Cuba Archives - John Riddell https://johnriddell.com/category/latin-america/cuba/ MARXIST ESSAYS AND COMMENTARY Fri, 12 Nov 2021 15:32:09 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.1.14 https://i0.wp.com/johnriddell.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/cropped-John-Riddell-Icon-Final-1.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Cuba Archives - John Riddell https://johnriddell.com/category/latin-america/cuba/ 32 32 22825446 Reform or Revolution? The Lessons of Chile https://johnriddell.com/2021/11/12/reform-or-revolution-the-lessons-of-chile/ https://johnriddell.com/2021/11/12/reform-or-revolution-the-lessons-of-chile/#comments Fri, 12 Nov 2021 15:32:09 +0000 https://johnriddell.com/?p=7523 The following article first appeared on World-Outlook.com, a website for online political analysis and interpretation of events. It is a contribution to a debate on the lessons of previous revolutions that was begun with articles by Eric Blanc and Mike Taber. Both earlier articles appeared on this website and were reprinted on World-Outlook.com in two parts: see part 1 and part 2. By Geoff […]

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]]> https://johnriddell.com/2021/11/12/reform-or-revolution-the-lessons-of-chile/feed/ 2 7523 Pan-Africanism and Communism: An Interview with Hakim Adi https://johnriddell.com/2021/04/19/pan-africanism-and-communism-an-interview-with-hakim-adi/ https://johnriddell.com/2021/04/19/pan-africanism-and-communism-an-interview-with-hakim-adi/#comments Mon, 19 Apr 2021 16:16:05 +0000 https://johnriddell.com/?p=6864 The following interview of Hakim Adi by Selim Nadi first appeared in Salvage.Zone on March 2, 2018, and is reposted by permission. Hakim Adi is known globally as a historian and exponent of African liberation. He is author of the book “Pan-Africanism and Communism” (Africa World Press). Subheads have been added by the blog editor. […]

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]]> https://johnriddell.com/2021/04/19/pan-africanism-and-communism-an-interview-with-hakim-adi/feed/ 5 6864 An Appeal from Senegal: End U.S. Blockade of Cuba https://johnriddell.com/2020/08/27/appeal-from-senegal/ https://johnriddell.com/2020/08/27/appeal-from-senegal/#respond Thu, 27 Aug 2020 20:32:10 +0000 http://johnriddell.com/?p=6009 The Confederation for Democracy and Socialism, an alliance of five groups based in Senegal, has released the following call for an end to the 59-year-old blockade maintained by the United States against Cuba. Translation from the original French by Ameth Lô (GRILA). “Cuba is a firm and reliable friend of Africa and Africans,” note the […]

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]]> https://johnriddell.com/2020/08/27/appeal-from-senegal/feed/ 0 6009 Cuba’s Unique Model of Medical Internationalism https://johnriddell.com/2020/04/08/cubas-unique-model-of-medical-internationalism/ https://johnriddell.com/2020/04/08/cubas-unique-model-of-medical-internationalism/#comments Wed, 08 Apr 2020 15:41:58 +0000 http://johnriddell.com/?p=5642 An Interview with John Kirk In recent weeks, more than a dozen countries — including two in Europe — have requested and received Cuban doctors to cope with the Coronavirus pandemic. John Kirk, a professor at the Latin America program of Dalhousie University in Nova Scotia, is author of ‘Healthcare Without Borders’ and one of […]

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]]> https://johnriddell.com/2020/04/08/cubas-unique-model-of-medical-internationalism/feed/ 6 5642 You Can Help Cuba Save Lives around the World https://johnriddell.com/2020/04/07/you-can-help-cuba-save-lives-around-the-world/ https://johnriddell.com/2020/04/07/you-can-help-cuba-save-lives-around-the-world/#comments Tue, 07 Apr 2020 18:29:40 +0000 http://johnriddell.com/?p=5623 Canadian Network on Cuba Launches Aid Campaign Editor’s Note: Even as Cuba reaches out to help victims of Covid-19 virus on several continents, the U.S. government is tightening its blockade of the island, obstructing Cuba’s import of medical supplies needed to fight the deadly virus. An appeal from the Canadian Network on Cuba, printed below, […]

