The U.S. has announced new sanctions on Cuba, but organizers say the empire is crumbling from within. We know Cuba is not a terrorist nation. We refuse false peace and vow to export solidarity. No war on Cuba. Lift the blockade. Viva la revolución cubana. . . .
Week of Action in Defense of Cuba
Beyond the Halftime Show: Bad Bunny, Cultural Imperialism, and the Fight for a Real Zone of Peace
Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl halftime show was a meticulously coded act of cultural testimony. But cultural resistance without a political-economic base remains a beautiful flower planted in concrete. From the IMF to the Monroe Doctrine, this is the fight for a real Zone of Peace. . . .
Socialist Cuba: A Reliable Accomplice to African Liberation
A common refrain heard from voices in the African community these days is that our struggle ‘has no allies.’ Anyone who seriously studies our liberation struggle knows that Cuba has always been that ally. That accomplice. The entity that defines solidarity correctly by providing a history of service to humanity without receiving a single thing in return. . . .
On Ritual and Sacrifice: Spirit, Socialism, and the Battle for Sovereignty
Lately I have been studying the relationship between dialectical historical materialism and the centrality of Spirit in our lives as African people. The dynamic interplay between spirit and matter is in and of itself a dialectical relationship. It was not dialectical or historical materialism that guided the revolution that set Haiti free, Vodun did that. . . .
Turning its back on Cuba: Government of Guyana sells its soul
Trump and Rubio are now inflicting the unthinkable on Cuba – an embargo that deprives the Cuban people of vital fuel. This is an immoral, illegal and ruthless attempt to deal a final death blow to Cuba. The question is, will the world allow Cuba, a symbol of human dignity and resistance, to fall? . . .
How Being in Cuba Shifted My Understanding of U.S. Imperialism
Being in Cuba shifted everything I thought I knew. I saw the cruelty of the U.S. blockade firsthand: trash piling up, days without power, people who can’t flush toilet paper because of our government. But I also saw something I didn’t expect: Cuban people who don’t hate Americans. They know who their enemy is, and it’s not us. Now I carry the responsibility to tell the truth about Cuba. . . .
Castro, Cuba, and Pan-African Commitments
Today as the United States tightens its blockade, imposes destabilizing oil embargoes, and works tirelessly and systematically to strangle the Cuban people into submission, we are called to remember what Cuba gave to Africans when it did not have to give. The same internationalist spirit that sent Cuban troops to Angola and doctors to the Congo, Jamaica, and Venezuela demands that we meet this moment with equal resolve. Solidarity is not a sentiment. It is a practice, and Cuba practiced it for decades at enormous cost. The least we can do is raise our voices, organize our communities, and struggle for an end to the blockade now. . . .