Cuba

History Will be the Judge: Fidel Castro, 1926-2016

November 27, 2016 Tariq Ali, www.counterpunch.org Resist! Cuba, Fidel Castro, United States

By Tariq Ali for Counterpunch. On 26 July 1953 an angry young lawyer, Fidel Castro, led a small band of armed men in an attempt to seize the Moncada barracks in Santiago de Cuba, in Oriente province. Most of the guerrillas were killed. Castro was tried and defended himself with a masterly speech replete with classical references and quotations from Balzac and Rousseau, that ended with the words: ‘Condemn me. It does not matter. History will absolve me.’ It won him both notoriety and popularity. In declarationshavana1958 the guerrilla armies began to move from the mountains to the plains: a column led by Fidel began to take towns in Oriente, while Che Guevara’s irregulars stormed and took the central Cuban city of Santa Clara. The day after, Batista and his Mafia chums fled the island as the Rebel Army, now greeted as liberators, marched across the island into Havana. The popularity of the Revolution was there for all to see.

History Will Absolve Me

November 27, 2016 Fidel Castro, www.marxists.org Resist! Cuba, Fidel Castro

By Fidel Castro for Editorial de Ciencias Sociales re-published on Marxists.org. As the trial went on, the roles were reversed: those who came to accuse found themselves accused, and the accused became the accusers! It was not the revolutionaries who were judged there; judged once and forever was a man named Batista - monstruum horrendum! - and it matters little that these valiant and worthy young men have been condemned, if tomorrow the people will condemn the Dictator and his henchmen! Our men were consigned to the Isle of Pines Prison, in whose circular galleries Castells' ghost still lingers and where the cries of countless victims still echo; there our young men have been sent to expiate their love of liberty, in bitter confinement, banished from society, torn from their homes and exiled from their country...I come to the close of my defense plea but I will not end it as lawyers usually do, asking that the accused be freed. I cannot ask freedom for myself while my comrades are already suffering in the ignominious prison of the Isle of Pines. Send me there to join them...I know that imprisonment will be harder for me than it has ever been for anyone, filled with cowardly threats and hideous cruelty. But I do not fear prison, as I do not fear the fury of the miserable tyrant who took the lives of 70 of my comrades. Condemn me. It does not matter. History will absolve me.

Cuba’s Sustainable Agro-Ecological Model Could Save The World

November 1, 2016 Staff, www.telesurtv.net Create! Agroecology, Cuba, Food and Agriculture, Sustainability

By Staff of Tele Sur - On World Food Day, teleSUR spoke to Professor Raj Patel, an award-winning writer and defender of food security and sustainable models of agriculture. In Cuba, where the external conditions—the U.S. blockade and the collapse of the USSR—along with internal socialist planning, have compelled Cuban farmers to adopt an independent model of agriculture to feed the population, without importing expensive chemicals, the model that has developed is a world leader in sustainability.

IRS Goes After Pastors For Peace For Sending Aid To Cuba

September 13, 2016 Nora Gámez Torres, www.incubatoday.com/ Resist! Activists, Aid, Cuba, IRS

By Nora Gámez Torres for In Cuba Today - For years, the U.S.-based Pastors for Peace defied the embargo on Cuba with “caravans” of humanitarian aid hauled across the U.S.-Mexico border that were then shipped to the island. In Havana, its founder, the Rev. Lucius Walker, was received like a hero. Although the organization never applied for a license from the Office of Foreign Assets Control to bring aid to Cuba, it did not face reprisals, although U.S. authorities occasionally tried to withhold the shipments on the Mexican border.

Tell IRS Stop Threatening Pastors For Peace

August 27, 2016 Staff, www.ifconews.org Resist! Cuba, IRS

By Staff of IFCO News - After 7 years of harassment and intimidation at the hands of the Internal Revenue Service, the Interreligious Foundation for Community Organization (IFCO) has been informed it will be stripped of its tax exempt status for its humanitarian work in Cuba — unless we act now!

Tribute To Fidel Castro On His 90th Birthday

August 16, 2016 Dan Kovalik, www.counterpunch.org Educate! Cuba, Revolution

By Dan Kovalik for Counter Punch - On Saturday, August 13, the world will celebrate the 90th birthday of Cuban revolutionary leader Fidel Castro Ruz, the only individual ever to be acknowledged by the UN as a “World Hero of Solidarity.” It is very hard to think of a more important world leader than Fidel. The contribution he has made to the world socialist movement, to the Third World liberation struggle and to social justice has been monumental – especially when one considers that he has been the leader of a tiny country with roughly the same population as New York City.

Fidel Castro Makes Rare Appearance At Cuban Congress

April 20, 2016 Staff, www.telesurtv.net Resist! Cuba, Foreign Policy, Politics, United States

By Staff of Tele Sur - Leader of the Cuban Revolution Fidel Castro Ruz made a rare public appearance during the closure of the seventh Congress of the Communist Party Tuesday morning, where President Raul Castro Ruz was also in attendance. "This may be one of the last times that I speak in this room," said Fidel Castro. "I appreciate the invitation and the honor to speak in front of you," he said. "The Cuban people will be victorious."

