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BOOKS | ‘Haydée Santamaría, Cuban Revolutionary’
Margaret Randall, bringing a poet’s voice to her work, gives human dimensions to the heroes of the Cuban revolution. By Alice Embree | The Rag Blog | September 1, 2015 Leer este artículo en español Listen to the Rag Radio … Continue reading
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Tagged Alice Embree, Books, Casa de las Americas, Che Guevara, Cuba, Cuban Revolution, Haydee Santamaria, Margaret Randall, Rag Bloggers, Venceremos Brigade
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Battling Ebola: Cuba leads while U.S. lags
The U.S. has 550 military personnel in Africa on counterterrorism missions while over 5,000 Africans have succumbed to the non-military threat of Ebola. By Tom Hayden | The Rag Blog | October 26, 2014 In what a New York Times … Continue reading
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Cuba hosts the CELAC Summit, and ‘parallel’ dissident gathering
The CELAC Summit was unprecedented, with all the leaders from Latin America and the Caribbean gathering together with a common goal: unity. By Margarita Alarcón | The Rag Blog | February 6, 2014 HAVANA — All of Latin America and … Continue reading
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Tagged CELAC, Cuba, Cuban Dissidents, Fidel Castro, Havana, Latin America, Margarita Alarcón, Rag Bloggers
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RAG RADIO / Thorne Dreyer : Pedro Gatos and Val Liveoak on Nicaragua, Cuba, and the Global South
From left, Pedro Gatos, Rag Radio’s Thorne Dreyer, and Val Liveoak, in the studios of KOOP-FM in Austin, Texas, Friday, April 26, 2013. Photo by Roger Baker / The Rag Blog. Rag Radio podcast:Pedro Gatos and Val Liveoak on changesin … Continue reading
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Tagged Cuba, Global South, Guatemala, Human Rights, Interview, Nicaragua, Pedro Gatos, Podcast, Rag Radio, Thorne Dreyer, U.S. Imperialism, Val Liveoak
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Lamar W. Hankins : Questions Ted Cruz Won’t Answer
Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, the inquisitor. Photo by Jim Watson / AFP / Getty Images. Questions that Rafael Edward‘Ted’ Cruz won’t answer Cruz’s performance has been described by various commentators and reporters as disgraceful, appalling, embarrassing, slanderous, impertinent, uncivil, moralistic, … Continue reading
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Tagged Chuck Hagel, Congress, Cuba, Lamar W. Hankins, Luis Posada Carriles, McCarthyism, Right Wing Politics, Ted Cruz
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Harry Targ : From the Bay of Pigs to the Missile Crisis / 3
Front page of New York Daily News, October 23, 1962. From the Mitchell Archives.The Cuba story, Part 3:The Bay of Pigs to the missile crisis The Cuban missile crisis suggests that the United States would go to any extreme, even … Continue reading
Harry Targ : From the Bay of Pigs to the Missile Crisis / 2
John F. Kennedy and Rómulo Betancourt at Alliance for Progress meeting in La Morita, Venezuela, Dec. 16, 1961. Image from Wikimedia Commons. The Cuba story, Part 2:The Bay of Pigs to the missile crisis The Castros of this world, the … Continue reading
Harry Targ : Syrian Policy Looks Familiar to Cubans
Members of UN General Assembly vote on Saudi Arabian-sponsored draft resolution against Syria. Photo by Kathy Willens / AP.Syrian policy looks familiar to Cubans Those who sponsored the resolution condemning violence were the same nations that had ‘played a major … Continue reading
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Tagged Cuba, Harry Targ, Syria, U.S. Foreign Policy, United Nations
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Harry Targ : Culture and the Cuban Experience
The Cuban band Sierra Maestra was formed at the University of Havana in 1976.Economics, politics, and culture:The Cuban experience Culture can be revolutionary when it expresses pain, implies a better life, and extends the experiences of some to others… By … Continue reading
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Tagged Cuba, Cuban Music, Culture, Harry Targ, Jose Marti, Latin America, Pete Seeger, Sierra Maestra
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Jonah Raskin : Maverick Judge Reichbach Offers Verdict on Cuba
Judge Gustin Reichbach on the bench. Image from AP.Rag Blog interview: Maverick U.S. Judge Gustin Reichbachoffers verdict on Cuba today By Jonah Raskin | The Rag Blog | January 19, 2012 For nearly 14 years, the Honorable Gustin Reichbach has … Continue reading
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Tagged Colombia University, Criminal Justice, Cuba, Gustin Reichbach, Jonah Raskin
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BOOKS / Karen Lee Wald : Cuba From the Other Side
Voices From the Other Side:Keith Bolender’s oral historyof terrorism against Cuba By Karen Lee Wald / The Rag Blog / April 10, 2011 [Voices From the Other Side: An Oral History Of Terrorism Against Cuba by Keith Bolender (Pluto Press, … Continue reading
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Tagged Books, Cuba, Karen Lee Wald, Oral History, Terrorism, U.S. Foreign Policy
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