Pan-Africanism

November 30, 2016

Among the similarities between Yoweri Museveni, President of Uganda, and Fidel Castro are their being born of at least one immigrant parent, growing up to participate in multiple anti-government insurgencies and succeeding after prolonged bush wars, made possible by the support of the local peopl

The legendary Fidel Castro fought against Western subjugation and exploitation of the poor and won. He died [on 26 November] at 90 years old, unbroken, undefeated. Castro was the David who beat Goliath on behalf of the poor.

Fidel, dear Comrade, red salute!

You embodied humanity’s struggle for a free, dignified life, a life free from exploitation, a life full of love and with flowering of humane living.

With less than a month left before the end of the Obama administration the barrage of Western, particularly U.S., “news” media desecrating the legacy of Fidel Castro should come as no surprise. El Comandante Fidel Castro transitioned on November 25th, at 10:29 p.m.

Havana, January — "Do you really want to write that this is socialist revolution? All right, write it. We are not afraid of words.

To understand what Fidel Castro represented to the world, one has to evaluate what he did for the world.

He had a lot to say about the world, of course – lots and lots of words, which poured out of his mind, in speeches two or three hours long at a time.

The red flag at half-mast

Historical, political and cultural ties between the people of Africa and Cuba extend back over five centuries. Cuba was colonized by European empires utilizing the labor of enslaved Africans whose super-exploitation laid the basis for the rise of world capitalism and imperialism.

Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz (90), who passed away on last week, was the son of a Spanish immigrant from Galicia, Spain.  A significant world personality in the second half of the 20th century, Castro was regarded, love him or hate him, as a superb fighter, athlete, strategist and orator (some