Western Media Lies about Cuba Protests & Unprecedented Crisis in South Africa

When protests against deteriorating living conditions broke out in Cuba this Sunday, Western media outlets were eager to amplify the protests as indicative of a “failing” socialist system. In reality, the lack of access to food and energy is a direct result of the internationally condemned blockade the United States has imposed on Cuba since the late 50’s. Pambana Bassett, a Black internationalist who has been based out of Havana since February, joins the show to discuss the reality of conditions on the ground and how the Cuban government has been responding to its people’s demands.

In South Africa, there has been an emerging crisis after the recent imprisonment of former President Jacob Zuma. Mikaela Nhondo Erskog, an educator and researcher in Pan Africanism Today, joins us to provide much-needed context about the situation in South Africa and how compromises made in the late 90’s led to the poverty and unrest that South Africa is experiencing today.