Fidel Castro was not a utopian socialist. He rejected those who believed that you could leap from poverty directly to wealth.
Vijay Prashad: The Fidel Castro I Knew
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Trump Adds to Long History of US Abuse of Cuba
For over a century, U.S. officials have regarded Cuba as a plantation to exploit, rival to defeat, or dissenting voice to silence, never shedding their colonial outlook, writes Jonathan Ng.
VIPS MEMO: Avoiding Catastrophic Failure in Cuba
WARNING TO THE PRESIDENT: U.S.-driven “regime collapse” and imposition of a government of our choosing will fail badly. The same people who keep ’57 Chevrolets on the road with a coat hanger will wreak havoc against a foreign-imposed regime.
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.
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.
Venezuela & U.S. Imperialism in Latin America
Eric Ross on Washington’s longstanding project to shape the hemisphere in ways that would entrench U.S. power further and protect the profits of Western multinationals.
Vijay Prashad: 5 Options for Attacking Venezuela
“Let the dogs of the empire bark. That is their role: to bark,” said Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez in 2006. They are yapping now.
WATCH: Oliver Stone — ‘They Always Kill the Socrates’
American film director Oliver Stone addressed the Znanie Youth Forum in Moscow ahead of the 80th anniversary of Victory Day for the Allies in World War II.
Che Guevara’s Undying Spell & Other Tales of Cuba
Ullekh NP begins with Che the revolutionary, whose many sides are yet undiscovered, in these excerpts from his new book, Mad About Cuba: A Malayali Revisits the Revolution.