The Truth About The Cuba Protests

We all saw the news coverage of the supposedly massive anti-government protests in Cuba during the week of July 11th, but if you were paying attention, you may have noticed something strange. In this episode, we'll analyze the protests and take a look at the US' long history of meddling in Cuba.
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[@MakNCheese88]

"If Communism is a failed system, then let it fail." That is a perfect point. If Biden and co. actually believed what they say about capitalism/communism, they'd do just that. Their actions speak louder than their words.

[@handsomeboi3767]

Yeah america really shouldn’t have enforced the embargo’s that hard they should’ve just let Cuba break down or just let cuba adopt capitalism with just communism in name whilst stripping property rights when the gov wants to (like China)

[@Warriorcats64]

Tbf, they did do that for The Soviets and Eastern Europe. You've just got to look at US FP with a Europe*/Israel/Japan/South Korea policy, and an "everyone else" policy. *Balkans may or may not apply.

[@DragonwolfoftheSands]

@@Warriorcats64 if you think there was no US interference in the Eastern Bloc and USSR you're either naive or a liar

[@profilename4435]

@@DragonwolfoftheSands By the time the US did anything the Soviet’s influence already collapsed.

[@placeholdernameisplacehold7671]

Ah yes, let people be oppressed and starve. Let them force children to work on farms. Let them arrest people for having differing opinons. Allow the brutal murderers to become dictators and live in mansions.

[@S1apShoes]

Holy shit, that Fox segment with the blurred signs has sent me to a different dimension.

[@AImpatientMan]

The only good thing fox can cover is Nascar man. Your videos are s+ tier btw keep it up

[@robg7430]

Comrade slap love u king

[@libertyprime4535]

Yes but how do you know that the Cuban government didn't force them to march?

[@coaldoubt2879]

@@libertyprime4535 Hannity told me.

[@EggBastion]

"...pay close attention"

[@james192599]

As a cuban-american myself it is disgusting to see other cuban-americans supporting the embargo that actively worsens the economic well-being of its people. Even if you think cuba is an authoritarian state making it poorer through sanctions is not the way to make changes.

[@hectorgonzalez8614]

You are so right, I am another immigrant from Cuba,and the government of Cuba does really bad stuff,but destroying our human rights ,to protect our human rights,that doesn't make sense.

[@RM-ti8nf]

@@hectorgonzalez8614 as someone from miles across the pacific, what bad stuff are you talking about?

[@palebluedot42042]

The embargo actually incurs a heavy cost, economic and otherwise, to all parties.

[@projectpitchfork860]

​@@palebluedot42042The USA doesn't suffer a bit from it. Their imperialists can't colonise Cuba if the cuban people aren't starving.

[@jacobwiens659]

Poverty fuels authoritarianism. Sanctioning a dictatorship is a blessing to the dictator, who can point to you and create an enemy for his people to rally against. Successful democracies have almost always emerged from a prosperous middle class, while revolutions by the starving poor tend to end in another dictatorship.

[@PMac13]

I find it so ironic that the most brutal prison in Cuba is American.

[@user-ci5fl5em1j]

yahh lol

[@Anti-Parasite2023-pp8uu]

Exactly. I wanna see the parasites who whine about "Gulags" give us an explanation american prisons. Never let a right winger get confortable. The parasites need to be put in their place. Confront them 24/7 with their atrocities.

[@abajoelcomunismo6677]

What you mean?

[@leaimee.]

@@abajoelcomunismo6677 Guantanamo Bay

[@leaimee.]

@@abajoelcomunismo6677 8:26

[@Fusilier7]

"Traditional American values: genocide, aggression, conformity, emotional repression, hypocrisy, and the worship of comfort and consumer goods". - George Carlin.

[@yabbadabbadoo467]

I know! Let's become better by constantly self flagellating and reinforcing demoralization rhetoric!!

[@popsab25]

And I'd add : "Conformity, Assimilation, Submission, Ignorance, Hypocrisy, Brutality, The Elite ! All of which are american dreams" - Zack De La Rocha

[@fazethijs6943]

Genocide? Are you one of the people supporting project 1619 in schools?

[@Ph1lnomenal]

That smart moment when you take a comedians act as truth.

[@agentc7020]

@@yabbadabbadoo467 I've got a better idea that America is currently doing, let's put every fucking bad deed under the rug, ignore when other countries call us out on our bullshit and sell the world and ourselves lies. Way better better am I right Yabba?

[@falcoperegrinus82]

Funny how when it comes to capitalism and imperialism, Democrats and Republicans are suddenly in complete agreement.

[@tiberio1352]

They are branches of the same CORPORATE PARTY. The illusion of choice. Like coke or pepsi....the same mierda.

[@tiberio1352]

Both are branches of the corporate party. The illusion of choice.

[@rodolfodoce]

conservatives and liberals are both right wing parties and ideologies.

[@mickeycostagain660]

@@rodolfodoce u sound so white

[@rodolfodoce]

@@mickeycostagain660 unsound so right

[@Godsmack9494]

Ted Cruz's "my family lived under communism" always got me because his father literally ran away to Austin and claimed asylum because Fulgencio Batista's goons kept assaulting him for being anti-government LOL

[@jamaltimmerman7052]

Wow

[@saheruthepharaoh]

Wait, really??

[@nanithef2034]

I don't like that man Ted Cruz..

[@sri4116]

@@nanithef2034 I do not like his far right views :)

[@nanithef2034]

@@sri4116 I don't like his stupid chin,

[@juanmanuelcardonabetancour3447]

Hi. I am a Cuban, living in my country. I Thank you so much for this because I usually feel so impotent and outraged when I have to deal with the huge amount of misinformation about Cuba out there. My opinion is, all that serves the purpose of justifying and perpetuating this crazy aggression on us. The cost of the blockade has been way more than economical, but also social, moral, philosophical, political; this has really damaged a society that has decided to make social justice, human integral development and dignity and equality of opportunities a central goal; which we haven't achieved yet. I would never claim my society is perfect in any way. We do have issues to solve and things to change and improve. But this is the path we've chosen and we have the right to. I think the whole world would benefit from a good old fashion Revolution.

[@keyboardmanyoutube3189]

US sanctioned you for your own good. I don’t actually get their point.

[@pjkevinrodriguez532]

If you‘re honestly Cuba, tu deberías saber que gracias por Fidel y Raúl todavía tenemos bastante racismo en nuestra comunidad, como cuando Raul dijo en la mesa redonda que los “negros” ya se están poniendo en posiciones de “governar” y que están aprendiendo lentamente….. And you would also know that in 2020 the “Gusanos” from Miami donated containers full of food to feed the Cuban people all that food ended up in hotels and not at my abuelitas table as it was promised by the revolucionarios Yes there are sanctions but even with donations the Castro Cartel decides to sell it to tourist so they can have more money…. After the Riots in cuba 5 generals disappeared that talked against the Castro regime (they didn’t act violent but put a video on social media talking about the problems on the island and why the new generation doesn’t romanticize the revolution)

[@ienpw5949]

@@pjkevinrodriguez532 "The sanctions are for your own good" Fuck off Even if the government is horrible, there is zero excuse for sanctions that destroy the quality of life of every day people.

[@arkalt4066]

> Joined 2 months ago kek

[@joecole7122]

@@ienpw5949 Then why did liberals support sanctions on South Africa in the 1980s

[@Deter872]

"An 8-year old that has to sell Lemonade to pay for her Brain Surgery". Just let that statement sink in

[@Azurath100]

If it was on the street, not in a shop, the police would be called to shutdown the lemonade stands. Yes, police have been shutting down children's lemonade stands for peddling merchandise on public property without a permit.

[@xx4rch4xx]

YOUR WRONG! KIDS SELLING LEMONADE IS A HEARTWARMING STORY!! CAPITALISM ROCKS! Notice the incorrect use of “you’re”.

[@misstigerbubbles]

@@Azurath100 that’s how small business owners are crushed and big corporations take over silly

[@Jx_-]

r/orphancrushingmachine Don't worry, it's a subreddit that discusses these types of stories, not actual orphan crushing

[@andrefasset3266]

It makes a grown boomer cry!

[@wilekrowan3610]

Socialism works in theory, but in practice you get undermined by the US/capitalist hegemony.

