U.N. votes to end US embargo on Cuba; US and Israel oppose
U.N. votes to end US embargo on Cuba; US and Israel oppose
The U.N. General Assembly called for the 31st time on the United States to end its decades-long trade embargo against Cuba as the communist-run island suffers its worst economic crisis in decades, with shortages of food, fuel and medicine.
Of course.
Fuck this country.
Never voting for a democrat or republican again. They're all scum.
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Not seriously since the COINTELPRO days
Not that have a snowballs chance in hell of winning
You'll need an insurgency for that
There are some socialists elected to regional positions, like city councils, school boards, etc. The most prominent is probably Seattle councilwoman Kshama Sawant
Nope. Alternate power structures that can seize power during crises is how socialist revolution can come about. Much writing on this, here is a link I randomly googled:
https://dsa-lsc.org/2018/12/31/dual-power-a-strategy-to-build-socialism-in-our-time/
Bernie was the only one with balls to step forward. If there are any others out there then they're hiding or being hidden somehow because we don't see them.
AOC is as close as you'll get and the right immediately "Hillaried" her so now she's "damaged goods." They're very good at muddying waters and ruining candidates via propaganda and brainwashing society.
unless youre actually voting for a third party, not voting for the shinier turd is still a worthless position that does not improve anything
Aye that'll solve it.
Trump actively increased sanctions while biden reduced them. They're both shitty, but let's not pretend they're the same.
Not voting at all makes it easier for the vastly worse party to consolidate power.
Not voting at all makes it easier for the vastly worse party to consolidate power.
There is only one party: the party of the ruling class.
The bickering between democrats and republicans is just a show to distract people while making them think their side is making progress.
Both sides are just looking out for rich people. This will be true until we can get money out of politics.
Can we get an embargo on the US?
By imposing sanctions on more and more Global South countries, the US is effectively embargoing itself.
BRICS: hold my beer
The 51st state doing the work I see.
If the US and Israel are completely aligned in foreign policy, what keeps Israel from just becoming treated as another state of the US?
Israel has more power over the US than states.
Also, Ukraine was the only country that abstained.
I think that's an understandable position, given their situation. They're receiving a lot of military support from the US, so it's not surprising that they'd at least be cautious about taking a position that might harm ties with the US.
In all seriousness, who does the embargo really benefit. Maybe it made sense during the Cold War when missiles were getting moved around, but now? Someone somewhere must be profiting from it, but it’s not the American people.
His conclusion is that a consistent part of the United States' foreign policy is based on stemming the "threat of a good example." This 'threat' refers to the possibility that a country could successfully develop outside the US-managed global system, thus presenting a model for other countries, including countries in which the United States has strong economic interests.
Nobody. It exists solely because of American's indoctrinated hate towards Communism.
I guess long term you could make the argument it threatens the ruling class, because if (more) communist ideals were proven successful then more nations would implement them.
It benefits the US empire. Duh?
No one is, but my understanding is that banana companies stand to lose a ton of money if Cuba's """debt""" to the US is forgiven. Iirc Cuba has a significant outstanding debt with the US after they successfully overthrew their banana republic, because fruit companies got pissed off and shit themselves when Cuba told them to fuck off and seized their land. Said companies then went to the US government and bitched and moaned about not being able to use pseudo-slave labor for bananas anymore and the US government said, "oh, poor guys, they just wanted to grow bananas and get rich" and told Cuba it now owes the companies that were operating in Cuba a fuck ton of money. If the US government hadn't whored out to banana companies, Cuba would probably be our weirdo little brother with strange ideas about what proper government should look like.
It honestly weirds me out that tankies love to suck Putin and Pooh's dick when Cuba is just right there and seems to be doing socialism right (I've heard Vietnam has been doing pretty well too, and genuinely likes the US despite the US-Vietnam war^1 ). My understanding is that the reason why Cuba struggles with quality of life is mainly a result of the US embargo. Hell, recently they passed a law regarding LGBT people which is supposedly one of the most progressive, if not the most progressive, set of protections for people who are LGBT in the world. Not only that, but supposedly it was the result of Cuban citizens (not politicians) getting together and deciding, collectively, that they needed better protections for people who are LGBT and received a large majority of support.
What the fuck are you doing tankies? Why are you sucking Putin's cock when Cuba's over here being cool?
^1 I've been told that Vietnamese people see the war as validating (they went up against the biggest military in the world and won) and also understand that a lot of the soldiers deployed by the US didn't actually want to be there, which is why they generally have a positive view of Americans.
It feels very cool to buy hand soap or whatever at the grocery store and see the box is stamped 'made in Iran / DPRK / Vietnam' though
Those countries can't swing Florida election results
Podcast recommendation for people like me who like to listen because they don't find time to read as much as they'd like and don't have first hand experience/memory of the Cuban revolution and the following intertwined history with the US, because, well, they weren't born yet:
https://blowback.show/Season-2
After a critically-acclaimed retelling of the Iraq War, season two of Blowback presents the unlikely story of the Cuban Revolution: America’s Cold War crusade brings the world to a nuclear-tipped showdown between the Kennedy brothers, Fidel Castro, the Soviet Union, the CIA, and the Mafia. Co-hosted by Brendan James and Noah Kulwin, season two is a 10-part account of how the United States tried and failed to thwart the creation of a socialist government less than a hundred miles to its south.
The style of the podcast, with two moderators, took some getting used to for me. But I learned to love it. It is very comprehensive and in-depth. You can find it pretty much everywhere; I listened to it on spotify.
This is the best summary I could come up with:
HAVANA, Nov 2 (Reuters) - The U.N. General Assembly called for the 31st time on the United States to end its decades-long trade embargo against Cuba as the communist-run island suffers its worst economic crisis in decades, with shortages of food, fuel and medicine.
Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez said in a speech before the assembly that the "blockade prevents Cuba from accessing food, medicines, and technological and medical equipment."
Havana is also prohibited from exporting to the neighboring United States, Rodriguez said, curtailing access to a massive market for its goods and costing Cuba nearly $5 billion in losses in 2022 alone.
"The blockade (embargo) qualifies as a crime of genocide," said Rodriguez, who said the U.S. policies were deliberately aimed at promoting suffering among the Cuban people in order to force change in the government.
U.S. diplomat Paul Folmsbee, in a brief speech opposing the resolution, said the embargo was aimed at promoting "human rights and fundamental liberties in Cuba" and that the U.S. made exceptions for humanitarian purposes.
The long-running dispute between Cuba and the United States shows little sign of detente, despite some modest gestures of goodwill under the administration of U.S. President Joe Biden.
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