Cuba protests

* "Cuba: Freedom for Frank García Hernández and Other Detainees" https://www.leftvoice.org/cuba-freedom-for-frank-garcia-hernandez-and-other-detainees/ [EN]

* "End the U.S. Embargo of Cuba: Support the Revolution and the Right to Protest" by Sou Mi and Luigi Morris https://www.leftvoice.org/end-the-u-s-embargo-of-cuba-support-the-revolution-and-the-right-to-protest/ [EN]
* Cuba: the end of the social enchantment of 'The Revolution': a voice from Cuban anarchist" https://freedomnews.org.uk/2021/07/20/cuba-the-end-of-the-social-enchantment-of-the-revolution/ [EN] (British anarchist publication)
* "Cuban Anarchists on the Protests of July 11" https://crimethinc.com/2021/07/22/cuban-anarchists-on-the-protests-of-july-11 [EN]
* "My Heart Aches for Cuba — and I Yearn for More Solidarity From the Global Left" by Odette Casamayor-Cisneros https://truthout.org/articles/my-heart-aches-for-cuba-and-i-yearn-for-more-solidarity-from-the-global-left/ [EN]

### **News articles**

* "El 'motín cubano' salpica a las casi 300 empresas españolas asentadas en la isla" https://www.lainformacion.com/economia-negocios-y-finanzas/motin-cubano-salpica-casi-300-empresas-espanolas-asentadas-isla/2844122/ [ES]
* "At least 140 Cubans reportedly detained or disappeared after historic protests" by Tom Phillips and Ed Augustin https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jul/13/cuba-protests-activists-journalists-protesters-detained [EN] (owned by Scott Trust Limited)
* "Cuba lifts food, medicine customs restrictions after protests" by Sarah Marsh and Nelson Acosta https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/cuba-lifts-food-medicine-customs-restrictions-after-protests-2021-07-15/ [EN]
* "Cuba musicians support protests, government softens stance" by Ruaridh Nicoll https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/7/15/cuba-musicians-support-protests-government-softens-stance [EN] (Qatari state-owned media with anti-Saudi geopolitics)
* "Cuba lifts food, medicine customs restrictions amid protests" https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/7/15/cuba-lifts-food-medicine-restrictions-amid-protests [EN] (Qatari state-owned media with anti-Saudi geopolitics)
* "Man dies in anti-government protest in Cuba: Interior ministry" https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/7/13/man-dies-in-anti-government-protest-in-cuba-interior-ministry [EN] (Qatari state-owned media with anti-Saudi geopolitics)
* "Why Cubans took to the streets in all-but-unheard-of protests" by Ruaridh Nicoll https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/7/12/why-cubans-took-to-streets-in-all-but-unheard-of-protests [EN] (Qatari state-owned media with anti-Saudi geopolitics)
* "Cubans protest against food shortages and rising prices" https://www.aljazeera.com/gallery/2021/7/12/cubans-protest-against-food-shortages-and-rising-prices [EN] (Qatari state-owned media with anti-Saudi geopolitics)
* "As Cuba begins handing out sentences to protesters, some families left in the dark" by Sarah Marsh https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/cuba-begins-handing-out-sentences-protesters-some-families-left-dark-2021-07-21/ [EN]
* "The US embargo on Cuba has failed" by Christopher Rhodes https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2021/7/21/the-us-embargo-on-cuba-has-failed [EN] (Qatari-state owned media with anti-Saudi geopolitics)
* "Cuba's President Has Made A Rare Mea Culpa, Admitting To Failures That Fueled Unrest" https://www.npr.org/2021/07/15/1016371679/cubas-president-has-made-a-rare-mea-culpa-admitting-to-failures-that-fueled-unre [EN]
* "Cuba protests: Tax on food and medicine imports lifted" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-57844864 [EN] (British state-owned media)
* "Cuban dissident artist hospitalised amid hunger strike" ‎https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/5/2/cuban-dissident-artist-hospitalised-amid-hunger-strike [EN] (Qatari state-owned media with anti-Saudi geopolitics)
* "Faced with rare protests, Cuba curbs social media access, watchdog says" by Sarah Marsh https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/cuba-curbs-access-facebook-messaging-apps-amid-protests-internet-watchdog-2021-07-13/ [EN]
* "Protestas en Cuba: el gobierno confirma un muerto en nuevos disturbios a las afueras de La Habana" https://www.bbc.com/mundo/noticias-america-latina-57829694 [ES] (British state-owned media)
* "Cuban leftists begin to turn their fire on the ‘harmful practices of the state’" by Ruaridh Nicoll https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jul/25/cuban-leftists-begin-to-turn-their-fire-on-the-harmful-practices-of-the-state (Archive: https://archive.vn/lfOWC) [EN]

### **Magazine articles**

* "Call for the Release of Detainees in Cuba" by Comunistas https://newpol.org/call-for-the-release-of-detainees-in-cuba/ [EN]

