*On The 60th Anniversary Defend The Gains Of The Cuban Revolution- From "The Rag Blog"-Bay of Pigs Invasion : Blows up in Kennedy's Face

Click on the headline to link to a "The Rag Blog" entry on memories of the, thankfully, unsuccessful Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba by American-backed Cban mercenary forces. The defense of the Cuban revolution by radicals, anti-imperialists and communists was at issue then, as it is now. End the boycotts, end the blockades! 

In Honor of Anniversary Of The July 26^th Movement

From The Pen Of Frank Jackman (2015)

Every leftist, hell, everybody who stands on the democratic principle that each nation has the right to self-determination should cautiously rejoice at the “defrosting” of the long-time diplomatic relations between the American imperial behemoth and the island of Cuba (and the freedom of the remaining Cuban Five in the bargain). Every leftist militant should understand that each non-capitalist like Cuba going back to the establishment of the now defunct Soviet Union has had the right (maybe until we win our socialist future the duty) to make whatever advantageous agreements they can with the capitalist world. That despite whatever disagreements we have with the political regimes ruling those non-capitalist states. That is a question for us to work out not the imperialists.

For those who have defended the Cuban Revolution since its victory in 1959 under whatever political rationale (pro-socialist, right to self-determination, or some other hands off policy) watching on black and white television the rebels entering Havana this day which commemorates the heroic if unsuccessful efforts at Moncada we should affirm our continued defense of the Cuban revolution. Oh yes, and tell the American government to give back Guantanamo while we are at it.