Tag: cuba
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The State of Cuba: Cuban Anarchist Reflections One Year After July 11th
Introduction On July 11, a wave of anti-government protests shook Cuban reality at a national level. Initiated from the outskirts of the archipelago, such as San Antonio de los Baños, near Havana, and Palma Soriano in the province of Santiago, the protests spread to several cities and towns in less than 24 hours. Thousands of…
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El Estado de Cuba: Reflexiones de Anarquistas Cubanes a Un Año del 11 de Julio
Introducción El 11 de Julio una ola de protestas antigubernamentales sacudió la realidad del territorio nacional cubano. Iniciadas desde las periférias del archipiélago, como San Antonio de los Baños, cerca de la Habana, y Palma Soriano en la provincia de Santiago, las protestas se expandieron a varias ciudades y pueblos en menos de 24 horas.…
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Updated: Solidarity with Detained Cuban Anarchist and LGBT Activists
UPDATE: Isbel and Jimmy have been released as of Sunday, May 13. Please read their statement below the original article. Original post May 11, 2019 at 8:30pm EST Havana, Cuba – Following tensions around the cancellation of the state sponsored LGBT march and the effort by activists to call for an independently organized one, two…
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Cuban Anarchists Announce Opening of ABRA Social Center
We are excited to reprint the below statement from our Cuban anarchist comrades announcing the opening of the ABRA social center and library in Habana today May 5, 2018. Comrades with the Taller Libertario Alfredo López and allied groups have been working for over 10 years to rebuild an anarchist presence in Cuba and the establishment of…
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Cuba and the Demonization of Anarchists: A Lesson for Our Times
Originally titled “Authoritarian Demonization of Anarchists, Cuba and the Gaona Manifesto” By Rafael Uzcategui The possibilities anarchism points toward have many enemies. Its fiercest opponents, however, are those authoritarian regimes which, distorting and subverting the ideas of socialism, have promoted themselves historically as embodying the values of liberty, equality and fraternity. In every situation, state…
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To my compañerxs on the Left – A Reaction to the Death of Fidel
With deaths and anniversaries there’s often a tendency to remember figures and history in a one sided way but as Enrique Guerro-López reminds us the left should aspire to move beyond simplistic and uncritical narratives to understand them in their complexity – a perspective often missing when looking at the legacy of Fidel Castro and…
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Cine Libertario: El Anarquismo en América Latina
Desde finales del siglo XIX, el anarquismo, como teoría y práctica revolucionaria, ha tenido una presencia profunda en los movimientos sociales de América Latina. Según Angel Cappelletti, el autor del libro El Anarquismo en América Latina, “El anarquismo tiene en América Latina una amplia historia, rica en luchas pacíficas y violentas, en manifestaciones de heroísmo…