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Cuban dissident José Daniel Ferrer welcomed into exile, call for release of Cuban political prisoners, five cases in health crises highlighted, and Red Cross access to Cuban prisons demanded.

John Suarez @johnjsuarez.bsky.social · 4d

Forced exile demonstrates the systematic nature of repression in Cuba and the conditions of physical and psychological torture to which dissidents are subjected to by Havana. open.substack.com/pub/notesfro...

Forced exile demonstrates the systematic nature of repression in Cuba and the conditions of physical and psychological torture to which dissidents are subjected by Havana.

Assata Shakur: Violence in the U.S., Silence on Cuba’s Racism

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John Suarez @johnjsuarez.bsky.social · 14d

Over 40 years [ Assata Shakur ] sided with the oppressive regime in Cuba, and remained silent when black Cubans were tortured, shot in the back and killed by Cuban police, and executed by firing squad.

Politics and Rights Review @polrightsrev.bsky.social · 14d

In this opinion article, John Suarez, Executive Director of the Center for a Free Cuba, revisits the legacy of Assata Shakur, focusing on her silence about Cuba’s repression of Black citizens during her decades of exile. Avail. in EN/FR/ES
politicsrights.com/assata-shaku... @johnjsuarez.bsky.social

Assata Shakur died in Cuba after decades as a fugitive. Her violent legacy, silence on repression, and political reverberations remain.

Note to His Admirers: Comandante Ernesto "Che" Guevara is still dead, and his ideas are toxic.

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John Suarez @johnjsuarez.bsky.social · 11d

“Blind hate against the enemy creates a forceful impulse that cracks the boundaries of natural human limitations, transforming the soldier in an effective, selective and cold killing machine. A people without hate cannot triumph against the adversary.” - Che Guevara open.substack.com/pub/notesfro...

"I'd like to confess, at that moment I discovered that I really like killing." Ernesto "Che" Guevara, in a letter to his father after executing an unarmed man.

Assata Shakur: Violence in the U.S., Silence on Cuba’s Racism

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John Suarez @johnjsuarez.bsky.social · 14d

"Assata Shakur: Violence in the U.S., Silence on Cuba’s Racism" By @johnjsuarez.bsky.social | @polrightsrev.bsky.social politicsrights.com/assata-shaku...
#WernerFoerster #BLA #AssataShakur

Assata Shakur died in Cuba after decades as a fugitive. Her violent legacy, silence on repression, and political reverberations remain.

Note to His Admirers: Comandante Ernesto "Che" Guevara is still dead, and his ideas are toxic.

John Suarez @johnjsuarez.bsky.social · 11d

“If the missiles had remained we would have used them against the very heart of the United States, including New York. We must never establish a peaceful coexistence.” - Che Guevara (1962) open.substack.com/pub/notesfro...

"I'd like to confess, at that moment I discovered that I really like killing." Ernesto "Che" Guevara, in a letter to his father after executing an unarmed man.

Día Internacional de la No Violencia: Mohandas Gandhi nació hace 156 años, el 2 de octubre de 1869

John Suarez @johnjsuarez.bsky.social · 13d

"We do not want power for ourselves; we want peace and civil rights for all, because where there are no rights there is no justice. We seek only the power of the people, popular sovereignty, as Martin Luther King did, remember? Power to the people!” www.diariolasamericas.com/mundo/dia-in... 2/2

Hoy, mientras presenciamos cómo los cubanos desafían pacíficamente a la dictadura comunista en Cuba, el legado de Gandhi continúa sacudiendo los cimientos de las tiranías en todo el mundo.

Día Internacional de la No Violencia: Mohandas Gandhi nació hace 156 años, el 2 de octubre de 1869

John Suarez @johnjsuarez.bsky.social · 13d

Oswaldo Payá spoke truth to power on July 20, 2012:

“The Christian Liberation Movement (MCL) and the opposition do not kill, sabotage or exclude, everyone knows that. Our motto is Liberty and Life." 1/2

John Suarez @johnjsuarez.bsky.social · 16d

Día Internacional de la No Violencia: Mohandas Gandhi nació hace 156 años, el 2 de octubre de 1869 @johnjsuarez.bsky.social | Diario Las Américas www.diariolasamericas.com/mundo/dia-in... #noviolencia #Gandhi

Hoy, mientras presenciamos cómo los cubanos desafían pacíficamente a la dictadura comunista en Cuba, el legado de Gandhi continúa sacudiendo los cimientos de las tiranías en todo el mundo.

Cuba’s Kleptocracy: How It Operates and Why It Matters

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John Suarez @johnjsuarez.bsky.social · 14d

Cuba’s Kleptocracy: How It Operates and Why It Matters
@johnjsuarez.bsky.social | @polrightsrev.bsky.social politicsrights.com/cuba-kleptoc...

Explore how Cuba's kleptocracy operates, its impact, and why it matters for global corruption and regional stability.

