On Behalf of the Struggle for Socialism Party
To President Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba, and to the government and people of Cuba:
From inside the belly of the beast, we send you our unwavering solidarity.
The Struggle for Socialism Party condemns Donald Trump’s latest executive order — an illegal escalation of the blockade designed to strangle your nation through collective punishment. It is unconscionable that Washington dares to declare a “national emergency” over Cuba while our own people go without housing, health care and food — while ICE kidnaps migrant children, while government violence claims lives in our own streets. But it is not surprising. The empire always invents emergencies abroad to distract from the crises it manufactures at home.
Ten million people. A small island. No army of occupation. No foreign bases. No history of attacking the United States. Yet Cuba is deemed an “unusual and extraordinary threat”? Let us name this lie for what it is: projection. Every accusation the U.S. hurls at Cuba is an admission of its own crimes against your sovereignty.
The United States occupies 80 countries, maintains 700 military bases, and commands a $1.5 trillion war budget — more than the next nine nations combined. Washington has overthrown governments in Nicaragua, Guatemala, Grenada, and beyond. This government – which claims to represent us, but really just represents the billionaires – has funded death squads, waged psychological warfare, and now holds Venezuela’s president hostage to steal its oil. And still, Washington dares to lecture Cuba about “regional instability.”
This latest order is not new. It is the same policy of punishment that has defined U.S. relations with Cuba for 64 years. It is not a trade embargo — it is a global blockade. A systematic campaign to intimidate any nation that dares to befriend Cuba. A crime against international law and human decency.
And what has Cuba done to deserve this?
Cuba sends doctors. When Ebola ravaged West Africa, Cuban physicians were on the front lines. When COVID struck Italy, Cuban brigades answered the call. When Hurricane Katrina drowned New Orleans, Cuba offered aid. The United States refused. This is the “threat” Washington cannot abide: a small, socialist nation that heals the world while the empire bombs it.
We will not allow Cuba to be slandered, starved, or bullied into submission.
We demand:
- An immediate end to the 64-year blockade.
- The return of Guantánamo Bay to Cuban soil.
- Removal from the fraudulent State Sponsors of Terrorism list.
- An end to U.S. threats against nations that trade with or aid Cuba.
- An end to the violence the United States exports abroad and inflicts at home.
Long live the Cuban Revolution. From the belly of the beast — our hearts are with you. Our fight is with you. Until the blockade falls, until the land is returned, until Cuba is free.
¡Hasta la victoria siempre!
John Parker and Sharon Black
U.S. West Coast and East Coast coordinators, Struggle for Socialism Party
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