Category: Latin America

Third Year of Cuban Five Case at the School of Americas Protest

Chicago Committee to Free the  Cuban Five  Thousands of religious, trade union, and human rights supporters participated in a vigil and rally outside the gates of the School of the Americas (SOA) at Fort Benning, Georgia on November 21st to demand that it be closed.  26 were arrested, two of whom were sentenced to 6 months in prison … Continue reading Third Year of Cuban Five Case at the School of Americas Protest

Reply to Greek CP about the Opportunism of “21st Century Socialism”

https://marxistleninist.wordpress.com/2010/09/03/a-reply-to-greek-cp-on-21st-century-socialism/ http://mltoday.com/article/934-reply-to-greek-cp-about-the-opportunism-of-q21st-century-socialismq-theory/68 Editors' Note: The article by Dimitris Karagiannis, "On the Opportunist Nature of the '21st Century Socialism' Theory" prompted this contribution from Stan Smith. Several other contributions to the discussion will be posted soon. A new world is possible and that new world is being built in Latin America. The Bolivarian process in Venezuela … Continue reading Reply to Greek CP about the Opportunism of “21st Century Socialism”

“The Day Diplomacy Died” film review

http://mltoday.com/article/916-film-the-day-diplomacy-died/29 Bernie Dwyer and Roberto Ruiz Rebo have produced some excellent short documentaries about Cuba: Mission Against Terror (the story of the 5 Cuban political prisoners jailed in the U.S, One Man's Story: Philip Agee, Cuba and the CIA, an interview with Agee about the CIA covert war against Cuba. Now this new film exposes … Continue reading “The Day Diplomacy Died” film review

Presentation: The Case of the Cuban Five Political Prisoners

Presentation, Stan Smith, Chicago Committee to Free the Cuban 5     May 3, 2009 Cuba has been victimized by state-sponsored terrorism from the US since it freed itself from foreign domination in 1959. The killing of innocent civilians has been double that of Sept. 11. These terrorist attacks include bombing hotels in 1997, blowing up Cuban … Continue reading Presentation: The Case of the Cuban Five Political Prisoners