* "Where Should Socialists Stand on Cuba Today?" by Dan La Botz https://newpol.org/where-should-socialists-stand-on-cuba-today/ [EN]
* "In Cuba and Haiti, US policy should seek first to do no harm" by Emily Tamkin https://www.newstatesman.com/world/north-america/2021/07/cuba-and-haiti-us-policy-should-seek-first-do-no-harm [EN]
* "What the Protests in Cuba Mean for the Future of Communism and U.S. Relations" by Ian Bremmer https://time.com/6080934/cuba-protests-future-communism-u-s-relations/ [EN]

### **Statements**

* "Cuba Solidarity Campaign statement on the current situation in Cuba" https://cuba-solidarity.org.uk/news/article/4271/cuba-solidarity-campaign-statement-on-the-current-situation-in-cuba [EN]
* "UN General Assembly calls for US to end Cuba embargo for 29th consecutive year" https://news.un.org/en/story/2021/06/1094612 [EN]
* "A Statement On The Rebellion In Cuba" by Black Rose Miami https://itsgoingdown.org/statement-on-rebellion-cuba/ [EN]
* "Cienfuegos Distro Statement On Recent Cuban Unrest" https://itsgoingdown.org/on-recent-cuban-unrest/ [EN]
* "27N Manifesto" https://www.e-flux.com/announcements/389547/27n-manifesto/ [EN]

### **Blog posts**

* "Reclamo por la libertad de los detenidos en Cuba" https://www.comunistascuba.org/2021/07/reclamo-por-la-libertad-de-los.html [ES]
* "CORREO DEL CARIBE Nro 4 Cuba: Socialismo SI, Represion NO" https://f-anarquista-cc.blogspot.com/2021/05/correo-del-caribe-nro-4-cuba-socialismo.html [EN, ES, FR]
* "Comunicado Cuba: el fin del encantamiento social de la 'Revolución'" https://f-anarquista-cc.blogspot.com/2021/07/comunicado-cuba-el-fin-del.html [ES, EN, FR]

### **Podcast episodes**

* "Cuban Anarchists On Context and Importance of the Recent Wave of Protests" https://itsgoingdown.org/cuban-anarchists-on-context-and-importance-of-the-recent-wave-of-protests/ [1:13:13, EN]

### **Videos**

* "Cuba Protests: What's Going On?!" uploaded by BadEmpanada 2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C6F6a2NGCyQ [11:21, EN] (Marxist-Leninist, member of Solidarity with Cuba, supports Vietnam [Laos is client-state of Vietnam] and Rojava, white Australian settler with Greek ancestry living in Argentina; has extremely abrasive personality on Twitter and Reddit and is considered an irony-poisoned bro)

### **Archived**

* https://archive.is/JOZ4X [EN] - importance of not badjacketing everyone who is experiencing economic hardships
* https://archive.ph/BsMi8 [EN] - why it's not helpful to be conspiratorial about protests in left-leaning countries which have material explanation for them
* https://archive.ph/avPhP [EN], https://archive.ph/0maL9 [EN], https://archive.ph/bfLea [EN], https://archive.is/TXIUm [EN] - explaining what is going on in Cuba
* https://archive.ph/dbe0k [EN] - how to have nuanced take on Cuba protests
* https://archive.is/QPyLm [EN] - how to critically engage with the Cuba protests
* https://archive.is/avEaU [EN] - how the left should push for USA to end the embargoes to address the material concerns of the Cuba protests
* https://archive.is/Ou55s [EN] - erasure of Afro-Cubans and anti-Black police brutality in discourses about the Cuba protests
* https://archive.is/3xIb7 [EN] - BLM erasing voices of Afro-Cubans
* https://archive.is/YJQxx [ES] - ethics of accepting assistance from European and American right-wingerss in absence of material support from the international left
* https://archive.is/Tmidl [EN] - contextualizing anti-police protests in Cuba over the last year
* https://archive.is/vFN1K [EN] - state repression of free expressions
* https://archive.is/46wWe [EN] - English translation of a letter from a Cuban anarchist
* https://archive.is/hTqFO [DE] - German translation of a letter from a Cuban anarchist
* https://archive.is/0eHz8 [EN] - erasure of anarchist history in Cuba

### **Notes**

* It's a little suspicious to hyperfixate on small non-violent protests in Cuba when the government has not yet used police violence or minimal use of police violence while Haiti is in imminent danger of being invaded and occupied again for the nth time by the US or inheriting a dictator who will be more paranoid or tyrannical as the result of the assassination. Miguel is not Maduro (who respond to protests with gun violence)
* The materialist answer to the protests is international solidarity in ending U.S -led embargoes and sanctions instead of engaging immaterial conspiracy theories about the participants
* While the right opposition might want to bring down the revolution, the left opposition blames the government for free-market reforms exacerbating the economic problems of the country which led to the arrests of Marxists like Frank García Hernández
* Protests are driven by collapse in tourism, economic austerity and sharp rises in COVID-19 cases, incurred by embargoes- none of which are attacks on "actually existing socialism", but moreso criticisms of government economic liberalization
* There are several different protests going on, Cola de la Libertad demands regime-change and receive outside consultation while San Isidro demands free expressions of journalists and artists