[@deisk2707]

Bad idea to set up socialism next or near america

[@rogeer3506]

Cuba does not work becouse the communist, it's not the fault of America, in every video of the revolts you can hear the cuban people saying "abajo el comunismo" (down the communist) I have a cuban friend that escaped cuba and he says that the blockage doesn't exist, it's a excuse for comunism doesn't working

[@SirRichard94]

@@rogeer3506 oh the blockage doesn't exist now? that's some next level doublethink. if communism doesn't work then why don't the US let it fail on its own? without officially documented coup attempts, blockades, propaganda campaigns, hundreds of CIA assessination attempts, etc, etc. It's notmeven conspiracy theories, that's just what the cia has declassified, don't even get into what they haven't.

[@KingWater]

@@SirRichard94 is north korea failing because of the US Imperialist too?

[@justSTUMBLEDupon]

@@deisk2707 does it work better in China?

[@okiet1237]

13:10 It warms my heart as a Vietnamese to see the Vietnam flag going side by side with our Cuban fellows.

[@spektree8448]

2 shitty communist dictatorships lmao at least vietnam is slightly better i think if ur here typing this

[@istankimjong-unbutcantstan3398]

Naturally the reply is blocked.

[@aaronfield7899]

Do the Vietnamese really like communism?

[@okiet1237]

This video is about US imperialism and how most Cubans support their government. Most Vietnamese support their government. Your question is irrelevant.

[@aaronfield7899]

@@okiet1237 No it isn't because both Cuba and Vietnam are communist

[@alexandrucira6967]

I am not even living in US or ever visited the country. If you had asked me a few years ago if I wanted to live there, to completely move and establish myself in the “Greatest country in the World” the answer would have been yes without any hint of hesitation. Now, after I started to see and understand how the US works and what it’s goal’s are I have to say that I am lucky as hell to be born on another continent entirely. The US propaganda machine is something that amazes and scares me to my bones when I take the scale of implementation in to consideration. To a foreigner that hears from everywhere, TV shows, movies, Ads and so on only how might and just the United States are it must be true, isn’t it? Only when you start searching and inform yourself you are in for a big surprise..

[@kimobrien.]

@@UncleMerlin Its the capitalist ruling class that does all the terrible things in its quest for bigger profits. Wall street is behind all this crap.

[@user-rx2mo5ef3b]

haha do you not see the irony here? do you think its impossible that the anti american information youve been given could also largely be propaganda?

[@valm9462]

it is reallly disappointing to realise the us hero was actually a fake and a villian all along

[@eges72]

​​​​@@user-rx2mo5ef3bThere is a big difference between propaganda that is based on science, social science, and political theory, by the most genius thinkers and scientists of history for the benevolence of the people, and the propaganda of fear, hatred, violence, imperialism, exploitation, and g3nocide.

[@lenblack1462]

@@valm9462 True, as an American I never realized it myself. We were miseducated.

[@AeronPrince]

"If Communism is a failed system, let it fail." In one sentence, you may have dismantled 100 years of foreign policy.

[@fallencrow6718]

Look at the size of the warsaw packt+china and pretend that they were not literally half of the world that it fail.

[@casesater]

@@fallencrow6718 please speak clearly I cannot understand the gibberish

[@SamuelLopez-kd3sr]

"if your enemy exist, let him exist" thats pretty much what you want those who support capitalism to do or what?

[@AeronPrince]

@@user-ol7bt4wp1j I suppose it comes down to the difference between a global community and nation-states. A nation-state May enact socialist or communist policies and yet because of that nation state being an individual unit within a larger Global community, still by geographic necessity engage in what we could call capitalism. I don't exactly see that as an admission of Socialism or communism failing per se. Let's not confuse trade and markets with capitalism.

[@rivertwygzbed543]

@Carlos Cepeda Carles Western Europe has never been Communist

[@Ida-xe8pg]

that censoring of pro government protest signs and calling them anti government on one of the most popular american news networks had me on the floor

[@nguyenbaokhiem6728]

ikr

[@karlmuller3690]

Amal - Australian here ... But surely it didn't suprise you, it was Fox News, after all.

[@stratejic1020]

Yes while Cubans are yelling for freedom and they themselves say it's a protest against their communist government so I find it kind of funny that it's fake news when you can clearly hear it and if you ask Cubans who are protesting they will straight up tell you it's against communism God Liberals are so dumb By the way don't immediately assume things are true without proof Liberals are notorious for doing this Oh they're pro government signs, Well where's your proof? because they are blurred out what do you have special eyes that allow you to see through blurred text?

[@Christian-mt5jx]

@@stratejic1020 The proof is that the original clip was found and it showed the signs having pro communist words on it. As explained in the video. If it were anti communist they wouldn't have blurred it. I give you the benefit of the doubt that you didn't watch the video or if you watched it you didn't pay any attention to it because otherwise holy shit you are dumb.

[@lilbowl6737]

@@stratejic1020 do you know there is something called counter-protests?

[@marinakaverina2864]

Being born in the Soviet Union I have a special place in my heart for Cuba and its people. I’ve always admired their immeasurable strength in the hardest of times. Thanks for this amazing video! ¡Viva la revolución cubana! #stoptheembargo

[@pascho1057]

The United States doesn’t owe them crap

[@nathanbalbier914]

Hm true but sadly the ussr never actually was very loyal to Marxist ideals either lol

[@thomasb6836]

🤣🤣🤣 viva la revolucion??? Give me a break😂😂😂😂 muerte pura chica. one of the worst inhumane corrupted and hopeless countries i've ever lived in.....

[@juangarcia1207]

Top g

[@Blackcockdown]

You were born in the Soviet Union how was it?

[@amyfloyd8211]

Such an excellent video. As a Canadian I realize we have our own problems, but living U.S adjacent certainly creates anxiety. Thanks for all of your work.

[@mossballus]

Yeah we suck fr :( i didn't realize how bad our government was until i started watching these videos. Now I'm just disgusted with us

[@mossballus]

Also if i lived by the us I'd be nervous too sorry for tensions

[@sizor3ds]

Holy crap. The convoy protests sound a lot like US backed colour revolutions

[@maplobats]

@@sizor3ds It was

[@ultraclunt9667]

@@mossballus Same here. It’s terrifying realizing how much propaganda and bullshit we’re given. Also, I’ve heard the reason our government wanted Alaska was something along the lines of annexing Canada too.

[@TheLily97232]

Cuban doctors went all over the world to give their expertises and help during this pandemic and that's how they treat them ? That's just horrifying.

[@wesleymarcio8531]

Cuban goverment take their money

[@dontdrinkthewater5097]

@@wesleymarcio8531 Yeah this just shows how much you know about the Henry Reeves Brigade. I won't say anything else, it's not worth the time.

[@dontdrinkthewater5097]

Hey, if you want to know where else we've been treated like shit? Brazil. When Bolsonaro came to power he "denounced" Cuban doctors as spies (I say denounced because honestly it was a dead threat that people are going to be hurt). Cuban doctors are the kinds of doctors you would find in the hells stomach in the jungles helping indigenous people, where not even the brazilian doctors go to help. So family, friends, doctors and patients were forced away, because of how disconected the people of a country are from their state. This wasn't just doctors, diplomatic missions all over Brazil were rushed to shut down and Cuba had to withdraw aid to the people of Brazil. Consulates closed, relations cut. Such is the way of imperialism.

[@wesleymarcio8531]

@@dontdrinkthewater5097 but the money goes to cuba then they pay tge doctors dumb ass

[@Radianx001]

Cuban doctors only had just enough knowledge as a nurse, in Argentina they slowed down procedures instead of boosting the healthcare system.

[@BillieSharkTooth]

Embargoes are just human suffering as a policy. Make the people miserable then point at them protesting in the streets and go "SEE! They need intervention!!!"

[@recordkeepingandinformatio8206]

Starving the beast, but on an international scale

[@letosgoldenpath1993]

This is a sick policy that the US has used for over a century to manipulate and impose its influence on many nations. On a level field, US imposed capitalism fails. Perhaps that is why the US is so obsessed with Cuba. Cuba STILL demonstrates how, without the usual political and economic corruption that we have here in America, the capitalist system is so ridiculous and unjust.

[@zenogstwitch8296]

@@yasminerivera9151 Politicians are bandits in suits.

[@kurisu7885]

In this case when people protest lie about what they're protesting about.

[@kurisu7885]

@@yasminerivera9151 Especially after what the last guy who got in charge did.

[@CaptFoster5]

I had known for years the rhetoric against Cuba was bullshit, but I never saw a video that so perfectly outlines America's true Cuba policy over the last 60 some years. In my lifetime, I would love to be able to freely visit Cuba in the very same way I can freely visit any part of Canada

[@Monkeynutzz]

It’s not I’m Cuban and all of this is bs.

