Dr. Desmond Fonseca

assistant professor of history | marxism, pan-Africanism, etc...

[Andre Easton @AndreEastonBX]

Ritchie Torres won the primary. But the fight against Torres and all AIPAC-funded politicians has just begun, and we have to lock in.

Join a movement for dignity, housing, fair wages, and a future that belongs to us: https://t.co/F4z3ADVZL1

[Expressão Popular @expressaopop]

📚 NOVO LANÇAMENTO | Já está disponível para download gratuito o livro “Amílcar Cabral — IULP”

👉🏾 Baixe aqui: https://t.co/EF7XunyO5G

[ettingermentum @ettingermentum]

Cabo Verde goalkeeper

[The New York Times @nytimes]

Breaking News from @TheAthletic: In one of the most shocking results in World Cup history, Cape Verde held European champions Spain to a goalless draw, thanks in no small part to a heroic performance by their 40-year-old goalkeeper, Vozinha. https://t.co/6KBPcyFRHN

[Pedro Sánchez @sanchezcastejon]

Justo hoy, Netanyahu lanza su ataque más duro contra el Líbano desde que empezó la ofensiva.

Su desprecio por la vida y el derecho internacional es intolerable.

Toca hablar claro:

- Líbano debe formar parte del alto al fuego.

- La comunidad internacional debe condenar esta nueva violación del derecho internacional.

- La Unión Europea debe suspender su Acuerdo de Asociación con Israel.

- Y no debe haber impunidad ante estos actos criminales.

[ANSWER Coalition @answercoalition]

🚨TOMORROW, APRIL 8 – KEEP UP THE PRESSURE! END THE WAR FOR GOOD!

As people around the world expressed their outrage against Trump’s spiraling war of aggression — with the Iranian people defiantly rallying on bridges and demonstrations growing inside the U.S and worldwide — the Trump administration was compelled to temporarily step back from its genocidal threats. But the war against the Iranian people needs to end permanently, not just for two weeks!

The details of the ceasefire are still emerging, but Trump is still suggesting he could go back to bombing if he wants. Unless sanctions are lifted and US forces return home, the conditions for war remain. Trump has needlessly killed thousands in his war of choice, caused economic suffering the world over, and he must be held accountable.

Join the national day of action TOMORROW, APRIL 8 to say Trump is a war criminal – end the war for good!

Find a demonstration near you ➡️ https://t.co/TQIihVwDSj

[Dr. Desmond Fonseca @DezTFon]

i have no idea what it is like to wish mass suffering and enslavement upon my people, and i am so glad that i never will.

[The Dan Le Batard Show @LeBatardShow]

We are closer than ever to the fall of the Cuban regime

[AJ+ @ajplus]

“Cubans always find a way.”

Despite fuel shortages and a collapse in tourism, people in Havana say they’re used to surviving anything.

[Manolo De Los Santos @manolo_realengo]

New statement by Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel:

The U.S. publicly threatens Cuba almost daily with overthrowing the constitutional order by force. And it uses an outrageous pretext: the harsh limitations of the weakened economy that they have attacked and tried to isolate for over six decades.

They plan and announce schemes to take over the country, its resources, properties, and even the very economy they seek to suffocate in order to subdue us.

Only this explains the fierce economic war being waged as collective punishment against the entire people.

In the face of the worst scenario, Cuba is accompanied by one certainty: any external aggressor will encounter an impregnable resistance.

[Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez @DiazCanelB]

#EEUU amenaza públicamente a #Cuba, casi a diario, con derrocar por la fuerza el orden constitucional. Y usa un indignante pretexto: las duras limitaciones de la debilitada economía que ellos han agredido y pretendido aislar hace más de seis décadas.

Pretenden y anuncian planes para adueñarse del país, de sus recursos, de las propiedades y hasta de la misma economía que buscan asfixiar para rendirnos.

Solo así se explica la feroz guerra económica que se aplica como castigo colectivo contra todo el pueblo.

Ante el peor escenario, a #Cuba la acompaña una certeza: cualquier agresor externo chocará con una resistencia inexpugnable.

#CubaEstáFirme

[Dr. Desmond Fonseca @DezTFon]

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[World Baseball Classic @WBCBaseball]

TEAM VENEZUELA WINS ITS FIRST #WORLDBASEBALLCLASSIC!

[BT Long Reads @BTlongreads]

#PeoplesHistory | 🇬🇩 On this day in 1979, Grenada undertook a socialist revolutionary project to uplift the lives of Grenadians: the People's Revolutionary Government led by the New Jewel Movement.

After establishing PRG, Grenadian revolutionary leader Maurice Bishop launched a massive infrastructure development project across Grenada and neighboring islands with the help of Cuba. He also launched literacy missions and implemented women empowerment policies. The NJM ruled until 1983, when Bishop, along with other ministers, were executed by a firing squad under the order of Deputy Prime Minister Bernard Coard. Their bodies were never found. A week later, the United States invaded the island.

[Manolo De Los Santos @manolo_realengo]

I landed in Havana today. Trump’s fuel blockade is choking the life out of this city. Havana is near silent, empty streets, empty markets. Not because there’s no food, but because farmers can’t get fuel to deliver it. Trump is trying to starve 11 million people into submission. This is a crime against humanity, unfolding in plain sight. Night falls and the city struggles to keep lights on, in total defiance after 66 years of economic war. The world must stop looking away. Let Cuba live!

[Monthly Review @monthly_review]

Vijay Prashad argues that, contrary to recent assertions by leftist academics, "capitalism as it historically emerged—industrial, global, racialized, and imperial—was inseparable from colonial expropriation." https://t.co/qFmd4UE8Ve

[Manolo De Los Santos @manolo_realengo]

US and Israel have just launched airstrikes against Iran, starting another war for empire. This has nothing do with “democracy”, “human rights” or even nuclear energy.

[Dr. Desmond Fonseca @DezTFon]

insanity.

[CNN Breaking News @cnnbrk]

Israel launches what it calls a "preemptive strike" against Iran, according to defense minister, as a state of emergency is declared across country.
https://t.co/RxCqH5JsDi

[Rep. Jim McGovern @RepMcGovern]

NEWS: today I introduced a bill to repeal the U.S. embargo against Cuba.

For over six decades, the U.S. has embraced failed, obsolete, Cold-War thinking towards Cuba. Our 60+ year embargo has been ineffective and counterproductive—it hurts the Cuban people, it strengthens hardliners, it gives rise to more refugees, and it undercuts our standing in the world.

We have tried the same thing for over 60 years—and it has failed for over 60 years.

Let's try something different—let's open things up!

Let’s lift the embargo, giving US businesses, entrepreneurs, tourists, and universities more access.

Let’s push for freedom and democracy through diplomacy and engagement.

Let’s let Cubans who live on the island decide their own future—not Marco Rubio or Donald Trump.
https://t.co/uDyqfHBc0B

[Dr. Desmond Fonseca @DezTFon]

The US working class is closer than it ever has been to executing a truly national general strike. Revolutionary optimism is in the air. Some on the "left" (don't laugh!) will throw water on this reality, but pay them no mind. Onwards!

[Manolo De Los Santos @manolo_realengo]

Trump demoting Bovino is an attempt at damage control in Minneapolis & a desperate move to stop a national shutdown. Meanwhile, Democrats are cutting backroom deals to keep funding ICE & CBP. Don't let nonprofits & labor redirect all anger just at corporations. The state’s fascist & repressive apparatus is kidnapping & killing our people NOW. If we don't shut it down, they will shut us down. #AbolishICE