy Industry Under Workers’ Control 1. The Crisis is Structural, Not Technical The recurring red and yellow alerts in the Luzon and Visayas grids are not merely technical failures, but the result of a deep structural crisisContinueContinue reading “[ENGLISH] PLM Position on the Power Crisis”