On Wednesday, members of The People's Forum left Cuba for the U.S. after taking part in the International Workers' Day in Havana, where they met with President Miguel Diaz-Canel.
Upon entering U.S. territory, however, the Customs and Border Protection Office (CBP) unjustifiably detained The People's Forum members for several hours.
"Multiple members of our youth delegation to Cuba were detained and held for hours by the CBP after returning. Despite having travelled legally, we’ve been harassed and held in Secondary Questioning on arrival to international airports in Miami and Newark," The People's Forum tweeted.
"Our phones were wrongfully searched and seized by CBP. This outrageous behavior seeks to intimidate us and criminalize our right to travel and exchange," it added
"We demand the release of our remaining comrades! We will not be moved! Our commitment to end the U.S. blockade of Cuba will only grow," The People's Forum stressed.
"Cheer up, guys, we are with you," President Diaz-Canel tweeted. "Thank you for your courage, for supporting Cuba and for facing in the monster's very bowels the hatred of those who cannot bear that the Cuban Revolution has the support of the most progressive youth. We send you a big hug."
The People's Forum defines itself as an “incubator for working class and marginalized communities to build unity across historic lines of division at home and abroad. We are an accessible educational and cultural space that nurtures the next generation of visionaries and organizers who believe that through collective action a new world is possible."
Whenever people tell me "Communism doesn't work" I point them to basic shit like this. This is what you get, in your own country, just for VISITING Cuba and giving a talk.
Any dissent against the capitalist hegemon is crushed out by any means possible. Add weapons into the mix, and militaries, and well? There you go.
almost makes one wonder if there is something to this communism thing that has to be so violently crushed.
why not let it simply play out in the marketplace of ideas ™️ ?
Well you see the communists have better ideas, so therefore we must crush them. Simple as.
“Thank you for your courage, for supporting Cuba and for facing in the monster’s very bowels the hatred of those who cannot bear that the Cuban Revolution has the support of the most progressive youth. We send you a big hug.”
:cri: :soviet-heart:
Who exactly is your enemy that seems undefeatable? The US? That you travel back to after spending US dollars in a country that has thrown 1,000s in jail over political views and terrorizes anyone who thinks differently? You should be held accountable for supporting a Dictatorship
"Uh, when Freedomland does an authoritarianism, it's actually anti-authoritarian!"
-Some :brainworms: gusano dipshit
that you travel back to
"If you hate the US why do you live here" energy :very-intelligent:
if you don't uproot your entire existence and abandon everything and everyone you love, you're really just a larper, sweatie :maybe-later-kiddo:
Yeah they'd love for anyone who disagrees with them to leave the country forever
Issue is that it becomes quite hard when the country your leaving the proper borders of has made the entire world its back yard.
I'm sure this guy would be just as kind to people whose political aims are to overthrow a "democratic" government, if we're being consistent.
a country that has thrown 1,000s in jail over political views
And other things you can make up to feel better about your shitty life
The "land of the free" sure has a thing about telling its subjects where they can and can't go
ho wow radical maosit Joe Biden hates Cuba, what in the hell, they should be friends!
Based Chairman Biden detaining rev*sionists and waging PPW against the social imperialist Cuban children via embargo :mao-wave:
Ultra-left Biden being against Cuba because of the liberalization of the economy.
In authoritarian China, citizens who visit a country the state doesn't like are harassed and detained.
People’s Forum is such a great place, a dream really.
A blueprint for which should be in every neighborhood across the country.
lmao that source is dogshit "despite being socialist, they took money from a rich person" mf that's the point
no issue with the message, just commenting that the phrasing was funny
Jfc.
Goldman fucking Sachs “philanthropy fund”?
What the fucking fuck?
One part of me thinks, yeah, take that disgusting, illicit and fictitious capital and use it for something really good finally. Another part is totally discombobulated and confused.
Because you really have to wonder: what exactly are the strings attached? The only agreement, as far as I’m concerned in taking this kind of foul money, is that there are, under any circumstances, no expectations or demands attached to the acceptance of this “philanthropy.”
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neville_Roy_Singham
Singham opposes proprietary software development and supports open access and the Creative Commons movement. In 2008, Singham said, "As a socialist I believe the world should have access to the best ideas in software for free. My goal is a technically-superior infrastructure to solve the world's problems."[6][12] In the same interview, he described himself as a big fan of Venezuela's Hugo Chavez, describing the country under his rule as a "phenomenally democratic place." He also described his admiration for China, where ThoughtWorks had a growing operation, describing it as a model for governance: "China is teaching the West that the world is better off with a dual system of both free-market adjustments and long-term planning."[6]
Show yourself roy singham
site would probably work, but Roy can't bring himself to send money to a service called LIBERA(L)PAY
There aren't strings attached, it's one person using personal wealth for the good of the org
I was one of the people detained by CBP. They took my phone and haven't given it back. They are probably trying to crack it, but I put a really good password on it so they have little chance.
