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For 2 years, the “anti-Blackness” claim has allowed "human rights" narratives to form around revolutionary states in the crosshairs of the U.S. empire. This video comes on the heels of one of the largest U.S. youth delegations to visit #Cuba (@PeoplesForumNYC). Here's a thread 🧵
The "Cuba is anti-Black/racist" narrative is being used to validate #Cuba having been placed on the U.S. "state sponsors of terrorists" list under the guise of "human rights abuses."

cc: @NNOCuba @USHandsOffCuba @amazonlabor @Shut_downAmazon
Read BAP member Erica Caines' article explaining how "lived experience" has been weaponized against these states struggling against the machinations of the U.S. empire. hoodcommunist.org/2021/09/09/the…
"I left Cuba with more clarity ... of the idiocy of most political discussions in the US." -BAP member @ac_kristo, who just helped launch BAP's #ZoneOfPeace campaign in #Cuba alongside BAP members. hoodcommunist.org/2023/04/27/wit…
"Understand that until the blockade is lifted on Cuba ... your job is to end the sanctions first and foremost. That is where you focus on anti-Blackness." -BAP member Salifu Mack (@AAPRP + @LCTakesAction) hoodcommunist.org/2022/07/14/out…
"Cuba offers to send doctors to the United States for disaster." -BAP member @DrMonreaux (@PACAdmv) on global African solidarity re: #Cuba hoodcommunist.org/2023/04/13/an-…
"It’s up to us, Black people [in #Cuba], to continue the revolution within the revolution," Kimbo told BAP member @HalfAtlanta. grassrootsthinking.com/2022/07/31/afr…
BAP's @ajamubaraka participated in a TV panel discussion @marclamonthill hosted in July 2021 after protests erupted in #Cuba. Baraka explained why people inside the United States must oppose the U.S. blockade and support the Cuban revolutionary process.
"There are no George Floyds in Cuba." Watch BAP member @MawusiTure speak with BAP member @IMIXWHATILIKE on @BlackPowerMedi1 about the reason revolutionaries defend #Cuba and demand an end to the U.S. blockade.
BAP member Erica Caines spoke with @LizOlivaFdez of @bellybeastcuba about the U.S. war on #Cuba. Moderated by BAP member org @PACAdmv's @Netfafree.
BAP member @HalfAtlanta spoke alongside James Early during a @bellybeastcuba speaker series event about #Cuba, socialism and race.
.@HalfAtlanta, host of "Groundings" podcast, join @BlackPowerMedi1 to discuss the Cuban Revolution's relationship to Black August. imixwhatilike.org/2022/08/01/bla…
Check out Hood Communist's guide to the U.S. blockade on #Cuba. hoodcommunist.org/2021/10/07/a-g…
Learn about BAP's #ZoneOfPeace campaign to build a people(s)-centered movement alongside revolutionary organizations on the ground throughout the Americas region. blackallianceforpeace.com/zoneofpeace
By the way, here are just some of the hundreds of mostly young people of color (and Africans!) who visited #Cuba. Courtesy of @Granma_English and @PrensaLatina_cu: en.granma.cu/cuba/2023-05-0… ImageImageImage

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