Tag: Cuba
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Cuba Should Be Removed from the US List of State Sponsors of Terrorism
The United States maintains a list of countries that it considers as “state sponsors of terrorism.” There are currently four countries on that list: Cuba, North Korea, Iran and Syria. … Keep reading »
Cuba Prepares for Disaster
The September 2021 Scientific American included a description by the editors of the deplorable state of disaster relief in the US. They traced the root cause of problems with relief … Keep reading »
Cuba Needs to Unleash Creative Energy of the Workers
Canadian economist and Professor Emeritus at the Simon Frazer University, Michael A. Lebowitz, answered questions from Havana Times regarding: Socialism and the Party, the New State from the bottom up, … Keep reading »
The Blockade Against Cuba Turns 60
It’s easy to say, but it’s been six very hard decades that began with disconcerting lightness and the belief that the United States government’s blockade of Cuba would not last … Keep reading »
The Road Ahead: Cuba After the July 11 Protests
The Bullet is pleased to present the preface and the first essay of the symposium “The Road Ahead: Cuba After the July 11 Protests,” edited by Philip Brenner, John Kirk, … Keep reading »
The US Has an Unhealthy Obsession With Cuba
The piggy bank was rattled again. In September 2021, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) gave $6,669,000 in grants for projects aimed at “regime change” in Cuba, a … Keep reading »
Cuba: History Repeats
In 1989, the Soviet Union and its eastern bloc fell apart, literally overnight. The impact in Cuba was immediate and dramatic. Within six months, Cuba lost more than 70% of … Keep reading »
Cuba: The Single Party System Confronts the Crisis
A critical perspective from a Cuban historian None of the ostensibly post-capitalist regimes established since 1917 has managed to find a way to sustain mass democratic forms of governance and to … Keep reading »
Cuban Dilemmas, Socialist Debates
The situation created in Cuba following the events of July 11th raises questions on a number of levels for those of us fighting for a society free from class exploitation … Keep reading »
Canada in the Caribbean ft. Tyler Shipley
We are joined again by friend of the show Dr. Tyler Shipley to discuss recent events in Cuba and Haiti. Tyler helps us contextualize current events within the history of interference in the Caribbean by Canada and other capitalist imperial powers. Listen to audio »
The July 11 Protests in Cuba
The following article by Cuban academic and feminist activist Ailynn Torres Santana outlines what happened in Cuba on July 11, discusses the issues raised by the protesters and the government’s … Keep reading »
Blockade, Sanctions, Scarcity: Solidarity Statement on the Current Situation in Cuba
The Cuba Solidarity Campaign (CSC) calls on the US government to suspend the blockade of Cuba to allow emergency medical and humanitarian aid into the country in order to ease … Keep reading »