Cuban Protests

Standing With the Cuban People

July 29, 2021 UNAC Editor Cuba, Racism

by Margaret Kimberley, published on Black Agenda Report, July 23, 2021 The current Black-centered Cuban protest operation is very well orchestrated and if Black people in this country are not careful, they will end up amplifying the dictates of U.S. imperialism. “The same people who claim concern for the Cuban people are also in favor of continuing their suffering.” The Movement[…]

The Hidden Hand of the US Blockade Sparks Cuba Protests

July 22, 2021 UNAC Editor Austerity, Censorship and Propaganda, Cuba, Economic Blockade, Hybrid Warfare, Migrants, Sanctions and Economic Warfare

by Medea Benjamin and Leonardo Flores, published on CommonDreams, July 13, 2021 Protests erupted in various Cuban cities the weekend of July 11 over dire economic conditions and a surge in Covid-19 cases. They are the biggest protests to hit Cuba in three decades, and they may well continue in the coming weeks. They come on the heels of artists’[…]

Let Cuba live! End the Blockade Now!

July 14, 2021 UNAC Editor Cuba, Sanctions and Economic Warfare

by Workers World Editor, published July 12, 2021 Today the capitalist media have turned their focus on anti-government demonstrators in Cuba, which the New York Times claimed to number in the “thousands,” in a country of 11 million people. How many thousands, if there were really that many, isn’t stated (nor were there any videos of such-sized crowds), but in[…]

The US Must End Its Brutal Sanctions Against Cuba, Not Intervene There

July 14, 2021 UNAC Editor Cuba, Sanctions and Economic Warfare

by Ben Burgis, published on The Jacobin, July 13, 2021 We might also add that the day after protesters expressed anger at the government, even more people took to the streets to support the government. [jb] On Sunday, the largest anti-government protests in at least twenty-seven years broke out in Cuba. Thousands of people marched in the streets chanting slogans.[…]