CUBA

  • Democracy Now! September 15, 1998

    Overlooked Legislation; Clinton and Nixon; What Clinton Should Really be Impeached for; Cuba Arrests |(4 Minutes) Overlooked Legislation Focus on the 22 separate anti-environmental provisions that are attached to the Sentate Interior Appropriations bill due to be voted on in the next few weeks. GUEST: Anna Aurillio, researcher with the USPIRG (US Public Interest Research…

  • Democracy Now! August 22, 1997

    Caribbean Community and Cuba; Chris Hani and the Truth Commission; Back to School |(14 Minutes) Caribbean Community and Cuba Leaders of the 15-member Caribbean Community hit back last week at a Congressional bid to penalize the group for establishing closer trade links with Cuba. GUEST: Ambassador Corinne Mcknight, Ambassador of Trinidad and Tobago to the…

  • Democracy Now! January 1, 1999

    Mumia Abu-Jamal’s Monthly Commentary; 40th Anniversary of the Cuban Revolution |Mumia Abu-Jamal’s Monthly Commentary Written by Abu-Jamal but read by Adrienne Rich since Pennsylvania prison officials have banned Mumia from recording commentaries for broadcast. 40th Anniversary of the Cuban Revolution It was forty years ago today that the U.S.-backed dictator Fulgencio Batista was forced to…

  • Cuba and gays in Cuba : part two, 1977 / produced by the Fruit Punch Collective

    Interview with Ricardo Galvon and Kathleen O’Connell, two members of the Venceremos Brigade to Cuba who relate their experiences and the role of gays in Cuban society, based on their six-week stay in Cuba in Sprint 1977. The Vanceremos Brigade was begun in 1969, in which people from all over the world go in groups…

  • Cuba and gays in Cuba : part one, 1976 / produced by the Fruit Punch Collective

    Andy interviews Rebecca and Carlos, who have just returned from Cuba where they worked with Cubans and other North Americans with the Venceremos Brigade, about their experiences in Cuba’s three larges cities, the oppression of gays in Cuba, and on the changing roles of men and women in Cuba. This is part one of the…

  • My Cuba, my poeple / Assata Shakur ; interviewed by Harriet Lewis.

    Assata Shakur discusses her experiences visiting Cuba. She reveals her expectations before the trip, and how going to Cuba has altered her worldview. She has become more revolutionary about her family, and tells of her involvement with Afro-American organizations. She critiques the governmental structure of the United States, and explore how that structure shapes U.S.…