Grab Atlas VPN for just $1.83/mo + 3 months extra before the BIG DEAL deal expires: get.atlasvpn.com/Hakim Support me on Patreon: www.patreon.com/ComradeHakim The Deprogram Podcast: open.spotify.com/show/7tk1sTZ... Twitter: @YaBoiHakim *Sources:* Cuba and the U.S. Empire A Chronological History by Jane Franklin Sun, Sex, and Gold: Tourism and Sex Work in the Caribbean Fidel Castro and the Quest for a Revolutionary Culture in Cuba www.xinhuanet.com/english/2021-03/17/c_139816562.htm www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/7/22/us-to-impose-new-sanctions-on-cuban-officials-media-reports www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/cuba-protests-airstrikes-miami-mayor-b1884238.html www.peoplesworld.org/article/republican-congressman-anthony-sabatini-calls-for-execution-of-cuban-leaders/ www.cubadebate.cu/noticias/2021/07/12/la-manipulacion-descarada-de-la-realidad-en-cuba/ www.cubadebate.cu/noticias/2021/07/11/minuto-a-minuto-la-revolucion-se-defiende-en-las-calles/ www.cubadebate.cu/noticias/2021/07/12/investigacion-confirma-la-perversa-operacion-de-redes-sociales-contra-cuba-lanzada-desde-el-exterior/ fair.org/home/media-play-up-protests-play-down-effect-of-us-sanctions-in-cuba/ www.mintpressnews.com/documents-point-to-us-hand-in-cuba-protests/277987/ www.reddit.com/r/RealCuba/comments/om2bfq/cuban_communist_is_censored_after_she_complains/ www.theguardian.com/world/2014/apr/03/us-cuban-twitter-zunzuneo-stir-unrest thegrayzone.com/2021/07/25/cubas-cultural-counter-revolution-us-govt-rappers-artists-catalyst/ cubamoneyproject.com/2021/07/03/usaid-5/?fbclid=IwAR3cIn17cZFlTIBqG7Zpn0fVWOArd6s_9yoIbFbJiLQewsry39vr-qDHahY morningstaronline.co.uk/article/w/cubans-take-to-the-street-in-defence-of-the-revolution history.state.gov/historicaldocuments/frus1958-60v06/d499 peoplesdispatch.org/2021/07/22/400-former-heads-of-state-politicians-artists-and-intellectuals-call-on-us-president-biden-to-let-cuba-live/ www.telesurenglish.net/amp/news/Fake-Social-Media-Operation-from-Abroad-Catalyzes-Cuba-Incident-20210712-0013.html twitter.com/JulianMaciasT/status/1414681678539378691?s=20 www.povertyusa.org/facts www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/apr/14/americas-year-of-hunger-how-children-and-people-of-color-suffered-most nypost.com/2020/02/04/more-americans-are-spending-over-half-their-income-on-housing/ www.nationmaster.com/country-info/compare/Cuba/United-States/Health www.nytimes.com/interactive/projects/cp/international/obama-in-cuba/most-americans-support-ending-cuba-embargo-nyt-poll-finds twitter.com/AlanRMacLeod/status/1416713677378629636 twitter.com/morganastra/status/1414349191598411777?s=20 *Further Reading:* red-ant.org/2021/07/27/western-left-intellectuals-love-affair-with-colour-revolution-in-cuba/ thegrayzone.com/2021/07/25/cubas-cultural-counter-revolution-us-govt-rappers-artists-catalyst/ ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Egep9bc_AWo.html www.cubadebate.cu/noticias/2021/07/16/de-verdad-mr-biden/ peoplesdispatch.org/2021/07/20/if-you-grew-up-with-the-us-blockade-as-a-cuban-you-might-understand-the-recent-protests-differently/ fair.org/home/media-play-up-protests-play-down-effect-of-us-sanctions-in-cuba/ www.mintpressnews.com/documents-point-to-us-hand-in-cuba-protests/277987/
Hey, love your work Hakim but could you do a video on what are they called... pat/natsocs? I may be getting that wrong, I don't know. Like, I keep finding leftist channels and they turn out to be, how can I put this: socialists for cishetwhitepeople and nobody else. Its... weird. They have all the books and theory and talk the talk but they VERY conspicuously omit any mention of or advocacy for, women/POC/queer folk. They won't even address it when asked and their audience is basically like, left wing MAGA people if thats even a thing. Thanks!
