Imprisoned, and went on hunger strike
Blatant hypocrisy.
US economic measures against Cuba are taking a heavy toll.
Cubans may not have autonomy choose their politicians, but they will have autonomy to choose euthanasia
Sinn Féin silence
President Michael D. Higgins is very much against any concentration of power that might lead to “an absurd form of dictatorship.” Oh, and that “you don’t have to be a mad left wing person to believe that.” Where would you even start? Perhaps Higgins was engaging in the sort of “playful” irony beloved of the […]
Echoes of the Blanketmen
John Aidan Byrne interviews GELET FRAGELA, Cuban political refugee and journalist
At Sinn Féin’s 2021 Ard Fheis, the party praised the totalitarian Communist regime in Cuba, mere months after Cuban authorities cracked down on anti-government demonstrations, arresting protesters and journalists. The mass demonstrations – the largest the Caribbean island had seen in decades – took place in July of this year. They were to protest against […]
Is the Communist one party state in Cuba on the verge of collapse? The weekend has seen unprecedented protests across many cities including the capital Havana. It comes after a series of hunger strikes and other events largely ignored by the world media, though covered on this platform. Cubans, incensed by food shortages, lack of […]
During this, the year of the 40th anniversary of the H Block hunger strikes, attention has once again focused in a small way on the unhealthy relationship between Sinn Féin and the Communist dictatorship in Cuba. There has been a persistent attempt to link the Irish hunger strikes with the Cuban regime, as epitomised in […]
The thing about President Higgins these days is that just when you think he can’t get any more absurd, he proves you wrong. Here he is now, suddenly fierce concerned about human rights abuses and conflict with peaceful protests: President Michael D. Higgins has expressed the “greatest heartbreak” at scenes of “military confrontation with peaceful […]