[@johnbomar7017]

Go to Cuba, get away from the tourism and out into the country and you will change your mind......quickly.

[@Monkeynutzz]

@P T wtf are you talking about lol

[@Starter102]

@@johnbomar7017 I've been there and tbh Cubans are still proud of their country, they know that their current situation is due to the US punishing them for not obeying them

[@Uros141]

@@johnbomar7017 That's because of the embargo, you cretin. You've learned something new today... Quickly. You're welcome.

[@mitologijaiokultizam7608]

You are one of the most honest people I've ever seen. Much respect and love from Serbia. I can relate to every word you are saying about media manipulation about things that your government wants to spin. I know what happen in my county in 1999, I was a kid, but I remember sanctions and cluster bombs everywhere very well. Thank you for existing, and speaking the truth.❤️😇😇

[@user-ci5fl5em1j]

its time to bring back yugoslavia comrade

[@tito2.091]

Greetings my Serbian comrade from Croatia!

[@mitologijaiokultizam7608]

@@tito2.091 Thank you my brother. Much respect to you too, and all the best from the bottom of my heart. Politicians, despite all their efforts, did not succeed in inciting us to hate each other, and I am very happy about that. And although there are pliable people, who unfortunately fell for their incitement, when I see that there are people like you and me, it gives me hope for a better tomorrow. Much love for all the good and sincere people in Croatia, and best wishes for you from Serbia, my comrade.🍻🙏😇

[@tito2.091]

@@mitologijaiokultizam7608 Let’s hope that our nations can be friends again.

[@mitologijaiokultizam7608]

@@tito2.091 I believe with all my heart that we, the younger generation, can. I believe that honestly, because I don't hate anyone, neither Croats, nor Muslims, on the contrary, I have friends of both, and I respect and love them most sincerely. And I know that it is mutual, and that they are good people. I think that even the elderly could overcome the demons of the past if they tried sincerely and hard enough. But that's up to them. For us, I'm sure we can, just like you and I write now without complexes and bitterness, and I really wish you the best from the bottom of my heart, even though I don't know you and we've only exchanged a few messages. But you gave me no reason to think otherwise, and as long as there are people like us on all sides, I believe we can be friends, my brother.🇷🇸🙏❤️🇭🇷😇

[@jaioxung]

As an American I've always been suspicious of everything I've been told about Cuba. It never seemed to make any sense. Every sovereign nation must be allowed to determine their own path without outside intervention. Full stop.

[@akiraholland457]

It's a kidnapped country

[@alfredosenalle9284]

All the millions of Cubans that have left the country for the US and the world. The thousands who have escaped by rafts.. Who knows of those how many men , women and children have drowned in their quest for freedom......Doesn't that make you suspicious that things are not well there ?

[@nwcr_]

@@alfredosenalle9284 And who's at fault? Couldn't it be the US deliberately screwing over Cuba?

[@alfredosenalle9284]

@@nwcr_ Nope... How about a small group of now millionaires that is the communist party ? A group that staunchily holds on to power so they don't lose their good life and benefits and at the same time couldn't care less about the well being and life of the more than 11 million Cubans on the island. This group of greedy rich people should step aside and give way to freedom and democracy so the majority of 11 million could prosper and put an end to their miserable life. The greed of a few is destroying the majority.

[@grandempressvicky6387]

@@alfredosenalle9284 Most of the Cubans who left, left for 2 reasons. 1) they were capitalists who supported the USA even before Fidel so left of their own volition. 2) The blockade is crippling Cuba so badly that people are forced to look elsewhere for food, even then it's very few that leave for that reason. Even if all these things you claim (without a source lol) were true, what right does it give the USA to interfere? The USA is the land of the free, no? So it should reflect that in its international politics by leaving other nations alone. Just like the video said, if communism in Cuba is so bad, let it fail on its own without US interference. If they think it'll fail, the cuban people will rise up like they did before and cast out their government. It is not our business on how a sovereign state conducts its own business.

[@biji8427]

As a cuban its realy anoying seeing politicians saying they "stand with my people" so that they get a few extra votes next time theyre up for election

[@niagarawarrior9623]

As i understand it, many Cuban Americans that left Cuba during the revolution are the main drive for continuing this fruitless embargo and suppression. They lost a LOT of privately held business, infrastructure, and land, some of which are incredibly bitter about it and live in the hopes that if America ever does 'free' Cuba, that the US government will force the return of their family 'held' property. is that true, or over embellished?

[@biji8427]

@@niagarawarrior9623 TLDR: Some do think they can get theyre land back, others are just upset about losing land in the first place, and some dont care i only have one semi close relative in USA so i dont have much personlan experience. but yea there are anti government sentiment among many cubans who either let because of the New regime or theyre kids and grand kids. Some do belive that a New government could redistribute land back to Them but often its also a result of cubans trying to integrate and become a sort of hispanic model minority, aswell as just holding a grudge Cubans in USAs views on the government is often based on why they moved, if they or theyre parents moved because of political reasons they care alot more and are way more critical then those that move for economic reasons

[@1homelander179]

"Don't you think about the freedom of billionaires? Do you want to deny the right to exploit cuban? Billionaires are people too, who deserve to rest on our work without doing much, imagine how much better would it be for a few cubans if Cuba would open it's doors for massive privatization" -Prageru (probably)

[@user-gz4ve8mw9l]

The only ones voting for them, are the sheeple fanatical devout cultists. Or for that matter voting at all, knowing it's all a sham. Even if it truly weren't your options are corrupt person A, or corrupt person B. That isn't a choice, much like nigh all else in the USA. Delusion of choice, and freedom, yet neither truly ever existed here.

[@lightningpenguin8937]

@@1homelander179 The system the we use in the US was built to fail in the first place. Fortunately it ended up somehow working, but now we're stuck with the two party system. So it definitely needs some tweaking.

[@jerrybriardy]

Great video! My wife is Vietnamese so I've spent time in that country. It is nothing like we have been led to believe. Even people who fought for the old South Vietnamese government are in agreement that the nation is better off under a socialist government. Not that everything is perfect but what they had before was a nightmare.

[@cristianion2056]

Better off then SOUTH KOREEA AND SINGAPORE?

[@VMan29397]

No it's worse. Independent institutions rank the country at the bottom in terms of freedom with a score of 19/100. South korea is very free with a score of 88/100

[@valm9462]

This rank is biased for obvious reasons. the imperialists call opponents terrorists and dictators while being the worst and making the world worse off.@@VMan29397

[@eges72]

​​​​​​@@VMan29397What the hell is freedom anyway? Your argument is null and void if that "freedom" means the cult of the individual that is weaponised by the West to undermine many other countries' territorial sovereignty. Cultural imperialism also exists. Keep in mind that you are not "free" if you cannot think critically without being discredited by society that is brainwashed by the bourgeoisie propaganda.

[@mannysilver211]

​@@VMan29397Right, sure, and that's based off of what exactly?

[@nta699]

Thanks for your video. Keep up the good work. A few colleagues and I did an academic paper on Cuba in the early 1970s while attending Uppsala University, Sweden. One thing that stands out still is that before the revolution, Cuba would export tomatoes to the US and import ketchup.

[@baphomet9435]

Not only Cuba, but all of Latin America: - You sell me sugar, I sell you candies - You sell me cows, I sell you meat - You sell me bananas, I sell you baby food

[@roosterillusion1985]

Thanks for including Nelson Mandela's views on Cuba and Castro. As a South African I really appreciate how you include nations from the African continent into the bigger picture. I think you're opening more American minds to a continent that is so often forgotten.

[@og-greenmachine8623]

Mandela was sellout trash. Lapdog of the west. Do some research.

[@mariachi3217]

@@og-greenmachine8623 so…. we’ll take you’re word on what? By some not so in-depth research as I’m not entirely interested on him researching on him yet, I found he’s, by at least US political definition, leaning pretty left. Well that’s his ideals, so unless you mention his connections with Castro I’ll see if what you’re saying is actually true

[@arnoldstallonereeves7469]

@@og-greenmachine8623 America and thhe West just didn't get so harsh towards Mandela because they are afraid of losing public support

[@94YILDIRIMHAN]

Nelson Mandela is a terrorist, isn’t he?

[@18booma]

Hey comrade! You ready for the national shutdown, August 24th? Join in the fight against capitalism and worker's oppression. Amandla!

