Cuba and the African freedom struggles - film
ray davis | 13.07.2009 17:08 | History | Social Struggles | Workers' Movements
July 26th Cuba film show leaflet
The newly established revolutionary government of Cuba and the Cuban people were appalled at the Congolese slaughter and the treachery of the UN. And Cuban leadership, with Fidel Castro at the head, took the decision to organise whatever aid they could to help the African peoples struggling to throw off the chains of western colonialism.
This film documents two of the Cuban first attempts: in Congo and in Guinea Bissau. The film is about 1 hour long and tells an important story about Africa and Cuba that the western governments would rather bury.
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Remember the Cuban bombing of Eritrea
14.07.2009 21:59
Those with even half an interest in understanding the reality of Cuba's involvement in Africa should listen to the ghosts of the Eritrean dead, bombed by Cubans (after the US had had a go too) as they nightly tended their fields or fought back at the socialist DERG government.
John Pilgers book 'Heroes' has a good section on Eritrea and can be read free on google books.
Even better read Dan Cornells - "Against All Odds: A chronicle of the Eritrean Revolution".
While both are good first hand sources (the authors were both there on the ground) they should obviously be read critically.
States whatever their colour are always fundamentally enemies of liberty. Cuba is no exception.
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