May 2013 — Great Latin Music
Recorded in Havana in 1985. The trumpet maestros are accompanied by Walter Davis Jr. on the piano and Sayyd Abdul al-Khabbyr on the baritone sax.
Tag: Cuba
“Cuban Democracy” versus “American Democracy” By Arnold August and Julie Lévesque
16 May 2013 — Global Research
Part I of an interview with Arnold August, author of Cuba and Its Neighbours: Democracy in Motion
Obama Makes Black Liberation Speech an Act of Terrorism By Margaret Kimberley
8 May 2013 — Black Agenda Report
Black Panther activist Assata Shakur on most wanted terrorists list
The announcement that the FBI added Assat Shakur to the list of most wanted terrorists was initially mystifying, a real life example of the shock doctrine. Shakur has been a fugitive ever since 1979 and was granted asylum by Cuba in 1984. It seemed inexplicable that the government would reinitiate searching for a 65-year old woman who had already been at large for more than thirty years. Continue reading
Video: Angela Davis and Assata Shakur’s Lawyer Denounce FBI’s Adding of Exiled Activist to Terrorists List
3 May 2013 — Democracy Now!
One day after the exiled former Black Panther Assata Shakur became the first woman named to the FBI’s Most Wanted Terrorists list, we’re joined by another legendary African-American activist, Angela Davis, as well as Shakur’s longtime attorney, Lennox Hinds. Davis, a professor at the University of California, Santa Cruz, is the subject of the recent film, “Free Angela and All Political Prisoners.”
19 Year Old Student in Custody: President Obama has already delivered a Guilty Verdict to Suspected Boston Bomber By Patrick Henningsen
21 April 2013 — 21st Century Wire
President delivers ‘executive verdict’ as Feds draft in Gitmo interrogators to handle 19 year old student held in custody
Rule number one for any serious crime scene or investigation is to gather all the evidence and all the testimonies first, before being able to establish criminal charges, let alone deliver any meaningful verdict.
Video: Cuba Feliz – A Trip Through Cuba
24 March 2013 — Jazz on the Tube
A masterpiece of documentary film making by French writer/director/cinematographer Karim Dridi.
Seventy-six-year-old Cuban street musician Miguel Del Morales, known as El Gallo (The Rooster), travels around Cuba with his guitar, making music in the homes of friends, in bars, and on street corners, in courtyards and stairwells. His rich voice, colored by a lifetime of cigarettes and rum, weathered by the sun and rain, bespeaks the joys and sufferings of his countrymen. An urban troubadour, Del Morales has been called “a living memory of Cuban bolero.” — Internet Movie Database
4 Videos on the passing of el Commandante
5 March 2013 — The Real News Network
Chavez Democratized Venezuela Making it the Most Equal Country in Latin America
Gregory Wilpert: Chavez led Venezuela to many accomplishments but leaves unsolved critical problems he hoped to address
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New at Strategic Culture Foundation 24 February – 2 March 2013: Empires / Kosovo / Iraq / Cuba / Niger-Uranium / Bulgaria
2 March 2013 — Strategic Culture Foundation
Kerry Brings Image of Dapper Diplomacy to Ugly Face of Washington’s Imperialism
02.03.2013 | 00:00 | Finian CUNNINGHAM
Any illusions about a possible change in direction for American foreign policy were blown away this week with Kerry’s visit to Europe. And it was Kerry himself who blew away such illusions with his own words. The US secretary of state may have sounded multi-lingual and looked urbane in his pinstripe suit, with all its hints of diplomacy, but what he had to say on the issues of Iran and Syria, and by extension Russia, revealed Kerry to be a consistent operator of the same openly militarist agenda that has become such a hallmark of post-9/11 Washington…
New at Strategic Culture Foundation 3-9 February 2013: Suyria / Turkey / CIA-Paraguay / USA-Russia / IMF / Israel / Cuba / UK-EU / Water
9 February 2013 — Strategic Culture Foundation
OIC Summit at Cairo and the Syrian Crisis
09.02.2013 | 11:03 | Aurobinda MAHAPATRA
The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) summit at Cairo indicates that the 57-member Islamic body has endeavored to evolve a dialogue format to resolve the crisis in Syria. Continue reading
Henrique Capriles Radonski: Israel’s Man in Venezuela By Martin Iqbal
25 January 2013 — Empire Strikes Black
Henrique Capriles Radonski – leader of the Venezuelan opposition – vows to downgrade ties with Iran and cut subsidised oil to Cuba and Nicaragua, should he get into power. What is more, his coalition has links to Israel, and both of his parents are Jewish, though he claims to be a ‘fervent Catholic’. Continue reading
ALAN GROSS CASE SPOTLIGHTS U.S. DEMOCRACY PROGRAMS IN CUBA
18 January, 2013 — National Security Archive
LAWSUIT FILED BY FAMILY YIELDS DOCUMENTATION ON “OPERATIONAL” NATURE OF USAID EFFORT
CONTRACTOR INTRODUCES CONFIDENTIAL RECORDS IN COURT ARGUMENTS
Cuba, Socialism and Cybernetics By Ivet González
7 Jan 2013 — InterPress
Cubans See Internet as Crucial to Future Development
HAVANA, Jan 5 2013 (IPS) – The Cuban government’s economic reforms must consider the myriad opportunities offered by the Internet, a key platform of the dominant economic model on the planet, according to interviews with both experts and average people.
