Author: Calla Walsh

“Sanctioner-in-Chief” Bob Menendez indicted on corruption charges

September 29, 2023 Calla Walsh

By Calla Walsh This article was originally posted to People’s Dispatch. On Wednesday, September 27, US Democratic Senator Bob Menendez plead not guilty to charges of bribery, fraud and extortion in Manhattan federal court. It is not Menendez’s first indictment, but now, Menendez faces resounding […]

Biden Calls Cuba “Terrorist” While the People Demand an End to U.S. Terrorism against Cuba

June 28, 2023 Calla Walsh

By Calla Mairead Walsh This article was originally published in Hampton Think. On Tuesday, May 23rd, the State Department reported that Cuba — along with Iran, Syria, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, and Venezuela — are not “not cooperating fully” in the United States’ […]

Cubans voting in municipal elections in La Habana on November 27, 2022. Photo: Calla Walsh/ MAPA

US Youth Observe Cuba’s Elections – and Learn about Real Democracy

December 5, 2022 Calla Walsh

by Calla Walsh Originally published on Multipolarista on December 3rd A delegation of youth from the United States observed Cuba’s November 2022 municipal elections and offer an inside look into a true people’s democracy, where workers decide who will govern them, not wealthy oligarchs and […]

Abortion in Cuba vs US shows which country is truly democratic

May 23, 2022 Calla Walsh

by Calla Walsh Originally published in Multipolarista on May 23, 2022. When I connected to wifi for the first time in five days, a notification appeared on my phone announcing that the Supreme Court had voted to overturn Roe v. Wade. Like most people when […]