Independence Day in Cuba is observed each year on October 10th. This commemorates the start of Cuba's (ongoing) struggle for liberation, first from Spain, then from the United States.
The reactionary entity known as the United States of America observes Cuban Independence Day on May 20th, commemorating the date of the Platt Amendment, wherein the US affirmed its right to complete control of Cuba as an "independent" vassal of the US. It is fitting, therefore, that this neocolonial nonsense is marked each year by the denial of Cuba's independence even to declare their own Independence Day.
When reached for comment, the United States of America stated, "The annexation of Cuba is completely different from China's outrageous intrusion on Hong Kong sovereignty for reasons involving eagles and hamburgers and miles per hour and... look, it's complicated, ok, so just take our word for it?"
Today Cuba is an independent country, but unlike many countries around the world, it must fight every day to maintain its independence, against an unrelenting campaign to overtake or destroy it, including embargoes, brazen assassination attempts, external propaganda and attempts to sow dissent, sanctions, and more.
¡Viva la revolución!
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this is legitimately one of the thornier challenges in front of us as leftists, I think. reactionary ideas within marginalized groups.
knew a guy from Ethiopia who liked Pete Buttigieg until I told him he was gay
:yea:
This is why I don't really talk to any other Arab people near me. Most of them are reactionary as fuck, save the general vague anti-imperialist sentiment most middle easterners share.
but what if your Arab neighbors are communists thinking the same thing about you
They think gay people are disgusting and that normalising them will lead to the normalisation of pedophilia