I’m Sandy, too morally blank to be ashamed.

Born in Central American jungle heat,

sucking moisture from trees long nurtured

by the bloodied victims of protected tyrants…

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The Earth is home to all men, women and children who inhabit it…We have no right to condemn the 2 billion human beings who will be born over the next 40 years to a life of despair, under a sky clouded by millions of tons of greenhouse gases and a sun that seems to shine less brightly every day…

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‘Imagine’ – Open Letter to Michelle Obama Bobby Johnson

Mighty Gabby Sings for the Cuban Five (Video)

Caribbean Citizens’ Letter to Barack Obama Appealing for the Release of the Cuban Five

The Cuban Five Must Be Unconditionally Freed Ricardo Alarcon

Presented at a Conference on ALBA and the Future of Regional Integration held at London Metropolitan University, January 29, 2011; the presentation explores issues arising out of the simultaneous membership of three Caribbean countries in ALBA, the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME) and the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) with the European Union; and assesses ALBA’s claims to represent a superior alternative to neoliberal integration schemes that is based on solidarity and cooperation. Issues raised include the compatibility of simultaneous membership in schemes that are so different from one another; whether ALBA represents an alternative to the other two; ideological vs. financial motivation; and ‘asymmterical’ vs. ‘non-reciopocated’ solidarity.

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Conference Programme and Abstracts

London Metropolitan University Hosts First ALBA-PTA Conference Report on VHeadline.com

At the beginning, only eight weeks ago, I thought there was no possible solution to the imminent danger of a war. …Fortunately, I did not take long to realize that there was one hope -as a matter of fact, a very profound one….One man, the President of the United States, will have to take this decision on his own…

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Gareth Porter, IPS

On July 8, the Washington Post lead story ["Cuba to release 52 political prisoners, Catholic Church says"] reported Cuba had released five political prisoners with assurances of forty-seven more to come in the near future. Cuban President Raul Castro said all political prisoners would soon be released. On July 16, another group was freed. The Post story and its July 9 editorial “Cuba’s marginal gesture” omitted facts readers would need in order to understand the significance of the prisoner release. Both pieces convey the image of a “political prisoner” who is dedicated to expressing unwelcome views — perhaps a poet, or a whistle blower who has uncovered corruption. But these prisoners were in jail for committing crimes that would have placed them behind bars if they were done in the United States including working for a foreign government without registering, and committing violence…

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On February 23, 2010, Cuban inmate Orlando Zapata Tamayo died after 83 days on hunger strike. He was 42. This is the first such incident since inmate Pedro Luis Boitel died in 1972 under similar conditions. The corporate media put the tragic incident on the front page and emphasized the plight of Cuban prisoners…

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I was horrified at the low standard of journalism in three instalments of a series of articles published in the Daily Gleaner on December 29, 30 and 31, 2009 under the heading “Woes of Journalism”. For the following reasons, it would behove CARIMAC and other journalism schools to use them as examples of lack of diligent research, ethical standards and objectivity…

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DECLARATION OF AFRICAN AMERICAN ACTIVISTS, INTELLECTUALS AND ARTISTS IN CONTINUED SOLIDARITY WITH THE CUBAN REVOLUTION

Cuban expatriate Carlos Moore and the other signers of the December 1, 2009 ACTING ON OUR CONSCIENCE: DECLARATION OF AFRICANAMERICAN SUPPORT FOR THE CIVIL RIGHTS STRUGGLE IN CUBA do not speak for or represent the vast majority of Black radicals/progressives, nor the sentiment of the masses of African Americans in the United States. .

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