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Marcus IM

(2,205 posts)
Mon Mar 18, 2024, 10:04 PM Mar 18

Ongoing 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.



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Ongoing demonstrations in Cuba. Post pics of Cuban jackboot thugs here (Original Post) Marcus IM Mar 18 OP
Crickets, I see. Marcus IM Mar 22 #1
What the Western media isn't telling you about the protests in Cuba Judi Lynn Mar 22 #2
Wondering if team Biden thinks Cuban exiles will vote Dem Marcus IM Mar 22 #3

Marcus IM

(2,205 posts)
1. Crickets, I see.
Fri Mar 22, 2024, 12:38 AM
Mar 22

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

(160,542 posts)
2. What the Western media isn't telling you about the protests in Cuba
Fri Mar 22, 2024, 07:27 AM
Mar 22

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 PEOPLE’S 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 People’s 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

(2,205 posts)
3. Wondering if team Biden thinks Cuban exiles will vote Dem
Fri Mar 22, 2024, 11:05 AM
Mar 22

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.

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