Why Does the U.S. Have a Military Base in Cuba?

 Latin America Solidarity Coalition Calls for Closing Guantanamo and Returning it to Cuba The Latin America Solidarity Coalition (LASC) demands that occupied Guantanamo, including its prison torture center, be shut down. Guantanamo is occupied against the will of the Cuban people, is used as a military base against Cuba and other Caribbean countries. LASC calls for shutting … Continue reading Why Does the U.S. Have a Military Base in Cuba?

Presentation at Chicago Committee to Free the Cuban Five workshop at School of Americas protest

The US has attempted to destroy every move towards any independent system by any country in Latin America. It seeks to keep Latin American countries, just like we who live in the US, under the control of its corporations. Cuba has long been a target, and Cuba has long resisted. It has been invaded, like … Continue reading Presentation at Chicago Committee to Free the Cuban Five workshop at School of Americas protest

Presentation at First National Conference of Committee to Stop FBI Repression

Conference introductory remarks by Sarah Smith, Chicago Committee to Free the Cuban Five, Committee to Stop FBI Repression, one of the 23 subpoenaed. I would like to welcome everyone here today  to our very first national conference hosted by the Committee to Stop FBI Repression.  Some of you have come from very far away, even driving from … Continue reading Presentation at First National Conference of Committee to Stop FBI Repression

Cities Pay Millions for First Amendment Violations and Police Violence: Will Chicago Be Next?

https://mronline.org/2011/08/14/cities-pay-millions-for-first-amendment-violations-and-police-violence-will-chicago-be-next/ https://zcomm.org/znetarticle/cities-pay-millions-for-first-amendment-violations-and-police-violence-will-chicago-be-next-by-stansfield-smith/ The US court system has found criminal police conduct (beatings, false arrests, other violence and felonies) at anti-war/anti-G8/FTAA/WTO protests to be so flagrant that payouts to the victims of police illegality and violence have cost taxpayers tens of millions of dollars.The payouts for unprovoked police violence and illegality, below, do not include what … Continue reading Cities Pay Millions for First Amendment Violations and Police Violence: Will Chicago Be Next?

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”