As a cuban born “balsero” who lives in miami now, the anti Cuban propaganda here and anti socialist sentiment miami Cubans have just depress me. I wish more Cubans here would open their eyes and see the truth, ty for making this video.
I relate to this feeling so much, I'm Brazilian, so we didn't suffer as much under the thumb of the US but they meddle in our affairs often and I wish people would stop licking their boots.
Cuban American with my family being from Holguin, I couldn't agree more that fact that most Miami Cuban conflate all the dictatorship and authoritarian policies with left leaning ideas is truly depressing, this all juxtaposed to that fact that most Miami Cubans love social programs and safety nets, and yet actively vote against their own best interests
Its abundantly clear that the U.S. never forgave Cuba for refusing to be a glorified sugar colony any longer. The fact they have done as well as they have in spite of U.S. meddling is a testament to the resilience of the Cuban people.
@@user-mz2yb7np4kamerica murdered and jailed dissidents (communists) in their own country. Stop chocking down white washed history and learn something.
As well as a testament of the superiority of socialist policies that have helped the people live, if they had devolved into capitalism, they may not have survived this long
@@alonsoarana5307 Indeed. Despite the ever increasing toothless roar of Miami Cubans (read: Batista sympathizers), the Cuban state will remain strong in the socialist cause.
--- YES, DID YOU SEE THE WHITE-SAVIOUR MOVIE? . . . "Under Fire" (Roger Spottiswood, 1983), wherein three Americans, two reporters and a photographer, greatly contributed to the success of the Sandinista Revolution that liberated Nicaragua from the U.S.; great soundtrack, so-so script, terrible history.
Can you talk about Puerto Rico? About how we’re run by a Junta; about how our only public university has been deteriorating and getting more expensive at the hands of the politicians who want to sell it to the privates; about how, with the US’ help, the colonial politicians are selling off our beaches (which are supposed to be public).
Hawaii and Puerto rico are perfect examples of US imperialism destroying local economy, culture and ecosystems. That's what would have happened to Cuba too. Even larger states like Mexico don't fare better, it's amazing that Cuba lasted this long. Solidarity is an amazing thing
I'm puerto rican born in US and the island's history is exactly what would have happened to Cuba. Even the same industry; sugar. It's so depressing puerto rican socialist indepedence was squashed. If they succeeded, Venezuela, Cuba, Puerto Rico, and Dominican Republic could have been united as Socialist States.
I mean, seriously. The answer to this question is always, “We utterly destroyed, or attempted to destroy, their society.” This is why we’re seeing such a push by fascists in the US to erase our history. There’s finally broad consensus that things like slavery, colonialism, imperialism, and economic warfare are bad, and human and civil rights are good. Since the US is on the wrong side of these questions 99% of the time throughout history, the last best attempt is to just try to keep us from finding out how and why the US government has been a proponent of evil.
These people always say this shit to justify the evils their country does with these genealogies.... So I guess people who "willingly signed up for an American YT account making our corporate slavers more money.", means America gets a free pass. @@CinCee-
"broad consensus that things like slavery, colonialism, imperialism, and economic warfare are bad, and human and civil rights are good" I'd argue this changed almost nothing, except for the fact that the debate and argument has now been pushed back to how we define all of these terms.
I remember a libertarian guy explain to me how in some countries they have fewer rules on how to make money and "people would find ways to make money" and argued that it worked. "People have to just care for themselves and everyone is cared for". He even said "and if they have to work as sex workers to get what they need at least they don't have to wait for the slow government to give them something". It was fascinating how he framed it as financial savviness rather than a tragedy.
--- CORRECT, BECAUSE . . . Libertarians are the middle-child of the Murican right-wing; in the political spectrum of the U.S., the Libertarian stands between the Nazi and the Fascist, ergo the disingenuous language of capitalism's "nice-guy businessman".
Yeah good thing we don't have a government of, by, and for the people to regulate the rich and corporations, that way the rich can freely enslave or neglect us to death.
