Opinion

The Tragedy of Cuban Racism

A video showing a group of Cuban dissidents protesting in front of the Cuban parliament in Havana to demand a series of liberties and rights has once again revealed the profound racism that continues to exist in Cuba.

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The Direction of the New US-Cuba Relations

During January the US and Cuban governments took their first step towards restoring diplomatic relations (announced in December) and setting up embassies in their respective countries. Likewise, by executive order, exceptions to the US Travel Ban on Cuba were implemented and some lesser aspects of the embargo were removed. Sam Farber, the author of “Cuba Since the Revolution of 1959: A Critical Assessment” is interviewed here by Lance Selfa about the new developments.

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Cuba: An Education in Values

In a previous article, I mentioned how adjusting education to daily life involves a challenge for society. We don’t only want children and young people to go to school. We also want them to learn what society needs them to learn there.

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Raul Castro Lays Out Conditions to USA

Cuban President Raul Castro addressed the III Summit of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) on Wednesday in Costa Rica. He spoke on regional topics such as integration and social justice and concluded with an explanation of his government’s position in the negotiations begun with the United States. Here’s his entire speech.

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Cuba’s UCI University Blocks Our Blog

Some years ago, I criticized the inconsistencies of Cuba’s information policy and a Cuban colleague of mine replied with a smile: “What information policy?” And it’s true: censorship seems to be devoid of all logic; as though it depended on what mood the official working that day woke up in.

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Cuba’s Two Communist Parties

The systematic and direct exchange with members of the Cuban Communist Party through base-level organizations that those of us who champion the SPD (Participative & Democratic Socialism) platform maintain has led a number of us to conclude that there are in fact two Parties in Cuba.

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