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Editors, The Black Agenda Review
INTERVIEW: Por qué Luchamos los Negros/What the Black Power Struggle is About, Stokely Carmichael, Havana, 1967
28 Jun 2023
When Kwame Ture was still Stokely Carmichael he gave an extraordinary interview in Havana in 1967 on Black Power politics, Third World Solidarity, imperialism, and revolution.
Natalia Marques
Organizers March on the White House to Say: Take Cuba Off the List!
28 Jun 2023
Sanctions against Cuba and the designation as a "State Sponsor of Terrorism" create great hardships for the people of that country. Recent actions demanded that Cuba be taken #OffTheList.
Ben Norton
Debunked: Media Falsely Claims China is Building Spy Base in Cuba
21 Jun 2023
Media outlets claimed China is building a secret station in Cuba to spy on the US, citing anonymous intelligence officials. But the Pentagon admitted this story is false. It is part of an information…
Ajamu Baraka, BAR editor and columnist
U.S. Imperialist Gangsterism and Cuba
14 Jun 2023
The United States has declared war against the Cuban people for more than 60 years.
Duane Stilwell
Cuba: "Defeat the Blockade Without Waiting For It to Be Lifted"
07 Jun 2023
Joe Biden has intensified the relentless U.S. attacks on Cuba, with disastrous results for the people of that nation. But the Cuban people are determined to defeat the blockade regardless of U.S.…
Julie Varughese
‘Anti-Black’ Claim Raised About Cuba As Solidarity Activists Stopped at U.S. Border & Black Socialists Arraigned in United States for Collaborating with Russia
10 May 2023
Claims of anti-Black racism in revolutionary countries should be treated with great skepticism. This trope is used as a tool to target countries for regime change plots and other attacks. While in…
Austin Cole
Witnessing Afro Cubans and Social Change
10 May 2023
There cannot be any discussion of Cuban politics that does not include perspectives from the African descended population. There is much to learn from people who are living in a revolutionary process…
Margaret Kimberley, BAR Executive Editor and Senior Columnist
Black People Used to Attack Revolutionary Governments
12 Apr 2023
The question of how Black people fare in a particular country can be a legitimate issue or a ruse used in the furtherance of U.S. regime change plots.
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.