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Ben Norton
Analyst Suffered 20 Years in US Prison for Helping Cuba, Still Condemns ‘Suffocating’ Blockade
18 Jan 2023
Former DIA analyst Ana Belén Montes was imprisoned for 20 years for sharing intelligence with Cuba that helped it prevent US attacks and sabotage. Upon being released, she condemned the “suffocating…
Don Fitz
Life Expectancy: The US and Cuba in the Time of Covid
21 Sep 2022
The profitmaking health care system in the U.S. does not correlate with good outcomes. Socialist Cuba struggles under U.S. sanctions, yet it now outperforms the U.S. in life expectancy.
Vijay Prashad, Manolo De Los Santos
How Cuba Is Eradicating Child Mortality and Banishing the Diseases of the Poor
13 Jul 2022
To move from 59 infant deaths out of every 1,000 live births to no infant deaths in the matter of a few decades is an extraordinary feat.
Black Alliance For Peace
The Black Alliance For Peace Denounces Biden Regime’s New Sanctions on Cuba and Stands with the Cuban People
13 Jul 2022
Black Alliance for Peace condemns U.S. sanctions on Cuba and supports self-determination and sovereignty for that nation.
Editors, The Black Agenda Review
EXCERPT: On the Pan-American Congress, José Martí, 1889
15 Jun 2022
José Martí’s account of the 1889 Pan-American Congress offers lessons for last week’s failed Summit of the Americas.
Ajamu Baraka, BAR editor and columnist
For the Peoples of our Region, the Failure of Biden’s Summit of the Americas Would be a Welcome Event
08 Jun 2022
The Summit of the Americas is not the property of the host nation. The U.S. has no right to exclude, Cuba, Nicaragua and Venezuela, but has done so in disregard of their sovereignty. The U.S. is not…
Editors, The Black Agenda Review
DOCUMENT: The Decline of the United States Empire, James Boggs, 1963
08 Jun 2022
James Boggs was a Detroit auto worker, activist, and author. Nearly 60 years ago he analyzed revolutionary movements in the Americas and described their role in hastening the U.S. empire's decline.
Jacqueline Luqman
Revolutionary Cuba Delivers Marching Orders To The US Left To Defeat Imperialism For All Humanity - Are We Listening?
24 May 2022
The author reports on her experiences with the May Day International Brigade in Cuba.
Frederick Mills and William Camacaro
Summit of the Americas: US Policy of Exclusion Undermines its Own Hegemonic Aspirations
24 May 2022
The U.S. decision to exclude Cuba, Nicaragua and Venezuela from the upcoming Summit of the Americas confirms that the old Monroe Doctrine is alive and well in Washington. But these efforts inevitably…
Black Alliance For Peace
The Black Alliance for Peace Calls on Latin American and Caribbean Nations to Boycott the Summit of the Americas
18 May 2022
The failure of the U.S. to respect the sovereignty of nations in the region and its decision to exclude states from the Summit disqualifies it from being a credible host. The Black Alliance for Peace…