Defenders of socialist Cuba marched through Harlem June 20 to answer threats from the Trump regime. The action was called by the Blacks 4 Cuba Coalition, initiated by the December 12th Movement.
As the coalition’s palm card explained, “the Trump administration is now threatening to attack Cuba. But Cuba continues to defend its sovereignty and its government. We must stand in solidarity to defend Cuba.”
People gathered at the site of the former Hotel Theresa, where Fidel Castro met with Malcolm X in 1960. People carried Cuban flags as well as the African liberation flags designed by the Honorable Marcus Garvey. Members of the People’s Organization for Progress carried a banner supporting Cuba.
A Juneteenth Parade was marching down Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. (125th Street). Defenders of Cuba marched along the same route.
As they were going by the Adam Clayton Powell Jr. State Office Building plaza, a speaker at a Juneteenth rally there welcomed them. People on the street showed their support. Cuba has many friends in Harlem.
A concluding rally was at Malcolm X Blvd. and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., which was chaired by the December 12th Movement Chairperson Omowale Clay. Dr. James McIntosh of the Committee to Eliminate Media Offensive to African People (CEMOTAP) reminded people how thousands of Cuban soldiers died for African freedom.
Raymond Dugue, the 1st Assistant President General of the Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA), founded by Marcus Garvey, also pointed out Cuba’s role in defending Angola. Just as Trump supplies bombs to his fellow war criminal, Netanyahu, so did the U.S. government support the former South African apartheid regime’s invasion of Angola.
A speaker from Struggle-La Lucha newspaper spoke about how Cuba has trained thousands of doctors from around the world at no charge, including 200 medical students from the United States. They now heal poor people coast-to-coast.
Cuba has helped people around the world. The power of the people will defend Cuba.
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