[@Lily_of_the_Alley]

“The welfare of humanity is always the alibi of tyrants.” - Albert Camus

[@namenloss730]

Weird how that applies to ST and his tankie friends

[@kaydgaming]

@@namenloss730 Does it really apply?

[@namenloss730]

@@kaydgaming well, since he talks of revolution a lot, and is very friendly with tankies pro CPP and DPRK, yes

[@kaydgaming]

@@namenloss730 I guess you are acknowledging the concept of a Wolf in Sheep’s clothing… but the alternative is very much just a blatant wolf. I don’t see a tyrant to actually come out of his ideas. The DPRK isn’t exactly a haven of the working class, for sure though.

[@namenloss730]

@@kaydgaming neither is china. I m not saying he s a wolf in sheep's clothing, he outright supports rabid wolves. When there isn't an authoritarian blood thirsty regime your friends won't support, I reserve the right to never trust you

[@levihuttner3260]

I am very numb to mainstream media lies at this point, but when you showed how fox blurred out explicitly pro-government posters and claimed that they were anti-government posters, I literately screamed at my tv screen. Thanks for all that you do JT

[@lol960]

Cuban people have so much courage to stand against the most powerful country for so many years. It's really inspiring.

[@mateovelastegui1199]

jajaja you clown

[@YaBoiHakim]

Damn, beat me to it! 😂 Can't wait to watch this habibi ❤️

[@SecondThought]

The more the merrier! Can’t wait to see yours 🥰

[@Dianasaurthemelonlord7777]

Speed is key

[@lilestojkovicii6618]

@@Dianasaurthemelonlord7777 indeed

[@Dianasaurthemelonlord7777]

@@lilestojkovicii6618 that and Second Thought has an eye for this things, Which is rather obvious

[@BifronsCandle]

Looking forward to your vid on this 👀

[@Aria_Kitsuragi]

America: ww2 germany did so many horrible warcrimes that we have to make them pay Also America: warcrimes? What are these war crimes you say we keep committing *proceeds to overtake a good countries economic system*

[@Dianasaurthemelonlord7777]

Yup, good ol' 'murica not giving a damn about the will of any people except those with suits and Briefcases of cash

[@raymondqiu8202]

What are the protests about? Is it cubans protesting against the USA having trade sanctions on Cuba? Or is it cubans protesting against their government? I'm Not sure what's going on

[@davidsamudio3899]

@@purromemes7395 XD

[@vudangtung5638]

@@raymondqiu8202 Cuba is holding massive protest against US sanctions, and the US is trying its best to spin the story to the opposite, in order to gather support for intervention. imagine believing that someone would wish to be sanctioned, but that what the US gov want pll in the US to believe.

[@seybertooth9282]

Also America: The Israelis doing the same thing as the nazis is not the same thing!!!

[@mikoyanz]

as a mexican-american i love the fact that my country, mexico, is sending needed supplies to cuba. viva cuba, viva méxico 🇲🇽🤝🏽🇨🇺

[@Abraham_the_pierra]

México and Cuba would be besties if it wasn't for the US being such a buzzkill

[@mikoyanz]

@Abraham_the_pierra literally

[@Wolfsinga18]

American actions in Cuba are disgusting. It's gotten so bad, that Russia, a Capitalist nation, is sending them aid.

[@BassTrombone95]

It's so ironic to call Cuba a "failed state" when children in the US, the wealthiest country in history, have to save up for their own surgeries and/or medications

[@jessiehoyt9306]

That part

[@Lumberjack_king]

And the absolute tragedy of what happened to penicillin

[@drgato5231]

It is a failed state. I've been to the dentist and hospital there it sucks.

[@baseddino]

Ironic when people from all over the world fly to America for it's hospitals

[@Darkchipper07]

@@baseddino you mean the rich people because we all know if you can't afford it, you wait until it's about to kill you and then head to the ER. Oh forgot the part were people go from the U.S to Mexico or Canada for prescriptions.

[@WBCY2024]

US: *supports* human right Also the US: give billions to Saudi Arabia

[@PremierCCGuyMMXVI]

Exactly. I don’t know why the US does that. Saudi Arabia is authoritarian. America is so hypocritical.

[@elias6425]

@@PremierCCGuyMMXVI money

[@PremierCCGuyMMXVI]

@@elias6425 true. Wish there was more human decency.

[@jebpvpw.dgaster.3662]

@@PremierCCGuyMMXVI It's because Saudi Arabia got *dat oil*

[@seybertooth9282]

Also US: vetoing 40+ UN resolutions condemning Israel's crimes against humanity.

[@juanpecan7089]

"We have no right to sentence an entire country to a slow and painful death." This is exactly what is happening in Puerto Rico. The influx of tax cheating gringos since 2017 is really darkening the trajectory and hopes for a sovereign, healthy Puerto Rico for Puerto Ricans.

[@robertoalexanderrojas460]

I'm Dominican, My island is right next to Cuba, our history is deeply intertwined, yet even in times of crisis no one speaks bout Cuba in our government. We had hurrucanes destroying Cuba and Puerto Rico and all políticians talked about was sending aid to Puerto Rico which already had massive help from USA but not for Cuba. That tells me that USA policy goes beyond the embargo to use all kinds of influence to weaponize erything they can against Cuba. I understand ideals can't last when they met with hunger but I really feel the Cuban struggle as my own.

[@brandonmorel2658]

I'm also Quisqueyano and too feel the Cuban's pain. I understand that both the embargo and authoritarianism present in Cuba right are unjustifiable. I am a socialist and feel that if we ever go to the point of getting a system that actually cares for it's people, we should not repeat the mistakes of the US or Cuba. We should do better. We should be more humane with our own.

[@robertoalexanderrojas460]

@@brandonmorel2658 Un placer colega, yo vivo en Netherlands pero también Dominicano de ideales socialistas, en nuestro país el último candidato que en realidad fué por y para el pueblo fué Juan Bosch, como los Norteamericanos lo sabían lo derrocaron y luego enviaron 42,000 tropas a la isla para asegurarse que el sistema de desigualdad se mantenga para siempre y así ha sido, colocaron a Balaguer en el poder y este a su vez colocó a Leonel mientras todos explotaron la imagen y reputación de Juan Bosch para promover ideales que nunca compartieron. Nuestro país como tal existe por la lucha Cubana, Juan Bosch hasta escribió parte de la constitución Cubana. Ahora todos dicen que estamos mejor que Cuba y sé que tenemos más inversión e infraestructura pero a qué precio si nuestra juventud está completamente destruida socialmente, lo único que pueden pensar es en lo material y tener es más importante que el saber por esto nuestra criminalidad exhorbitante y lo peor es que no hay unidad en el pueblo para hacer los reclamos debidos al estado.

[@herohero-fw1vc]

When Biden says Cuba is a failed state, I think of the US health system and the entire country as Chris Hedges says all the time. He doesn't think the US will last another 10 years.

[@Mozzie7920]

Bit dramatic

[@nichiatcc9863]

@@Mozzie7920 agreed

[@sorzin2289]

Hard to say. This pandemic, climate change and the George Floyd protest make any prediction hard to say. It could be 5 minutes or 500 years. In any case the ruling class has made it clear they'll do anything to maintain the Status Quo.

[@nichiatcc9863]

@@sorzin2289 this i agree with.

[@nichiatcc9863]

@@michaelkilcommons57 yes but the united states has always bounced back from economic depression. I agree with u that the United states has an impending economic collapse and it shows with the amount FUCKIN MONEY WE ARE PRINTING. (Correct me if i'm wrong cuz im quite ignorant in this topic so forgive me) i dont see how an economic collapse can dissolve a nation, especially in todays society.The Only way i see this happening is if the nation only relies on one export (Venezuela for example). If that one export is no loner needed or is all bought out by one nation (sound familiar?) then maybe the country would fall into complete anarchy at worst but for the entire country to simply dissolve is unlikely. However now that i think about it i may have mis understood ur comment so i just typed all of this out for nothing lol

[@Paladiea]

One wonders what the US media would say about the BLM protests if they occurred in another country.

[@elephant1851]

Freedom fighters rising up against an oppressive tyrannical regime of eeevilll. Or terrorist insurgents attempting an illegal coup of an allied nation whose government was sanctioned by God himself. But it really depends on what the US gets out of it.

[@ChineduOpara]

I think you already know.