Cuba’s Sustainable Agriculture At Risk In U.S. Thaw

April 13, 2016 Miguel Altieri, www.theconversation.com Resist! Cuba, Food and Agriculture

By Miguel Altieri for The Conversation - President Obama’s trip to Cuba this week accelerated the warming of U.S.-Cuban relations. Many people in both countries believe that normalizing relations will spur investment that can help Cuba develop its economy and improve life for its citizens. But in agriculture, U.S. investment could cause harm instead. For the past 35 years I have studied agroecology in most countries in Central and South America.

Newsletter – A Peek At Empire

April 2, 2016 Margaret Flowers and Kevin Zeese, www.popularresistance.org Newsletter Asian Pivot, BDS, Cuba, Israel-Palestine, Latin America, Middle East, Peace, Syria, US Empire, Wars and Militarism

By Margaret Flowers and Kevin Zeese for Popular Resistance. It's impacts are all around us, but it is rarely mentioned. What is it? Empire, and it's time to bring it out of the shadows. We take a peek at the history of US Empire and how it continues to grow and be all-consuming today. The Empire Economy plunders our national treasury and robs us of jobs, education, healthcare and a future while serving transnational corporations. The US military is the biggest single user of fossil fuels which pollutes the planet and worsens the climate crisis. Our 'American Way of War' targets the basic necessities of life like power stations, hospitals and water plants for destruction and turns peaceful people against each other causing chaos and creating a vacuum for extremism and aggression against the US. The Pentagon cannot be audited but demands more every year. The war culture pervades our society.

Castro: We Don’t Need The Empire To Give Us Anything

March 30, 2016 Fidel Castro Ruz, www.globalresearch.ca Resist! Cuba, Imperialism, United States

By Fidel Castro Ruz for Global Research - We don’t need the empire to give us anything. Our efforts will be legal and peaceful, because our commitment is to peace and fraternity among all human beings who live on this planet. The kings of Spain brought us the conquistadores and masters, whose footprints remained in the circular land grants assigned to those searching for gold in the sands of rivers, an abusive and shameful form of exploitation, traces of which can be noted from the air in many places around the country.

Newsletter: The Unfolding Story Of Latin America

March 27, 2016 Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers, www.popularresistance.org Newsletter Argentina, Boliva, Brazil, Cuba, Democracy, Ecuador, Honduras, Imperialism, oligarchy, Venezuela

By Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers for Popular Resistance. Latin America has been a key battleground in the conflict between neo-liberal capitalism and US hegemony against the growing people power that is demanding a more equitable economy that builds from the bottom up and is more democratic. Venezuela has been the focal point of the campaign against the progressive cycle. The amnesty bill shows the extreme actions the US and oligarchs are willing to take to wrest power from the people and return it to the wealthy business interests. The wealthy have made progress in some key countries leading to people ask whether the progressive cycle has come to an end and what lies ahead for the region.

Cuba Evokes History Of American Imperialism In Latin America

March 26, 2016 Cody Cain, www.counterpunch.org Educate! Cuba, Imperialism, Latin America, United States

By Cody Cain for Counter Punch - As President Barack Obama makes history as the first sitting U.S. president to visit Cuba since 1928, we find ourselves reflecting upon our historic relationship with Latin America. We were all taught in school that America is a great and kind nation that promotes freedom and democracy around the world. And many still drink the Kool-Aid of how America can do no wrong. History, however, paints a rather different picture.

With Obama In Cuba, Pro-Torture Pundits Suddenly Concerned

March 23, 2016 Adam Johnson, www.fair.org Educate! Barack Obama, Cuba, Human Rights, Torture

By Adam Johnson for FAIR - US President Barack Obama landed in Havana Sunday to great fanfare, both in Cuba and stateside. His visit marks a significant shift of the United States’ approach towards the socialist state, and the possibility of cooperation after decades of hostility. US media generally struck a hopeful tone, with a surprisingly nuanced mix of positive and critical stories about Cuba. Some Cold War hold-outs in the media just weren’t having it, though, taking the occasion to feign outrage that Obama could visit a country with such a terrible human rights record.

The US Economic Invasion Of Cuba

March 22, 2016 Alexander Fangmann, www.wsws.org Educate! Cuba, Foreign Relations, United States

By Alexander Fangmann for WSWS - President Barack Obama traveled to Cuba on Sunday, leading an enormous US delegation that has been reported as comprising as many as 1,200 people, large enough to be described with some justification as an invading force of American politicians and corporate executives. With the trip, Obama becomes the first sitting president to visit the country since 1928, when Calvin Coolidge arrived on the USS Texas. While Obama flew into Havana aboard Air Force One and not a naval gunboat, the trip is no less a projection of US imperialism’s power over its impoverished island neighbor.

Cuba Honours Venezuelan Leader With Medal Ahead Of Obama Visit

March 22, 2016 Staff, www.uk.reuters.com Resist! Cuba, Foreign Relations, Venezuela

By Staff of Reuters - Cuba honoured Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro with its highest state honour on Friday in an act of defiance two days before U.S. President Barack Obama is due for a historic visit to Havana. Cuban President Raul Castro pinned the medal, known as the Order of Jose Marti, on Maduro in a show a solidarity between socialist allies that have stood together against the United States since Maduro's predecessor, the late Hugo Chavez, came to power in 1999.

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