Category: Cuba

The United States’ Long War on Cuba

A U.S. invasion would only mark the bloodiest phase in an extended bipartisan war against Cuba for the “sin” of reclaiming national sovereignty and providing an example of independence from Empire, writes Eric Ross.

Vijay Prashad: The Necessary Future

Dark forces seek to colonise the future to ensure it remains subordinate to accumulation, not dignity. Talk of the future is not utopian fantasy but affirmation that the current order is intolerable and impermanent.

Under Blockade & the Threat of Invasion

A short film about a breakthrough Cuban drug for treating Alzheimer’s shines light on the resilience of a nation striving to innovate under the constraints of the American blockade and threats of an invasion, writes Ullekh NP.

Hedges Report: Trump’s War on Cuba

The U.S. economic strangulation of Cuba has created unbearable hardships for the population. Medea Benjamin describes what she saw on a recent solidarity delegation and how we can break the blockade.

WATCH: CN Live! – ‘The Pirate State’

A broad overview of U.S. military action in Venezuela, Iran, and Russia reveals a U.S. plan to disable its competitors and corner the oil market, says a new film by Richard Medhurst, who joins CN Live!  Watch the replay. 

The Cuba Convoy Breaking the US Blockade

Alan MacLeod reports on the internationalist convoy that traveled by land, sea and air to arrive in Havana on Saturday carrying dozens of public figures, including Hasan Piker, Greta Thunberg, Jeremy Corbyn and the Irish hip-hop band Kneecap.

Trump’s Cruelty Is Strangling Cuba

Oil shipments to Cuba have virtually stopped, writes Marjorie Cohn. Lack of electricity has led to widespread blackouts, impacting hospitals and essential services. Cuba’s oil reserves could be totally depleted by March.