[@reclusiarchgrimaldus1269]

@@elephant1851 Careful how you say that name

[@rusty3073]

@@elephant1851 Oh ffs. Are you seriously going to ignore the Batistan regime in doing so?

[@knightmare1235]

@Elephant The US is a free country. Cuba is not. There’s a difference in how protests get treated.

[@brianbice1427]

A very true quote, "I used to laugh at comedians and listen to politicians, now I listen to comedians and laugh at politicians."

[@user-ze1ej5zb6z]

I laugh at Biden and I listen to Jimmy Dore wow that quote is right.

[@maskedabba4894]

I am a Cuban and I can say from an unbiased perspective that due to The embargo my country has suffered. However, not all sight should go on the U.S. The Cuban government as it is currently no matter what others tell you have poor quality. No politician has suffered in office due to hunger or illness simply because their king of the castle. Cubans have exterior and interior conflicts. Some are simply blinded my the falsified American dream.

[@eggbertjohnson2591]

If your country suffers from trade restrictions with other countries because it relies on it so heavily, that's probably a sign that your countries economic system isn't productive or sufficient enough

[@HoxtonGuitarist]

@@eggbertjohnson2591 0 countries could suffer unscathed through blockades. 0.

[@eggbertjohnson2591]

@@HoxtonGuitarist not even remotely accurate

[@wyntrheart]

@@eggbertjohnson2591 0 tiny island nations could survive a blockade without economic hardship. The complex web of production needed for a modern standard of living is very extensive and international, and it would be nearly impossible to fully reproduce it in a microcosm.

[@Srijit1946]

@@wyntrheart it's such a deranged and bizzare statement, China, USA, etc all major capitalist countries would collapse if a trade embargo half as genocidal as the one imposed upon Cuba were imposed upon them, if the same sanctions were imposed upon the Scandinavian/Nordic countries, their quality of life would plummet so hard that it would make Cuba look like a paradise in comparison. Cuba was doing very well before it lost its main trading partner with the dissolution of the USSR, and in the early 1990s the crisis which Cuba faced immediately after losing their main trading partner would have resulted in mass graves in any capitalist country. Cuba provides a greater quality of life to its citizens than capitalist Latin American and African countries at similar levels of development despite the backbreaking trade embargo imposed upon Cuba by USA.

[@FrocketGaming]

The Shock Doctrine is a fantastic read about some of the American affairs in other countries as well.

[@SecondThought]

Excellent book

[@tellemanndergaertner]

Great read

[@DC-rm8ww]

Killing hope and the Jakarta method are great too. Killing hope really woke me up

[@talorzwilliamz4134]

Thanks!

[@Onionbaron]

Yes it's very disturbing! I also recommend everything of John Pilger, books, films interviews...

[@MechanicWolf85]

The US seems to be on a rush imperial mode, they are doing everything fast and aggressive That is not the sign of an empire doing well, that's the sign of an empire getting desperate And you only have to look at the situation to realize things are not great

[@sebastianalejandro481]

We may see the empire fall in our lifetime. My biggest dream, for my people to determine their own future ✊🏼

[@laimypie]

If it truly was such a good idea why do they rely on capitalism so much! As far as I knew the embargo only impedes trade with America, if capitalism is such a perfect system why does it need to trade food and medicine with the UC so bad in order to thrive! Many other countries support Cuba YET they r still failing.

[@realone2228]

@@laimypie that's good and all but you people slam USA with immagrants.

[@mizzinfamous9746]

@@sebastianalejandro481 as a black man very active in my community I want the same

[@lhaviland8602]

LOL Cope harder tankie.

[@djowsvideos]

WHAT A GREAT CHANNEL! I started following your channel when you used to post about general stuff, and I'll be honest: I stopped watching when I saw those other subjects. But I recently got curious and started watching again and I was astonished with what Ive seen! Keep up the good work! (From Brasil BTW)

[@user-ci5fl5em1j]

heloo friend i heard bralil has some right wing problems cud you explain to me pls ?

[@thecatsbackyard4833]

16:30 Oh my God!!! I remember that story. Oh the shame of a society where a little girl has to sell lemonade to fund her surgery. It takes a special kind of masochistic Stockholm syndrome to perpetuate the US status quo.

[@voshadxgathic]

You know when Russia sends humanitarian aid despite American sanctions, there's something wrong in the US.

[@imno1112]

because the soviet union used them as a pawn

[@Jay_Johnson]

@@imno1112 more like a queen side castle rook tbh. In terms of threatening the US. Also don’t pretend Cuba didn’t want allies.

[@imno1112]

@@Jay_Johnson how'd that work out for the soviet union? how'd it work out for che guevara? wreckless little tyrant got what he deserved and the United States, while not perfect still has a great standard of living and plenty of opportunity to make something of yourself meanwhile the soviet union totally collapsed and the Cuban people get by on a couple bucks a week.

[@AndrewManook]

@@imno1112 The United States has 50 million in poverty and that number is increasing, its infrastructure resembles that of a third world country. In no way does it have a great standard of living and certainly not opportunity.

[@imno1112]

@@AndrewManook according to the international poverty line of $1.90 a day the USA shouldn't have anyone in poverty, at that rate im quite sure it doesnt have anyone in poverty and i wont defend every aspect about America, there are nice areas and very poor areas but i truly believe if you have a lick of sense and a bit of work ethic you can make something of yourself in this country and live a dignified life.

[@dokjastopsimp2370]

Pffft, imagine actually trying to find the context of a situation to actually find out what's going on.

[@tranquility6789]

Relatable

[@christinepark1398]

downright unamerican!

[@stupidass69420]

That’s a communism!

[@First_last988]

That’s some marxist socialist antifa democrat liberal anarchists socialist oppressive stuff brother /s

[@oscarboman5997]

If you actually did the research you would know that everything in this video is wrong

[@innergi5516]

That Protest at the end would have Fidal Castro in tears of pride & joy. RIP.

[@angxl2023]

watching this in December 2023 is even more disturbing when you think about what the US and Israel are doing to Gaza

[@socialistsolidarity]

Basically, if you don't play the game the USA wants you to play, you're going to suffer.

[@seybertooth9282]

In the end though it seems it's the Americans who suffer. From the obesity epidemic to mind-numbing ignorance to drug addictions, to a collapsing infrastructure, to 40 million people under the poverty line... seems to me the US is the real loser here.

[@ec8107]

@@seybertooth9282 not really. The richest top 5% of the population, the ones responsible for all the global suffering, are doing better than ever. The suffering within the US you speak of is of the workers and the poor.

[@mk-v4660]

@@seybertooth9282 And I think the interesting thing here is, most of these are made by the U.S itself. *From the U.S for the U.S*

[@guy-sl3kr]

@@seybertooth9282 Not trying to play the oppression olympics here, but Americans aren't getting their neighborhoods bombed and communities massacred

[@drgato5231]

The Cuban government is still worse

[@Toni-lo9ms]

I was suspicious of all the sudden attention with the supposedly massive protests and in my circle we noted the astroturf right away. The lack of coverage of the actually massive pro government rallies was also pretty telling. If I could commit to regular support of a channel this would be in the top 3, but poor in America makes new financial commitments dangerous.

[@vanessauosukainen7631]

@@numba1killa886 how did rebublicans tell the truth when fox news and all media in usa are spitting same shit. That they protest against communism when thats not the case

[@myles249]

@@numba1killa886 Wow, the brainwashing runs very deep in your brain.

[@myles249]

@@SunDogGod So why was FOX news blurring pro-government signs and doctoring footage of pro-government protests? Do you have any sources for your claim?

[@Toni-lo9ms]

@@SunDogGod You swallow U.S. propaganda really easily. Is your family salty about losing their slaves or are you just gullible?

[@Toni-lo9ms]

@@TheMysteryDriver You are not a serious person. Uncritical acceptance of propaganda doesn't mean everyone should turn off their brain.

[@Sir_Exodus_38]

The epic gamer moment when you get to use Second Thoughts videos for your Political science Homework 😎

[@Palemagpie]

American foreign policy seems to be "It is not enough that we should succeed, others must be made to fail"

[@alfredosenalle9284]

This channel and video is made by pro Cuban dictatorship friends. The Cuban people are suffering and want freedom and to get rid of that oppressive dictatorship.

[@Palemagpie]

@@alfredosenalle9284 nice try mate

[@alfredosenalle9284]

@@Palemagpie If you choose to believe a video that anyone can make over the truth of what's happening , it just demonstrates how ignorant we human beings are.

