Progreso Semanal - Our world from progressive perpectives

From Granma Newspaper The First Criminal Court in the People’s Provincial Tribunal in Holguín, after evaluating the abundant proof presented in the oral trial held recently in that…
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By Mark Weisbrot From The Guardian Ecuador has now made its decision: to grant political asylum to Julian Assange. This comes in the wake of an incident that should dispel remaining…
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By Bill Press In case you didn't know, Congress is in recess. They've given themselves a five-week break. Unanimously. This week they voted "without objection" not to come…
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By Saul Landau Reading Jerry Mander’s The Capitalism Papers: Fatal Flaws of an Obsolete System (Counterpoint: Berkeley, 2012), I recalled lessons from my first Marxism…
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"Hard-line performers are 'restricted,' top programmer says" By Tony Pinelli HAVANA – In early July, after a trip abroad that lasted about two months, I went to Radio…
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From cabbages to fireflies * Evil powers By La Saeta (The Arrow) HAVANA – It is not hard to conclude that those who oppose changes in Cuba have power. I’m not saying a lot or a…
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By the staff of IPS Cuba ipscuba@ipscuba.net HAVANA – The new tax law, approved by the Cuban Parliament in late July, generated a debate between artists and activists about the…
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The Street Opera must now rely on public subsidy By Gerardo Arreola From the Mexican newspaper La Jornada HAVANA – Economic reforms notwithstanding, the popular troupe The Street…
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By Max J. Castro majcastro@gmail.com There is always talk about a “dream team” whenever there is an Olympics like the London Games that concluded last weekend. With a…
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