Raúl Castro’s Indictment Is a Pretext for War

Nicholas Greven Jacobin
Washington has spent decades protecting Cuban exile terrorists while criminalizing Cuba’s response to them. The indictment of Raúl Castro is the latest chapter in that story — and a pretext for something much worse.

The CIA Goes to Cuba

Peter Kornbluh The Nation
After decades of covert operations, the CIA director has given the Cubans an overt ultimatum for change on the island.

What We Saw in Cuba Shocked Us

Pramila Jayapal and Jonathan L. Jackson The New York Times
We spent five days in Cuba in April to better understand the humanitarian impacts of America’s monthslong energy blockade... We came away shocked by the inhumane effects of the policy...until the Cuban people are brought to ruin...

Tidbits-Apr 16-Reader Comments: One Tyrant Down; Iran Negotiations Led by Real Estate Magnates; No Longer Separation of Church and State, President Now Leading Global Theological Luminary; 7 Democrats Vote To Kill Bill Blocking Arms Sales to Israel;

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Reader Comments: One Tyrant Down, More to Follow?; Iran Negotiations Led by Real Estate Magnates; No Longer Separation of Church and State, President Now Leading Global Theological Luminary; 7 Democrats Vote to Kill Bill Blocking Arms Sales to Israel

Tidbits-Apr 9-Reader Comments: Everything on Hold for Two Weeks-Time To Protest, Call on Congress: No More War With Iran: After 8 Million in the Streets — What Comes Next?; Abuse and Exploitation in the Restaurant Industry; May Day Rally, March NYC

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Reader Comments: Everything on Hold for Two Weeks-Time to Protest, Call on Congress: No More War With Iran: After 8 million in the Streets — What Comes Next?; Abuse and Exploitation in the Restaurant Industry; May Day Rally and March New York City;

End the Blockade on Cuba

Danny Valdes Jacobin
As a Cuban American traveling with a recent aid convoy, I witnessed the daily hardship sanctions produce. Washington must lift its devastating blockade.
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