[@Palemagpie]

@@alfredosenalle9284 well it certainly demonstrates one of our ignorance atleast.

[@thetaomegatheta]

@@alfredosenalle9284 'This channel and video is made by pro Cuban dictatorship friends' Your channel was made by some pro-US dictatorship lunatic. 'The Cuban people are suffering' Then we agree that the genocidal blockade by the US should be lifted? Because, you know, that would alleviate said suffering. 'and want freedom and to get rid of that oppressive dictatorship' They very much would appreciate getting rid of the oppressive dictatorship of the US, yes.

[@Darkflowerchyld718]

Oh my Glob.... I'm 34 years old, consider myself to be pretty damn intelligent. I had no idea this is the story behind the propaganda. For the better part of 20 years I've thought the citizens of Cuba hated their leadership and are desperate for political change because it's all I've ever heard. Keep preaching the truth. Keep opening eyes. Keep informing the ignorant such as myself.

[@blankblank2370]

Don't listen to this guy. He's lying about the Cuban protests to serve an agenda. He is tankie (basically he wants a return of Soviet-style government), so he is trying to put misinformation out there to support authoritarian-left governments.

[@andrefasset3266]

Lisa, to back up this video - I have been to Cuba at least 6 times in as many years (CDN) and what this video says is the true reflection of Cuban life. The native Cubans are wonderful people. The Miami Mafia that escaped the end of the US regime in Cuba are the criminals (mostly). It is so so sad that the US media is owned by the Oligarchs, and is nothing but 7x24 propaganda (with one or two real stories thrown in). Keep informing yourself, and tell others.

[@hoon3y534]

@@blankblank2370 long live the revolution. we are fidel. long live communism

[@grantkruse1812]

In the last 20 yrs, you never looked at a Mother Jones Magazine, you never heard a Noam Chomsky lecture, and you never heard of Cuba's solution to AIDS? Only the willfully ignorant will agree with Amerikkka's anti -communist rhetoric...Nixon, Ronnie Raygun, the Bushes, the Donald...They all relied on anti communist propaganda to take and hold office. If you are a republican, I forgive you and celibrate your "awakening"....If you are non political or a Democrat, you should be ashamed of yourself(sounds like you are), for not waking up when you became old enough to read, you can't trust your gov't to do the right thng....We are all aware of the "dumbing down" of Amerikkka...maybe now you will help to spread the word of Truth about Cuba...

[@Darkflowerchyld718]

@@grantkruse1812 I can't say that I've heard of any of these things. For the "freest country in the world" getting legitimate information is difficult. As a commenter above us stated, it's all controlled by people that are trying to keep the masses cloaked in ignorance. If it weren't for Nebula I'd never have even found this channel as even the overlords of KZbin are actively working to keep the truth from the public. I will look into the sources you mentioned and continue to seek out the truth behind the lies. Be safe, be well and keep spreading this vital information 💙

[@kylegarrett2429]

I think that's the biggest take away, just leave the Cubans alone. If you really believe Communism is doomed to fail, LET IT FAIL.

[@placeholdernameisplacehold7671]

If you really care about the cuban people, let them be forced to work for a one party state that prioritises the luxury of a psychopathic murderer over the basic needs of their own people.

[@kylegarrett2429]

@TheSpirit AndTheBride Ok, so what if it didn’t? China and Cuba have very little in common, starting with the fact that China’s economy is state-capitalism.

[@giusegg2017]

@@kylegarrett2429 with the new constitution Cuba is going to adopt a system similar to the one in China

[@lampylamp5553]

@@AshliBlattgold Ah yes. Because when anyone calls out a communist country for their objectivity bad practices, then they are automatically a shill of the US. Man, dude, you have quite the brain power. Also, imagine being so insecure about someone questioning your own belief system that instead of providing any evidence, you call them a shill. Have you even passed fifth grade yet?

[@raiorai2]

@@AshliBlattgold Can't believe you two are fighting for which hypercapitalist empire is less bad holy shit

[@annic.9605]

Econ major here- so happy to discover this channel! Well done. So concise but informative!

[@black-rose4014]

as an irish person i’m just seeing the usa speed running british history simulator

[@nathanmcbow158]

Cuba has done rather well historically and I imagine the country would have flourished big time without the endless meddling of a truly awful country next door to the north.

[@albertpaquin7876]

If it wasn't for Castro Cuba would be a rich and free country

[@crocock3483]

Talk about worst neighbor ever

[@ASSARAPTUS]

Vietnam is an interesting example to see how a communist nation free from Embargos, sanctions and western military meddling can function on its own.

[@t.3465]

​@@albertpaquin7876 Yep... if you’re referring to the Americans as becoming “rich” off of Cuba, boy you’d be right

[@evildrizzt1]

@@albertpaquin7876 more like exploited and poverty stricken. Look what the USA has done to Jamaica and Hati. Would’ve used it up then discard it.

[@laurentsaint-laurent3659]

And I hope no one ever forgets that at the beginning of the Covid pandemic, Cuba sent medical help to Italy before most other countries, including those belonging to the European Union

[@b.a.2406]

They do that to keep their image. Those doctors didn’t have any choice other than to go, and they didn’t receive any payment. Maybe 1 bag of rice and that’s about it. You people are so easy to manipulate, it’s astonishing.

[@RebeccaOre]

@@b.a.2406 Everyone is easy to manipulate if they've only heard one side of the story.

[@b.a.2406]

@@RebeccaOre I can understand misinformed people who’ve been mislead. What I can’t tolerate is people who deny/ignore everything the other side, the victims, have to say. There’s no excuses for that.

[@rusty3073]

@@b.a.2406 Give me counter proof that they didn’t.

[@b.a.2406]

@@rusty3073 Give me proof that they did receive payment and had the choice to go.

[@Distantfox]

Thank you for this. Great and informative video again. Keep up the good work!

[@mikefruge8589]

Amazing work! I believe this is the most I have ever learned about any one topic within the span of just 20 minutes.

[@kimhernandez7645]

Just wanted to add that those who were also anti-cuban government protester were basically gusanos. They're those bourgeois Cuban exiles/dissidents who basically owned businesses that were siezed by the Cuban government for the benefit of the public like fertile lands, banks, houses, etc. They're bitter about the fact that a pro-people government took away their "livelihood", like how a landlord would complaint about free housing for tenants.

[@daleds5823]

Well papi let me tell you that right now 80% of cuba population is against the comunism and every year more Cubans flee the island because of that government

[@kimhernandez7645]

@@daleds5823 and you're from? And do you have any proof related to that?

[@christopherbare9277]

Holy shit, I just realized Second Thought is at 1.12M subscribers. Fucking congrats, that's huge for such a outspoken leftist channel.

[@ccy0126]

Because it didn't used to be a leftist channel and gathered people from both sides, then later he changed it which made his viewership plummet and become reliant on his donors

[@ValerieLoveTV]

@@ccy0126 Second Thought gained 400k subscribers since his switch to leftist content. Clearly there's a market for it, but KZbin wants to protect the corporations that buy ads so they actively suppress his content.

[@Rolepgeek]

@@ccy0126 wouldn't people have unsubscribed then?

[@ZZ-qu7bq]

hmm, telling the truth means leftist in America, interesting.

[@raz8752]

ZZ I think they mean that his content switched to almost exclusively discussing leftist ideas and realities from a leftist point of view instead of stuff like black holes.

[@cake_9510]

The clip of the protest at the end is so genuinely inspiring and wonderful after the rest of this video, which brought a genuine scowl of anger to my face multiple times.

[@Hankthespank]

Insanely good, quality content. Im for sure sponsoring this. Keep it up man.

[@captain-chair]

When I first saw stuff like this I was quite baffled, the news just came out of nowhere and seemed incredibly forced, and I am Australian so i have no idea why Australian media would care, Rupert Murdoch is the worst thing to come out of Australia and I must apologise for his existence because he is now trying to start polarisation on the home front as our press has become increasingly Fox like, and is covering up massive amounts of water corruption that would make WaterGate look unjustified, just because we have social democracy doesn't mean we have figured out how to tame capitalism, it only means we and Europe are better at hiding our shit because we are the best out of a collection of shit.

[@mariachi3217]

Honestly, don’t need to apologize, people like them are bound to pop up. So just do you best in making sure one doesn’t hold power

[@DarrenBurgess1989]

The worst thing to happen to Britain too. He has decided every single election since he arrived.