The thing that really surprises me is just how calling it a one party system means that even otherwise analytical observers fail to see how Cuba has one of the most democratic systems on the planet, where the average Cuban has many more opportunities to influence policy and participate in government than the majority of Americans, even if the Communist Party is the only Party. Almost like when the goal of the party is empowering the proletariat to make their own decisions, the idea of a Party kind of withers away
It’s crazy how Americans don’t also see that we have basically a one party system, you have the choice to pick between two different parties but they share the same interests from corporate entities, only difference between them is who they decide to pander to for their vote, how can we seriously be so blind to call the U.S. democratic?
The fact that the people get put first in the ideology is why the US demonizes it and countries that do it. It was the same when Russia was new and it put the people in the driver's seat. A bunch of countries that were warring against each other joined forces and attacked Russia in order to overthrow their government. Same with why North Korea gets demonized. Same why Libya got "liberated" now they are a mess. Same with Chile getting attacked when they elected someone who would put the people first.
Most Americans and Europeans could not even fathom the idea if, say China for example, had illegally set up and maintained a military / torture base off the coast of Portugal.
People who hate on Cuba are the same ones who cried like little girls during and after cov*id about empty shelves lol ,I was like dude imagine if we were actually under a fuc*king decades long embargo and terror campaign by a psychotic 1200 pound gorilla . Those people couldn't even handle not getting 27 kinds of Cheetos and we are not under an embargo but somehow expect people in these countries we terrorize to fare a hundred times better somehow and meanwhile they are having a nuclear meltdown over going through one half of one percent of the pain we put others through .
As a Canadian, I've travelled to Cuba a lot on vacation. My grandmother was big on taking time off resort to visit the locals, usually with bags of Manufactured luxury goods for her friends she made since the embargo first started. The biggest takeaway as a kid was that, despite less material wealth (Older technology like Video games and clothing styles) and less access to those things, but there was very few actually "poor" people by our standard, in that most are clothed, housed, fed and have opportunities for fair work. Contrast that to watching homeless people literally freeze to death each winter and it was hard to see how Cuba and Communism was "evil" as America liked to say
Is the Capitalist system working as intended. It's clear that letting people starve or freeze on the streets is a choice. The stick the Capitalists use to discipline workers, give them fear of homelessness to keep people doing things they hate. And the system has brainwashed most into accepting this situation without a second thought: that if you don't have economic output of some sort you don't actually have Human Rights. All in supposedly democratic countries.
Our government doesn't allow us to travel to see that because it's bad pr we'd see the truth if we were allowed to leave to see Cuba with our own eyes.
The reason America demonized Communism and Socialism is because they are a power-hungry, profit-worshiping country with a greedy ruling class that wants to keep the workers in the dark that they are being exploited and kept at the mercy of the employers in order to run their cash-cows and be paid as little as possible. Communism and Socialism would put the WORKER'S FIRST! Heaven forbid the people and workers are in the driver's seat because that would mean that the means of production would belong to the workers and everyday people (aka the ones who "get out and push the train" daily). The American people have been brainwashed to hate any system that would put them first and out from under the oppressive regime that only cares about padding it's own pockets and exercising it's iron fist of power. America is not a free country, it's only "free" for those who have money.
Would be pretty rad if the series was named ""They Hate Us for our Freedom"" (with the quotes) to highlight the absolute hypocrisy of American chauvinism. Would love to see where this series is going though!
@@juehjueconomically socialist i guess but you are progressively an asshole to minorities or economically capitalist and friendly to minorities? a true socialist is both, otherwise they are a conservative not benefitting from the status quo so you leech onto the politics of the people as long as it helps you
I've been to Cuba twice. Each time I come back to the States absolutely furious over the embargo. It's clear how punitive and harmful it is. There is plenty my Cuban friends want to change about their beautiful country, but this video helps me see how much of that stems from US harm.
I'm form Florida. If that is true why the hell do they continuously illegally immigrate into places like Miami and lil Havana? If I hated a place I sure as shit wouldn't illegally move there.
That’s was empire superpowers like the USA, China, and Russia do. They bully around smaller nations for power. Don’t fall for it. The US is just as, if not far more, guilty of imperialism then the very countries US officials “call out”.
I would appreciate a series like this on my own country, can’t reconcile with the truth of systemic harms that need to change to stop harming if the truth isn’t acknowledged.
