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Palestinian fighters prepare to fire mortar shells on the outskirts of the West Bank town of Beit Jala, during fighting with israeli forces, August 29, 2001.

Cuba will not surrender! Cuba persists and resists! And that persistence is intolerable to the empire!

Speech delivered by Miguel Mario Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba and President of the Republic, at the commemoration of the 95th birthday of Army General Raúl Castro Ruz and the 65th anniversary of the creation of the Ministry of the Interior, at the Karl Marx Theater, June 5, 2026

Our nation is living through crucial times, threatened as never before by imperialism, which once again believes it can subdue us and destroy the Revolution. To this end, and before the eyes of the world, violating all norms of International Law, the United States government is committing an act of genocide that imposes terrible limitations on the daily lives of our people.

The perverse way in which the United States is carrying out a plan against Cuba aimed at provoking a humanitarian crisis throughout the nation, with the grave effects already being felt by children, the elderly, pregnant women, the disabled, and, in general, all our people without exception, can only be described as a crime against humanity.

©Philomena Famulok

One of the most heartbreaking stories…Imprisoned doctor Hussam Abu Safiya sent a message asking to reach journalist Anas Al-Sharif so that the voices and suffering of prisoners could be conveyed to the world—unaware that Anas had already been martyred.

His son, Elias, revealed that his father, who is living in harsh isolation in prison, still saw Anas as a voice capable of bringing the suffering of Palestinian prisoners to the world’s attention. Hoping his message would reach the public, he asked for contact with him.

June 6, 2021 - Native activists tore down the statue of Egerton Ryerson, one of the founders of the genocidal Canadian residential school system, and beheaded it.

June 6 1966 - On this day in 1966, civil rights activist and war veteran James Meredith began the  220-Mile long March Against Fear through the state of Mississippi from Memphis to Jackson, by himself.

Getting hassled along the way by white Mississippians but remaining cheerful, he marched against racism and fear; encouraging black people to join him, to stand up and not to fear violence, and to register to vote. Despite police promising protection for his march, on the second day Meredith was shot with a shotgun by a white man hiding in the bushes along the road. (See the 4th and 5th gifs to see how urgently police deal with the shooter). Meredith was quickly taken to a hospital.