U.S. imperialism – within which the gusano bourgeoisie is an organic component – as part of its criminal campaign against the workers’ state is promoting a right-wing mobilization this November 15 in Cuba, which it hopes will lead to the overthrow of economic planning and the full scale restoration of capitalism.
US officials have issued a series of statements in support of the upcoming demonstrations.
“The US shares the vision of the Cuban people: democracy, prosperity, and human rights. We support their right to peacefully assemble on November 15 and call on the Cuban government to allow freedom of expression and listen to the people. Their voices cannot be silenced,” wrote Brian A. Nichols, Assistant Secretary for Western Hemisphere Affairs. (https://www.mintpressnews.com/united-states-organizing-color-revolution-cuba-november-15/278821/?fbclid=IwAR0Zl8hf89JRBitqzJu0b2y1rlh_ekg8qC1C2_b-3-4AaDYU29zdOQAT32Q)
Obviously, the “freedom” to which the imperialist officials refer is the freedom of international capital to exploit the workers of Cuba, and by the Cuban “people” then mean the counterrevolutionary elements that participate in the right-wing mobilizations. “Human rights” in the mouth of the main promoter of genocidal dictatorships on the continent – US imperialism – does not go beyond the right to exploit the authentic people of Cuba.
The undersigned working class organisations and individuals harshly condemn the anti-workers’ state mobilization prepared for this November 15. In that sense, we criticize the liberalizing policy of the Cuban regime for tolerating the campaign of the agents of reaction. Any movement that does not have as its guiding star the defense of the workers’ state will be used as part of the counterrevolutionary campaign of imperialism itself.
List of Endorsers:
Organisations:
Bolshevik Group – East Asia
Class Conscious – Australia (classconscious.org)
Communist Revolutionary Action (KED or Κομμουνιστική Επαναστατική Δράση – Greece)
Forum de Paulista, entidade composta por 13 Movimentos sociais, sindicatos e organizações populares da cidade de paulista/PE (Brazil)
Liaison Committee for the Fourth International
Including four LCFI Sections:
Consistent Democrats (Great Britain)
Frente Comunista dos Trabalhadores (Brazil)
Socialist Workers League (USA)
Tendencia Militante Bolchevique (Argentina)
Partido da Causa Operária (Brazil)
Polo sindical dos assalariados agrícolas do vale do São Francisco petrolina/PE e Juazeiro/BA. (Brazil)
Socialist Workers Party of Bangladesh
Individuals
Argentina
Leon Carlos, Tendencia Militante Bolchevique
Bangladesh
Mohammad Basirul Haq Sinha, Presidente, Inter Press Network, Dhaka
Brazil
Adelmiro Santos, movimento de luta pelo teto, MLT
André Constantino, Movimento Nacional das Favelas e Periferias
Carlos Magno Lucena Martins, Partido dos Trabalhadores, Carapicuíba, São Paulo
Cleide Andrade, presidente PSOL Paulista/PE
David Rodrigo, operário da construção civil, Fórum Unitário Sindical e Popular de Paulista/PE, FUSP, jornal Folha do Trabalhador
Elias Andrade, funcionário público federal, Movimento Compromisso e Luta, Movluta
Érico Cardoso, historiador, jornal Folha do Trabalhador
Fábio Sobral, professor universitário, Canal a Comuna
Francisco Castro, economista e professor aposentado da UFRPE, ex-frade dominicano e membro da ALN
Francisco Gonçalves, funcionário público federal, Movluta
Frederico Costa, professor universitário, coordenador do Instituto de Estudos e Pesquisas do Movimento Operário, IMO
Joana Boaventura, professora da rede pública estadual, Rio Grande do Sul, Canal Emancipação do Trabalho
José de Lima Soares, professor universitário
José Odahi Magalhães, liderança popular, Organizações Populares, OPA
Juarez Marcolino Vieira, Sindicato doa Condutores Autônomos em Transportes Alternativos de Passageiros do Estado de Pernambuco- SINDALTERNATIVOS/PE.
Levi Sotto, operário da construção civil, jornal Folha do Trabalhador
Lino Alves de Almeida, engenheiro, PCO
Luciano Filgueiras, funcionário público federal, Movluta
Marcio Rodrigues, jornalista, Emancipação do Trabalho
Marcos Silva, engenheiro, filiado ao Sindicato dos engenheiros do Rio de Janeiro
Maurício Oliveira, professor da rede pública estadual – Ceará, Canal Emancipação do Trabalho
Neimar de Oliveira Lima, Secretário geral do Partido Comunista do Povo Brasileiro
Nelson Vilela, Canal A Comuna
Pedro Barbosa, professor universitário
Thales Emanuel, Organizações Populares, OPA
Valdir Félix, Frente Nacional de Luta, FNL
Valmir Braga, funcionário público federal, Movimento Compromisso e Luta, Movluta
Great Britain
John Bernard
Mark Andresen, Torquay
Evangelos Adamapoulos, London
Jonathan Cooper, London
Nigel Singh, Oxford
Anna Brogan, London
Jim Greenhow, Scotland
Jon De Rennes
Kevin O’Connor, London
Richard Bridge, Kent
Tony Unwin, Kent
Rachel Rodwell, Kent
Mark Copestake, Birmingham
Mathew Dale, Rochester
Susan Dale, Rochester
Paul Steele, Minster-on-Sea
Helen Martins, Minster-On-Sea
Graham Smith, Eastchurch
Tokumbo Oke, Croydon
Jayne Elliot, Glasgow
Mike Bell, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne
David Cannon, London
Bob Dennis, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne
Liberia
Curtis Titus Garmonga Davis
Turkey
Şafak Can, revolutionary Trotskyist worker, Istanbul
United States
Max Irwin, New York
Alex Jordan Dillard, California
Our full solidarity to Cuban revolutionary heroes….
SWP- Bangladesh declared it Solidarity With Cuba Against Imperialist Provocations
Because of the 60-year long illegal and inhumane blockade imposed on the country by the United States, Cuba has faced undue hardship that includes food shortages, lack of medical supplies, and power outages. And due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, it is being exacerbated. A relatively small demonstration took place in San Antonio de los Baños against these effects from the crippling U.S. sanctions; President Miguel Diaz-Canel immediately travelled there to greet the demonstrators and speak with the people about these grievances.
However, there are U.S.-backed reactionary, counterrevolutionary groups that are still very much active in Cuba who are taking advantage of the current state of emergency. Once again, they are attempting to foment chaos and disorder, aiding imperialist-led regime change efforts to destabilize the country and reverse its revolutionary gains. While Western mainstream media — in support of the latest attempted Color Revolution — unsurprisingly chose to highlight and amplify the voices of reaction, millions of Cubans (who far outnumber the counterrevolutionaries) took to the streets to show their support and defend their nation’s sovereignty, independence, and government.
We would also like to take this time, despite the extreme challenges the country is facing, to commend Cuba for its internationalist effort throughout the pandemic in sending its doctors abroad to aid in the fight against COVID-19, as well as developing vaccines that will be distributed to poor countries.
Sanctions are an act of war and are tantamount to an economic atom bomb since they are a form of collective punishment. They can also be deadly, as seen with the more than 500,000 Iraqi children who were killed by U.S. sanctions during the 1990’s. After all, the U.S. Department of State has explicitly stated in the past that the goal of the blockade against Cuba is to “weaken the economic life of Cuba,” and “decrease monetary and real wages, to bring about hunger, desperation and overthrow of government.” Thus, it is important to stand in solidarity with Cuba, take a principled stance against imperialism, and to demand that sanctions be lifted immediately.
Long live revolution! Long live Cuba!!