Bolivarianism in Venezuela. “With or without Chavez, it’s institutionalized” By Stephen Lendman
6 January, 2013 — Global Research
With or without Chavez, it’s institutionalized. It greatly improved the lives of most Venezuelans. It’s become part of the national culture. It won’t wane and die.
Chano Pozo & Dizzy Gillespie 'Manteca'
7 January 2013 — Jazz on the Tube
Luciano Pozo González, better known as Chano Pozo was born on January 7, 1915 in Havana, Cuba. He was the first in a long line of Latin percussionists in Dizzy Gillespie‘s various bands. Dizzy’s dozens of Latin-flavored compositions, including the hit song “Manteca” and “Tin Tin Deo” (both co-written by Pozo), “Fiesta Mojo” and others – have Afro-Cuban drumming derived from the ritual rhythms of West Africa as their rhythmic backbones. Despite a short stint in Dizzy’s band abbreviated by Chano’s early death, Pozo’s influence could be felt in Dizzy’s playing and compositions for decades, which Dizzy acknowledged without hesitation. percussionist. Continue reading
Venezuelan Leadership Up for Grabs? By Stephen Lendman
1 January, 2013 — Global Research
New reports about Chavez’s health raise concerns. He’s struggling to recover from complicated cancer surgery.
On October 7, Venezuelans overwhelmingly reelected him. They want no one else leading them. He transformed national politics responsibly. He established participatory democracy and social justice.
UK Reporting on Venezuela Continues to be Clouded by Partiality
21 December 2012 — News Unspun
As Hugo Chávez receives further cancer treatment in Cuba, this time seemingly with much higher stakes than before, the UK media has again shown where its interests lie when it comes to reporting on left-wing Latin American governments. The attack has come in many forms, from portraying once again the country as militaristic, to demonising Nicolas Maduro, the vice-president of Venezuela, who will stand for election in the event that Hugo Chávez cannot continue as president.
Video: Socialists Sweep Venezuelan State Elections as Chavez Recovers in Cuba
18 December 2012 — The Real News Network
Greg Wilpert: It’s likely Chavez will not remain in office and Maduro will head into elections Continue reading
The Anti-Empire Report December #111 11th, 2012 By William Blum: Death by Stupidity
11 December, 2012 — www.killinghope.org
“Nuclear, ecological, chemical, economic — our arsenal of Death by Stupidity is impressive for a species as smart as Homo sapiens” 1
Mikoyan’s “Mission Impossible” in Cuba: New Soviet Evidence on the Cuban Missile Crisis
27 October, 2012 — National Security Archive
Edited by Svetlana Savranskaya, Anna Melyakova and Amanda Conrad
Fidel Castro Denounces Media Deception, Lies
22 October, 2012 — Prensa Latina
The leader of the Cuban Revolution, Fidel Castro, said today that although many people in the world are deceived by the media which is almost completely in the hands of privileged and wealthy owners who publish garbage, generally speaking, people are less and less taken in by such lies.
The New Dark Age 