Similar demonstrations were witnessed in other parts of the country. Lift the embargo now! #HandsOffCuba /fNOTtbD6YhĪctivists from around the country are gathering in Lafayette Square Park to call for an end to the U.S. “This government has no right to call any government repressive,” he added. “For 62 years, the Cuban people have been suffering… because of the criminal, unilateral and illegal blockade that they have been attacked with by the US government,” he said.īlackmon also called out the hypocrisy of the Biden administration in deeming the Cuban government as repressive, reminding the crowd of the violent crackdown by the police and the national guard against anti-racism protesters in the US last year. “We are here today in solidarity with the Cuban people and Cuban families,” said Sean Blackmon, an organizer in the Stop Police Terror Project DC and the ANSWER Coalition, while addressing the crowd gathered at Lafayette Square Park. Demonstrators were seen waving the Cuban flag and the 26th of July Movement flags, with slogans and placards saying “Hands Off Cuba!”, “Let Cuba Live!”, “Cuba Si, Yankee No!” and “Unblock Cuba”. In the national capital Washington DC, the iconic Lafayette Square Park near the US presidential office, White House, witnessed a large turnout. On Sunday, July 25, responding to a call by the ANSWER (Act Now to Stop Wars and End Racism) Coalition, an anti-war group affiliated to the Party for Socialism and Liberation (PSL), hundreds of people participated in demonstrations in Washington DC, San Francisco, and other parts of the country, calling for the administration of president Joe Biden to end all sanctions imposed on Cuba. PAME expresses its solidarity with the workers and the people of Cuba against the new imperialist attempts to strike and undermine the Cuban revolution.Protests were organized in cities across the United States against the continued sanctions by the US government on Cuba. In defense of the workers' and people's conquests that even today are a symbol of the workers' struggle internationally. Millions of workers around the world greet and express their gratitude to the Cuban people for their steadfast international and humanitarian contribution in the fields of healthcare, education and culture. They developed 5 coronavirus vaccines and sent medical aid to a number of countries around the world. The hypocrisy and lies of the imperialists are covered in the blood of their previous interventions for "Democracy and Human Rights".Īt a time when mass graves were being dug in the USA for the victims of the pandemic and privatized health, and in the EU governments were using the pandemic to cut wages, pensions and labor rights, the island of Fidel and Che took health protection measures for its people. Where in the pandemic they passed laws to criminalize workers’ Strikes and trade union action and close hospitals as “unnecessary”, the same forces pretend to care about the rights of the Cuban people. The same forces that kill people in Iraq, Afghanistan, Palestine, where the racist killing of blacks by police is a daily phenomenon. The escalation of the difficulties faced by the Cuban people is a consequence of the escalation of the embargo measures by President Trump, which is maintained and continues by Biden.Īnd today come those who imposed and continue the murderous embargo and talk about a "humanitarian crisis" in Cuba and are supposedly anxious about the "Democracy and human rights" of Cubans. Press release from the All Workers Militant Front (PAME) in support of Cuba.Īll Workers Militant Front (PAME) condemns the efforts of the imperialists and their mercenaries in Cuba who use the pandemic to overthrow the conquests of the Cuban Revolution.Ĭuba is battling for life and for the future against the consequences of a murderous 6-decade embargo that, even during pandemic, prevents the import of a range of medical supplies and essential goods.
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