Belly of the Beast, a group of independent journalists based in Cuba, have released the first episode in a documentary series about the US blockade of Cuba on their YouTube channel.
The series promises to explore the effect of the genocidal blockade on ordinary Cubans, alongside an investigation into the history of US aggression towards socialist Cuba and the latest sanctions which coincide with the Covid-19 pandemic.
You can watch the first episode here:
Join us on Thursday 29th of October at 7pm BST for an online public meeting: Cuba Resists! Trump, the Blockade and the US Elections.
We will hear from various speakers about the various difficulties facing the Cuban people, with the global Covid-19 pandemic and the tightening of the US blockade, and how the Revolution continues to resist.
Speakers:
Cuban Ambassador to Britain, Bárbara Montalvo Álvarez
Cuban Ambassador to the US, Jose Ramon Cabañas
Gloria La Riva, Presidential candidate for Party for Socialism and Liberation, US
Valia Rodriguez, Cuban medical scientist
Helen Yaffe, University of Glasgow
A speaker from the Rock Around the Blockade campaign