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Photo: San Francisco protest
In a resounding rejection of the corporate media’s non-stop propaganda campaign, people in cities all across the United States participated in demonstrations July 24-26 to demand an end to the blockade of Cuba and all U.S. intervention. Organizers of the demonstrations argued that the hardships experienced by the Cuban people are the result of the six-decade-long economic war being waged on the country by the United States. They rejected the lie that the Cuban government is oppressive towards its people and expressed support for the Cuban revolution.
The actions coincided with the annual July 26 holiday, which commemorates the 1953 raid on the Moncada barracks led by Fidel Castro that sparked the revolution.
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On Wednesday, June 23, the U.N. General Assembly voted on a resolution condemning the United States’ economic, commercial, and financial embargo (or blockade) of Cuba. The resolution passed overwhelmingly – 184 to 2 – with only the US and Israel voting against. This is the 29
th time since 1992 that nearly all countries voted to condemn the policy and declare it illegal under international law. Only in one year, 2016, did the Obama administration abstain from voting, reflecting what has been called “the Obama thaw” of improved relations with the island nation.
A Bay Area caravan protests the 71-year-old blockade
To punish Cuba soon after its revolution, the US imposed the embargo in 1960. Under the Trump administration, despite the global pandemic, the blockade was tightened even further. Trump imposed 243 new measures, leading to painful shortages of food, fuel, and some medications.
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