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]]> https://johnriddell.com/2020/04/07/you-can-help-cuba-save-lives-around-the-world/feed/ 2 5623 Cuba 1959-2019: Six decades of the Revolution https://johnriddell.com/2019/01/01/cuba-1959-2019-six-decades-of-the-revolution/ https://johnriddell.com/2019/01/01/cuba-1959-2019-six-decades-of-the-revolution/#respond Wed, 02 Jan 2019 01:31:05 +0000 https://johnriddell.com/?p=5202 Sixty years ago today, the Cuban revolution triumphed in Havana, completing its victory across the island. The butcher Batista and his henchmen were driven from the country, and the Cuban people set about creating a new revolutionary future. The ongoing vitality, creativity, and internationalism of the Cuban process stands alone in the history of revolutions. […]

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]]> https://johnriddell.com/2019/01/01/cuba-1959-2019-six-decades-of-the-revolution/feed/ 0 5202 The Cuban Revolution dared to win https://johnriddell.com/2017/07/02/the-cuban-revolution-dared-to-win/ https://johnriddell.com/2017/07/02/the-cuban-revolution-dared-to-win/#respond Sun, 02 Jul 2017 20:29:40 +0000 https://johnriddell.com/?p=4138 Introduction The following text is based on the notes for a presentation by Felipe Stuart Courneyeur to the Canada-wide convention of the Canadian Network on Cuba, held at Toronto’s City Hall June 3-4, 2017[1]. He shared the panel with Sandra Rodríguez, head of the North American Bureau of Cuba’s Institute for Friendship with the Peoples […]

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]]> https://johnriddell.com/2017/07/02/the-cuban-revolution-dared-to-win/feed/ 0 4138 Report from Santiago de Cuba: Celebrating Fidel’s rebellious life https://johnriddell.com/2016/12/09/report-from-santiago-de-cuba-celebrating-fidels-rebellious-life/ https://johnriddell.com/2016/12/09/report-from-santiago-de-cuba-celebrating-fidels-rebellious-life/#respond Fri, 09 Dec 2016 17:18:27 +0000 https://johnriddell.com/?p=3112 “Farewell, Fidel! With all our love from your Canadian compañeros of the Fair Play for Cuba Committee.” Holding the banner: Katheryne Schulz (left), Kathy Le, and Janet Teibo (right). By Katheryne Schulz. We must have been feeling a bit crazy on Tuesday [November 29] when we decided to fly from British Columbia to Cuba two […]

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]]> https://johnriddell.com/2016/12/09/report-from-santiago-de-cuba-celebrating-fidels-rebellious-life/feed/ 0 3112 Fidel Castro: Fight the ecological destruction threatening the planet! https://johnriddell.com/2016/11/28/fidel-castro-fight-the-ecological-destruction-threatening-the-planet/ https://johnriddell.com/2016/11/28/fidel-castro-fight-the-ecological-destruction-threatening-the-planet/#respond Mon, 28 Nov 2016 15:36:54 +0000 https://johnriddell.com/?p=3033 ¡Compañero Fidel, presente! Climate & Capitalism joins millions of people around the world in mourning the death and honoring the life of Fidel Castro Ruz. He lives in our memory as a champion of, and an active participant in, the global fight against poverty, ignorance and oppression, and for a sustainable world. In this short […]

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]]> https://johnriddell.com/2016/11/28/fidel-castro-fight-the-ecological-destruction-threatening-the-planet/feed/ 0 3033 Fidel Castro on the fight to defend Cuba’s socialist revolution https://johnriddell.com/2016/11/27/fidel-castro-on-the-fight-to-defend-cubas-socialist-revolution/ https://johnriddell.com/2016/11/27/fidel-castro-on-the-fight-to-defend-cubas-socialist-revolution/#comments Mon, 28 Nov 2016 02:23:14 +0000 https://johnriddell.com/?p=2987 Introductory note by Mike Taber To honor the contributions of Fidel Castro to the world revolutionary movement, below are three short excerpts by him from 1961, at the time of the U.S.-organized invasion at the Bay of Pigs. The fall of the regime of Fulgencio Batista on January 1, 1959, opened up a period of […]

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