No country has bigger cojones. To pull off a successful socialist revolution right off the coast of the US and still be around today is pure gigachad stuff.
@@Riorozen They also produce rum, the best rum money can buy in fact. For how poor Cuba is (thanks to the American government), they're still by far and away the best nation of the Caribbean to actually live in.
@@jakekaywell5972 As a Jamaican I feel insulted are Rum in my opinion is better 😂😂 But yea if I could choose I would much rather be Cuban hell Jamaica would have went socialist if it weren't for America meddling in our elections
@@cezarcatalin1406 Count out AlibaUSA and the forty thies, out of 195 coutries, that makes 144. I counted one defector in the current coalition (Turkey?).
Best part is that if the US hadn't gotten involved, Cuba would have probably been independent on their own. It was an option on the table for Spanish authorities (with some concessions), but then the US stepped in.
@@Riorozen Imagine if they were Spanish. They could be an Autonomous Region with their own local government and laws (as long as they don't contradict the Spanish Constitution) having all the advantages that you claim the US has (except for the "right" to own lethal weapons and have shootings in schools every week or so) plus a strong welfare state and would be connected to the European Union's economy... Okay, jokes aside, your comment is stupid and you should first go and learn about the meaning of words BEFORE making stupid comments. Specially because the Internet is Global, and you US Americans are the World's laughinstock now.
I used to play it off as mostly jealousy. Not unlike how sports fans of other less successful teams would hate on the perennial champion, dominant sports team.
@@MashZAnd Portugal. I know a Brazilian guy who learned 3 languages to get his degree & get out who has some salty sh*t to say about racist experiences with Portuguese.
Oh, personal story, I had a classmate who is Cuban American, and spent some years there. He got his education and told the class he was going back. America stressed him out too much and he was just biding his time to "go back home". Folks couldn't grasp why, even though he was clear as day with his critiques of how life is here.
Being 52 yeah! it was off the chain bad , But sh*it now is heading straight down the same ugly rabbit hole . When you have Libs sounding like John Birch cretins you know shi*t is going to get cold war ugly really fast and probably far worse . McCarthy and his ilk couldn't dream in their wettest of dreams the media and intelligence hydra that these new cold war freaks have at their disposal to pound us all down with .
Looking forward to watching this tonight! For anyone interested, the podcast Blowback has a great season on the Cuban Missile Crisis and the way this whole debacle was erased from US memory. They supplement their recounting of events with both interviews with people who were in Cuba at the time, as well as a lot of clips from US mainstream media, so it becomes really obvious how the media and state apparatuses manufactured popular consent.
Great video, Hakim! It astounds me how oblivious the average American is on our criminal colonialism. Thanks the stars we have people like you spreading the truth on here.
It constantly astounds me how often people think colonialism in North America is in the past and then we’re rolling up on Standing Rock or Wet’suwet’en with snipers, automatic rifles, and armoured vehicles …
USA: the blockade is an excuse, Cuba is poor because of communism. *-Mexican president casually deciding to ignore the embargo, investing in Cuba and opening the oil trade with the island* USA: How dare you!!!
If the US cared so much about human rights, they would've investigated Saudi Arabia or Israel. Or the American people would hold their war criminal politicians accountable (Bush, Obama, Clinton, Kissinger).
As an American, I want to apologize to my Cuban brothers. It’s horrible what my hyper capitalist government did to your nation. The country that needs change isn’t Cuba, it’s the United States.
As someone from and in the imperial core (Australia) who has a profound hatred of capitalism and imperialism and the global capitalist-imperialist project, thank you.
Holy hell. I was interested in the subject before and knew 75% of things mentioned... But this rapid fire onslaught of truths about the Cuban struggle made me cry. There's so much here. Hang in there, Cuba. You're all doing so exceptionally amazing against those insane odds.
My uncle was born in Cuba and fled to the US back in the 60s. He doesn't understand why he had to leave cause he was a teenager. He fell for the propaganda so he doesn't know that America is the problem.
