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Related: About this forumOngoing demonstrations in Cuba. Post pics of Cuban jackboot thugs here
Lots of news coming out of Cuba.
Hundreds(!) of people marching for more socialism.
Post pics of Diaz-Canal's brutal jackbooted thugs beating, gassing, and abusing protesters here.
No time like the present.
Marcus IM
(3,001 posts)I guess it doesn't play into the party line in the US to show people protesting for more socialism.
Anyway, here's some of Cuba's heavily armed infamous jackboots at work ...
Cuban police plan kettling, penning and mass arrests
Cuban policewoman Skyping her friends in Miami, after crushing some skulls
Judi Lynn
(162,388 posts)FRIDAY, MARCH 22, 2024
US authorities and corporate media have given extensive coverage of protests which took place in response to deteriorating conditions which Cubans say are a product of US policies themselves, explains PEOPLES DISPATCH
STICKING WITH SOCIALISM: Large pro-government protests, seen here in Havana, respond to a previous outbreak of unrest due to shortages in 2021
ON MARCH 17, people in Santiago, a city in eastern Cuba, took to the streets to protest at the increased blackouts and food shortages they had been experiencing. The protest occurred as shortages generated by the US blockade of Cuba worsened across the island. Instead of lifting the blockade or taking Cuba off the state sponsors of terrorism list, the US government and corporate media have once again exploited the spontaneous protest to launch a new counter-revolutionary media offensive, claim US-based Cuba solidarity activists.
If Biden really wants to stand by the Cuban people, if the US government were to actually care about the Cuban people, they would immediately end this blockade, said Peoples Forum executive director Manolo De Los Santos.
In fact, with the stroke of a pen, they could immediately take Cuba off the State Sponsors of Terrorism list, which prevents Cuba from accessing financial services around the world and being able to trade freely.
Immediately upon learning of the Santiago protest, the US embassy in Havana posted on X, We urge the Cuban government to respect the human rights of the protesters and address the legitimate needs of the Cuban people.
More:
https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/what-western-media-isn%E2%80%99t-telling-you-about-protests-cuba
Marcus IM
(3,001 posts)And that's why he's maintaining tRump policy.
If so, it is a cruel move, and one that will pay no dividends.
The RW Cuban and Venezuelan "exiles" will never vote for Biden/Harris.