Onyesonwu Chatoyer: The Cuban Revolution and African Liberation Struggle

<p><strong>Onyesonwu joins me for this episode on the Cuban story and socialism. Onyesonwu is A Cadre and organizer of AAPRP, editor with Hood Communist (an anti-imperialist online publication), on the national coordinating committee of the Venceremos brigade (an organization o</strong><em><strong>pposing the U.S. embargo and travel ban, supporting normalized relations and recognizing Cuba’s accomplishments)</strong></em><strong>.</strong></p>

<p><strong>We Discussion:</strong></p>

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<li>The history of Cuba before the 1959 revolution, the Spanish-US war, and the story of the African people in Cuba's resistance to Spanish colonization.</li>

<li>The armed uprising in <a href="https://www.britannica.com/place/Cuba">Cuba</a> overthrew the government of <a href="https://www.britannica.com/biography/Fulgencio-Batista">Fulgencio Batista</a> on January 1, 1959, and how the revolution changed Cuba and what it meant for imperialism.</li>

<li>The establishment Cuban blockade under J F Kennedy’s administration and its effects on Cubans and Africans at large.</li>

<li>Cuba’s contribution to the African liberation struggle.</li>

<li>The misplaced barrage of attacks against Cuba in particular <em>Ernesto “Che” Guevara</em> and his involvement in the African struggle and the success and failures of that episode.</li>

<li>Socialism in Cuba and Cubans still work in progress despite the US blockade.</li>

<li>Obama, Trump, and Biden administrations’ relations with Cuba.</li>

<li>Demystifying claims of Castro and dictatorship, Cuba and racism, Cuba as imperialist/colonizer in its aid to the African liberation struggle.</li>

<li>The issue of “revolutionary theory” versus “lived experience” on Cuban and socialism.</li>

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<p>“JOIN AN ORGANIZATION THAT WORKS FOR JUSTICE” – Onyesonwu Chatoya</p>

<p>Read Onyesonwu writings on Cuba and other Pan-African articles in the Hood Communist (<a href="https://hoodcommunist.org/?fbclid=IwAR3gnINVcNy2wJW_bUbNA9vmlv8G36JvjECuASVVV7V_jZp62p1UpSz5f0">https://hoodcommunist.org/?fbclid=IwAR3gnINVcNy2wJW_bUbNA9vmlv8G36JvjECuASVVV7V_jZp62p1UpSz5f0</a>) and the All African People’s Revolutionary Party (<a href="https://aaprp-intl.org/">https://aaprp-intl.org/</a>) website online.</p>