Amazing video Hakim! I just got back from Cuba not long ago. The effects of the blockade are real and impact every aspect of daily life. Still, it’s absolutely amazing to see what Cuba does with what they have. Didn’t see a single homeless person, starving person, or crime even in the poorest areas. Thanks for making this video and spreading awareness, Cuba needs it 🇨🇺 ❤️
My company was hired by a European oil company that was doing a drilling project in Cuban waters for Cuba. We do, among other things, oil spill response in the US Gulf of Mexico. The US government told our customer that their assets in the US would be subject to seizure unless, as part of the drilling project in Cuba, our customer had oil spill response equipment and crews on standby in Florida prepared to contain any oil so as to protect Florida's coastline. The customer hired us to provide that equipment and personnel. No US bank would touch the payment from our customer for fear of the anti-Cuban embargo; we had to establish a foreign bank account to get paid for a job that arose out of pressure brought to bear by the US government itself. That's how insane this is.
@@grimnir8872 "Socialist breadtuber"? Okay, I'm convinced that you're full of shit and have no idea what you're talking about. Then again, you're a fascist, so it comes with the territory, I guess. Follow your leader.
As an American, this is a good idea. the older generation remembers when "The world loved America" if that was ever true at all, the younger generation knows thats not true any more. Keep up the great work Hakim!
The old generation remembers "well". Here in Italy despite the presence of the biggest communist party outside the eastern block, many just fell for american propaganda through media. Movies, music, books, cars, etc. They absolutely loved it, and add it was the economic peak for Italy and yeah that sums it.
No. We didnt. We (Europe) need you now because our idiot politicians loved you and made us dependent on you for our safety and America encouraged them because America likes when people are dependent on it. But we have not loved you in a very long time. We are sick of you. Of you starving and torturing those who disobey. Making them hate us all who look like you. And then telling is to shut up and be grateful because we are dependent on you. You will have to clean up this mess you made with Russia (your fault) but after that I hope we can at least free ourselves from needing you.
@@andreamarino6010 In Spain we "loved" the money they were going to bring... In fact there is an extremely funny satyrical film about that called "Bienvenido Mister Marshal".
A little more context for the viewers for the first part: the US wouldn’t withdraw its troops until Cuba added the US-friendly amendments to its constitution. Look up the Platt Amendment
If anyone wants an understanding on how Cuba combated the violence of the US, a great movie is “Castro’s Spies”. It’s about the group of spies sent in to Florida that gathered information so that Cuba would be able to defend themselves from any threats.
@@grimnir8872 Since you're so concerned about killing, I'm sure you condemn the killings of the socialists, communists, and trade unionists from every country that had fascist dictatorships rise due to imperialist powers allowing them to. Or are you a "free helicopter ride" cheerleader? Tell me, oh fake moralist.
We went to Cuba from Canada, on vacation,several! years ago. During that trip, we had a visit to Havana, for the express purpose of supporting the Cuban people. There, we saw first-hand how resourceful the Cuban people were, and are today. We'd do it all again! More power to them!
--- CORRECT . . . and ONLY GRINGOS do not know this history; only gringos DO NOT WANT TO KNOW, this Murican history; talk about living in the past, like Jethro Tull, the Muricans, and the MAGA Republican Party.
@@istankimjong-unbutcantstan3398a couple of days if he keeps every entry brief. If he goes in-depth...he'll probably spend a week only at the Middle East.
Any American that utters the word "Cuba" should know these fundamentals before they can expect to be treated like a competent person when referencing it in any kind of political discussion
If you're talking about his ad read it doesn't matter, they can't see if you skip it or not. The only ad that he actually benefits from you watching is the RU-vid ads.
This series is a GREAT idea. This is something that you can show people who are afraid of socialism because it frames it in a way of why a particular country doesn't like the US. It seems like it'll be a useful series to introduce people to start thinking "maybe the US aren't actually the good guys". Great job Hakim
Great start to what I guarantee is going to be a fantastic series. Looking forward for more episodes. Also the importance of the embargo cannot be understated since many people in the West know nothing about it. I remember telling my parents about it’s existence for the first time and they were appalled by it.
A communist creator from Brazil called Ian Neves (História Pública) has a segment called "Why we hate ______" and he makes vídeos about historical figures like Thatcher, Pinochet, etc...
Please make a video about France and US conflict with Niger and their neocolonialism still affecting Africa today and Africa having the courage to fight back.
As others have already said, can't wait for future episodes, especially for Vietnam and North Korea, but also for the lesser known ones I know pretty much nothing about and haven't read from Killing Hope yet
