The US waged bloody wars in the 1970s and 80s to confine Nicaragua and El Salvador to its colonial "back yard." Although the victories of popular revolutions were partially rolled back, new governments with deep ties to popular forces have allied themselves with Cuba, which extricated itself from US empire half a century ago. In the third installment of this series by the producers of the groundbreaking "Ravaging of Africa" Asad Ismi and Kristin Schwartz bring us voices from Cuba and Central America as they endeavor to build new relationships that will enable them to prosper despite the unremitting hostility of the US to their aspirations.
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What Robinson identified as “the rewhitening of America” a century ago is what we’re seeing play out today.
AFRICOM is designed to do only one thing well, and that is to kill Africans. “Global Africa must find a way to eliminate the AFRICOM threat.”
American warfare has been waged almost exclusively against people of color, dating to independence and 1492.
Activists and community organizers have never known the precariousness of the threats they face today.
There is every indication that a Biden administration will maintain the punitive sanctions against Venezuela, suffocating the country during the pandemic.