[@captain-chair]

@@DarrenBurgess1989 Yeah the last time the Australian Labor Party won office was when Kevin Rudd had to Kowtow to News Corp and sacrifice some climate policy just so he could have a fair chance against the Liberal party. Murdoch owns 70% of all of Australia’s news paper industry and most online or televised news follows what ever The Australian prints which is owned by News Corp, he owns a complete media monopoly in his homeland, I wonder how you Brits are doing on that front.

[@DarrenBurgess1989]

@@captain-chair and the last time the labour party won here was when the godfather of Murdoch's children Tony Blair was in charge.

[@captain-chair]

@@DarrenBurgess1989 Is Murdoch a cult leader like wtf? NWO? I doubt it but yeah we the anglophone world should collectively trust bust his ass into oblivion and send him to jail, maybe on Lunar penal colony just for old time sake.

[@connerd5647]

Pretty sure a lot of those pictures of people holding American flags were demonstrations in Miami too lmao

[@cjoseph369]

Lol absolutely. I remember getting stuck on the highway thé first day it started. I absolutely understand why the Cubans in Miami are protesting. I just also find it ironic how last summer the Cuban majority down here were up in arms about black people and other minorities here, protesting excessive authoritarian government and police brutality (same as them).

[@davet80000]

not american but afaik many of the cubans there were the ones who were kicked out/fled the country during the revolution... the rich ones with ties to the US already. essentially slave owners. they are pretty staunchly pro-US, pro-police state lol

[@AndyMartin92]

@@cjoseph369 bc they were damaging property

[@Kingpin6100]

@@AndyMartin92 lmao

[@cjoseph369]

@@AndyMartin92 I feel like this is bait

[@2ProduceAndCreate]

Thank you for your education and sparking my fascination in Cuba. I know nothing about politics and love to learn and to learn about what’s good for human rights.

[@pccnamusic]

as a cuban, thank you so much for making this. i am so tired of America's influence in Cuba. Let Cuba be free from the clutches of imperialism! 🇨🇺❤️

[@alfredosenalle9284]

Why aren't you living in Cuba ?

[@Meow_Zedong_1949]

​@@alfredosenalle9284 Why do you assume they moved from Cuba?

[@alfredosenalle9284]

@@Meow_Zedong_1949 Because the regular everyday Cuban citizens DO NOT have free access to the internet. Only those officials who belong to the communist party do.

[@ravan9352]

Was just wondering whether you will cover that topic. Happy to see this video, love your channel.

[@SecondThought]

Thanks, hope you enjoy!

[@oliverlineberger6692]

Same

[@antwon5834]

@BoboThePuppy I like that idea

[@nerd_nato564]

@@civilizedhuman7875 The fuck was that word salad?

[@clairde]

If communism a failure, capitalists wouldn't try so hard to make them fail.

[@oscarboman5997]

"Communism can only work if it gets to trade with capitalists" Lmao you bought the missinformation hook line and sinker

[@fallencrow6718]

Remember thet time before the 90s when literaly ahlf of the wold was englove under the red flag os the warsaw pact+china. The problem is once you have communism you can no longer go to social media to complain.

[@laimypie]

If communism is so great it wouldn’t rely on capitalism for trade.

[@casesater]

@@laimypie the only reason it does is because A. What the fuck are you talking about international trade isn’t some capitalism thing B. The USA is actively trying to destroy Cuba

[@cerkcrk4642]

@@casesater maybe because having a chinese ally right in your backyard is a threat? china has nukes, no risking a cuban missile crisis again

[@mruncletheredge]

I'm new to your channel and I must say that the work you do is so important... I just hope more people can open their eyes to chase information like THIS... Thanks for the work...

[@bntagkas]

awesome video, thank you for the info/education, thank you for existing greetings from greece

[@mantassunilaitis2636]

you want some more education ? here watch this guys video about cuba it will open you're eyes kzbin.info/www/bejne/rZTWlqx3Z8Z_bs0&ab_channel=baldandbankrupt

[@dustind4694]

50 miles off the coast of Florida, a small island hosts a country that has done so much more with so much less, in open defiance of empire. Any rational agent of the theories of empire must consider its very existence a threat.

[@robertkent4929]

As a Cuban American I have to thank you for this. Friends have been asking me my opinions of the protests to get a stir from my pro-Cuban side. People don't seem yo understand the cogs of the American propaganda machine. It's funny to see their reactions when I called the images they saw on tv a sham.

[@cbat1229]

I can't imagine what your Cuban family says . Mine don't want to hear it and threaten to smack me lol . There from Miami so there pro Republicans.

[@robertkent4929]

@@cbat1229 my aunt is cheering it on, since she grew up in Miami. Hardcore Republican. If my mom were alive she'd be quietly cheering at the protests, but would want the US to stay out of it. My Abuela and Abuelo both liked Fidel and never really told me why they moved here. My Abuelo still isn't a US citizen.

[@rogelio9907]

Those “friends” are not your friends and it’s in your best Interest to disassociate from them and to also disown any anti gov family members

[@lubu2960]

What sham? The only sham are American lefties defending the Cuban dictatorship

[@andeevfx8115]

@@lubu2960 rent free in ur head

[@malonee]

I love how when you bring up communism, people will bring up Cuba as am example of communists failure, but it was literally us

[@domenico_ginny6164]

As an American I support doing away with sanction on Cuba. The US government is corrupt and we don’t know how to fix it. In fact most people don’t think it needs to be fixed which is concerning

[@PapiChuIo]

I really hope the future generations make a change. We can’t keep going on with this American BS.

[@iamawhale5178]

At the rate we're going, we'll be lucky if there is a future generation, let alone one that isn't brainwashed.

[@seybertooth9282]

Probably a lost cause to be honest. America will continue to lose power and influence, slipping into a behind-the-times dystopia while Asia and Europe races forward towards the future.

[@thedarkdragon1437]

it won't happen any time soon. too big of a mass has been brainwashed: both USA and European masses

[@joshumu]

I really hope current generations make a change now so future generations will have a chance.

[@zenogstwitch8296]

@@thedarkdragon1437 We in Eu do not follow US, majority of us have been condemning everything they do and only extreme minority of Elites support US.

[@panzerpusher]

I'll be completely honest, I know a video is goddamn incredible when I can't watch it all in one go because I get so unbelievably angry at the content. I get that with several channels, and it always helps motivate me to be better.

[@oomar4597]

Ive just become so tired of this

[@salokin3087]

Instead of being emotionally manipulated, you should do some actual research. No, the US didnt cause these protests nor did the sanctions ferment them

[@OfficialSilverMoon]

@@salokin3087 go do your own research, you're blinded by propaganda. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Northwoods

[@salokin3087]

@@OfficialSilverMoon and again, how is this related to the protestors demands? They were frustrated at reimttiance and import controls imposed by the Cuban govt, which were changed after the protests. The protests suceeded in that. How does Northwoods connect to Cuba's own policies, that they themsleves rolled back?

[@Gabriel-fq8yo]

@@OfficialSilverMoon dont respond to that guy, he was downplaying the role of the US in guamtanamo bay. Hes in the imperialist side.

[@thatcarguy1UZ]

Thank you for doing such a terrific job! Also thank you for turning me on to “Blowback “. They are a great show also.

[@randymiller6665]

ALWAYS good information

[@flossietube2065]

Solidarity with my brothers and sisters in Cuba!!!!! From a Black man in Detroit, MI. END THE BLOCKADE OF CUBA NOW!!!!!!!!

[@thankouf01]

The most expected video of July is finally out. Now let's get the algorithm to promote this video either it wants or not.

[@user-mn2gt4ct3l]

I think we both know what the algorithm will do.

[@iamjaykaye]

For The Watch. (Watch = algorithm) Game Of Thrones…

[@krix17]

Second thought gets an insane % of likes per views, around 10% every video, he should be getting recommended to most people who watch leftist political videos

[@juliandeleon6107]

as a puerto rican i felt this, puerto rico is going through it too but not as bad as this. cuba y puerto rico libres 🇵🇷🇨🇺

[@ERROR-hf3wx]

Hello from Dominican Republic. It is sad that America has so much control over us.

[@TheDieselDevil8]

VIVA LA CUBA❤

[@user-ci5fl5em1j]

love you

[@franciscoygnacio9331]

I saw the protest in the news, smelling fishy since the beginning.

[@minhducnguyen9276]

I only heard DW covered this and it was so vague I couldn't tell the scale of the protest or the clear explanation behind it. Now the German are less biased than the American news but nobody can be truly neutral.

[@raymondqiu8202]

What are the protests about? Is it cubans protesting against the USA having trade sanctions on Cuba? Or is it cubans protesting against their government? I'm Not sure what's going on

[@nxthy6978]

@@raymondqiu8202 it’s a mix of Cubans protesting against the lack of syringes for vaccines as well as other shortages, Cubans supporting their government’s resilience against the US embargo and I’m assuming some US agitators

[@pablogonzalez4037]

@@raymondqiu8202 It's Cuban people protesting against the goverment. They're tired of the represive goberment. For those who claim the EMBARGO is the seed of all evils, sure the embargo makes life hard, but for those in power it doesn't seem to matter. They live with all the luxuries, while the people is left to suffer. And if people protest, then they make sure to shut them up.

[@deltadoobyd1621]

I saw a sign that was supposed to be in Florida shown as "Cuban"

[@binoddhont2488]

US is like that one person who didn't grow up when you go to a school reunion

[@t.3465]

No, it’s like the one person who grew up to be the bully. During the first century of its existence, it was a modest, growing nation. It didn’t gain imperialistic arrogance until after WWII.

[@t.3465]

So, in essence, it grew up too much... and in a bad way

[@krackalgleason4746]

Wow, that is an awesome simile.

[@user-gz4ve8mw9l]

FAR BEYOND that... Is this alleged person at you're high school reunion a criminal against humanity? In nearly every fathomable way to date?

[@RebeccaOre]

@@t.3465 Mexico would like half its territory back and the indigenous nations would like to think the English Monarch for trying to keep white settlers on the east side of the mountains.

[@TheTrueUlfhednar]

The fervor, fury and absolute conviction in the Cuban protesters are inspiring and deserve to be heard.

[@PBlague]

This is something I didn't know about at all, not because I didn't wanna learn but because of all the brainwash that is around us and the super low amount of knowledge among my people and starting to actually see this and realising what things I don't know is just blowing my mind. Thanks for making these videos.

[@albinocavewoman]

This is a powerful piece to share with others who may not have a grasp of the full picture. Thank you.

[@krejados1]

Same thing happened with the Gilets Jaune protests in France and demonstrations in Berlin. US media made them look horrific when it was only about 150 people

[@justinsuarez168]

Be careful with that. He makes mostly good points but has explicit bias. I’m Cuban, these people support the government because of fear. They have the power to make you participate in there pro government gatherings or they will take you from your family. He is very wrong about the people. It is so wrong it has made me question the whole channel

[@AndyMartin92]

Im cuban and this video is complete bs. Talk to the cuban ppl and find out whats really happening

[@albinocavewoman]

@@justinsuarez168 I don't think he hides the fact that be has biases. We all do and there is no such thing as "neutral". Are there people in Cuba who don't like their government? Yes, there most certainly are, but that doesn't change the fact that the U.S. media has blatantly lied about this crap for ages. And we gotta ask ourselves why that would be necessary if things were really that bad. Also, it's not like the U.S. has any damn room to lecture anyone about mistreating protesters.

[@justinsuarez168]

@@albinocavewoman that is totally fair to say. America has a bad habit of pretending to ride a high horse while it’s really just a peg legged donkey.

[@LibertarianLeninistRants]

Knowing history is important. Cuba was a puppet for the US for a long time, but then Fidel came and led a revolution. Cuba was finally free from US domination, but it had to pay a price. A big price, that it has to pay until today. We should support Cuba in its struggle to get rid of the shackles that the US empire still has Cuba enchained in. #HandsOffCuba #LiftCubaEmbargo

[@gorgoroth-hh1pb]

@@Jay_Johnson There is a possible way to sanction US by their own logic If the US hates "Socialism" no matter how small and unwilling to trade or talk to such countries Then every country in EU with Universal Healthcare (A socialist idea according to them despite being a universal human right) And any country that wants to bring prosperity to its people Would he under this umbrella of "socialism" in the end they will be more closed than N.Korea because every country on earth with an ounce of care of its citizens would adopt a "socialist" policy

[@ebubechiibegbula5968]

How can a 7 year old selling lemonade to pay for her Brain surgery be an inspiring story!!??? What in Gods name is wrong with Us....

[@mrjades4764]

Love the passion you bring to this video JT. I feel your frustration and empathy.

[@alfredosenalle9284]

Unfortunately a passion for the wrong side , defending communism and not true what he's saying.

[@nikasamwkusvili9345]

@@alfredosenalle9284 explaine more why defending cominism is any worse then defending capitalism

[@nikasamwkusvili9345]

pls

[@ksvba96-36]

Im from the country where Ernesto "che" Guevara was born and I am soo ashamed many of my people are so against cuban self determination. We Latin Americans should unite

[@irinakantt]

recently I saw a film called “The Salt Of the Earth” (1954) it was an insight into the struggle of Latin Americans and it was truly beautiful to see them all unite against white oppression in their factory.. solidarity and love to you all! Death to American imperialism

[@Dianasaurthemelonlord7777]

Yeah Against America, I'd love to see that as an American, we Arrogant bastards need a reality check like Yestarday

[@julesjules5439]

I was an exchange student in Argentina- Santiago del Estereo. I remember there was quite a bit of racism against the indigenous population there… Also I kept in touch with my host family via social media and was later unfriended by my host brother because I support socialism. I didn’t realize at the time they were right wingers.

[@ksvba96-36]

@@julesjules5439 sadly a lot of Argentinians buy right wing propaganda, Argentina historically has been like the least socialist leaning nation in all of latin America

[@Darknamja]

@@ksvba96-36 In the 20th century, Argentina experienced significant political turmoil and democratic reversals. Between 1930 and 1976, the armed forces overthrew six governments in Argentina; and the country alternated periods of democracy (1912-1930, 1946-1955, and 1973-1976) with periods of restricted democracy and military rule. Following a transition that began in 1983, full-scale democracy in Argentina was reestablished. Argentina's democracy endured through the 2001-02 crisis and to the present day; it is regarded as more robust than both its pre-1983 predecessors and other democracies in Latin America. (Wikipedia)

[@kyedankurz2783]

BRO I LAUGHED SO HAR AT THE TED CRUZ FOX SEGMENT, They censored their own news LMAO, talk about great journalism

[@mariachi3217]

Christ, and I thought they were already bad. That’s already a big flag as without the original context it can be easily misinterpreted as what Ted was saying.

[@isaiasmmmmm2784]

Holy crap I didn’t know all of this. Everyone all over social media is claiming to have family or be from Cuba, especially on tiktok, and saying it’s not the embargo that’s doing damage and it’s their government doing it instead.

[@judek1170]

There's a while study that shows the embargo is of little effect, it's done by a left wing think tank too. It's amazing how you leftist bend over backwards in the name of Marxist ideology, how is it that the people who lived on the island and escaped, as well as the abundance of stats (acknowledged by even some socialists economist) showing LCuba's main failure is its giverment is not enough. This white savior sob is enough tho, not the people who live on the island. I never seen people who love a island go on water rafts to escape it.

[@SilverXT]

There's a book club!? Seriously considering it now

[@robertstan298]

Holy shit, same!

[@Cau_No]

For now I'd rather see a Caribbean Federation of Cuba, Haiti, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, The Bahamas, etc. than to see another star added to the U.S. Flag...

[@ODXT]

Yes.

[@cjoseph369]

That’d be cool. As far is I recall Caribbean countries relations have been decent with each other, save for Haiti and DR as far I know.

[@nichiatcc9863]

thats not how politics work

[@eldizo_]

That'd be amazing. I'd love to work together with my Caribbean neighbors.

[@nichiatcc9863]

@@jghifiversveiws8729 idfk man all I know is that u can’t just form a strong federation of nations just because those countries feel like it. You don’t know the economic repercussions of drastic change like this. Now is this idea a gud thing idk is this a bad thing I also idk. However I’m sure this idea has been proposed before but there is a language barrier. Half the Caribbean speaks Spanish and half of it speaks English.(these r rough estimates i don’t actually have all the numbers).

[@I00OOooOO00I]

I learned so much! Thank you!

[@giannisvellichor5632]

respect for telling the truth ! you are one of the few channels that are still free ! keep it up

[@lisa._.the._.lovely]

You're truly ON FIRE, "President Joe 'Harm-Reduction' Biden" LMAOO

[@brina6680]

Absolutely… I literally laughed out loud

[@duancoviero9759]

😂😂😂 i knew i wasn't the only one.

[@deisk2707]

Lol, never noticed that