Día Internacional de la No Violencia: Mohandas Gandhi nació hace 156 años, el 2 de octubre de 1869

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John Suarez @johnjsuarez.bsky.social · 16d

Día Internacional de la No Violencia: Mohandas Gandhi nació hace 156 años, el 2 de octubre de 1869 @johnjsuarez.bsky.social | Diario Las Américas www.diariolasamericas.com/mundo/dia-in... #noviolencia #Gandhi

Hoy, mientras presenciamos cómo los cubanos desafían pacíficamente a la dictadura comunista en Cuba, el legado de Gandhi continúa sacudiendo los cimientos de las tiranías en todo el mundo.

Assata Shakur: Violence in the U.S., Silence on Cuba’s Racism

John Suarez @johnjsuarez.bsky.social · 14d

Over 40 years [ Assata Shakur ] sided with the oppressive regime in Cuba, and remained silent when black Cubans were tortured, shot in the back and killed by Cuban police, and executed by firing squad.

Politics and Rights Review @polrightsrev.bsky.social · 14d

In this opinion article, John Suarez, Executive Director of the Center for a Free Cuba, revisits the legacy of Assata Shakur, focusing on her silence about Cuba’s repression of Black citizens during her decades of exile. Avail. in EN/FR/ES
politicsrights.com/assata-shaku... @johnjsuarez.bsky.social

Assata Shakur died in Cuba after decades as a fugitive. Her violent legacy, silence on repression, and political reverberations remain.

Forget Fidel Castro, Celebrate Celia Cruz

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John Suarez @johnjsuarez.bsky.social · 22d

Assata Shakur lived under, and celebrated a dictatorship in Cuba that stripped Black Cubans of their agency, and that currently has black prisoners of conscience such as Maykel Osorbo Castillo & Luis Manuel Otero Alcantara. cubanexilequarter.blogspot.com/2025/09/forg... 2/3

The People's Forum warmly welcomes the Cuban dictatorship’s Foreign Minister, Bruno Eduardo Rodríguez Parrilla in New York City, but shoul...

cubanexilequarter.blogspot.com

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John Suarez @johnjsuarez.bsky.social · 18d

"Civil disobedience is the assertion of a right which law should give but which it denies." - Mohandas Gandhi open.substack.com/pub/notesfro... #InternationalDayofNonviolence #Nonviolence #Gandhi

International Day of Nonviolence: Mohandas Gandhi born 156 years ago today on October 2, 1869

"Civil disobedience is the assertion of a right which law should give but which it denies." - Mohandas Gandhi

Assata Shakur: Violence in the U.S., Silence on Cuba’s Racism

John Suarez @johnjsuarez.bsky.social · 14d

It is an obvious explanation, and it demonstrates that her silence before racial injustice in Cuba, meant she was not a hero.

A hero would have spoken out.

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Politics and Rights Review @polrightsrev.bsky.social · 14d

In this opinion article, John Suarez, Executive Director of the Center for a Free Cuba, revisits the legacy of Assata Shakur, focusing on her silence about Cuba’s repression of Black citizens during her decades of exile. Avail. in EN/FR/ES
politicsrights.com/assata-shaku... @johnjsuarez.bsky.social

Assata Shakur died in Cuba after decades as a fugitive. Her violent legacy, silence on repression, and political reverberations remain.

Assata Shakur: Violence in the U.S., Silence on Cuba’s Racism

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John Suarez @johnjsuarez.bsky.social · 14d

"Assata Shakur ... learned quickly that in Cuba, under Communism, to survive you have to remain quiet in terms of criticism, and applaud those in power. She was no truth teller for Blacks in Cuba. She ignored that part of the African diaspora for reasons of self-preservation."

John Suarez @johnjsuarez.bsky.social · 14d

"Assata Shakur: Violence in the U.S., Silence on Cuba’s Racism" By @johnjsuarez.bsky.social | @polrightsrev.bsky.social politicsrights.com/assata-shaku...
#WernerFoerster #BLA #AssataShakur

Assata Shakur died in Cuba after decades as a fugitive. Her violent legacy, silence on repression, and political reverberations remain.

Assata Shakur: Violence in the U.S., Silence on Cuba’s Racism

John Suarez @johnjsuarez.bsky.social · 14d

"Assata Shakur: Violence in the U.S., Silence on Cuba’s Racism" By @johnjsuarez.bsky.social | @polrightsrev.bsky.social politicsrights.com/assata-shaku...
#WernerFoerster #BLA #AssataShakur

Assata Shakur died in Cuba after decades as a fugitive. Her violent legacy, silence on repression, and political reverberations remain.

Día Internacional de la No Violencia: Mohandas Gandhi nació hace 156 años, el 2 de octubre de 1869

John Suarez @johnjsuarez.bsky.social · 16d

Día Internacional de la No Violencia: Mohandas Gandhi nació hace 156 años, el 2 de octubre de 1869 @johnjsuarez.bsky.social | Diario Las Américas www.diariolasamericas.com/mundo/dia-in... #noviolencia #Gandhi

Hoy, mientras presenciamos cómo los cubanos desafían pacíficamente a la dictadura comunista en Cuba, el legado de Gandhi continúa sacudiendo los cimientos de las tiranías en todo el mundo.

Other U.S. fugitives, like Assata Shakur, continue to be harbored by Havana, and high level communist officials play dumb.

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John Suarez @johnjsuarez.bsky.social · 23d

Let me introduce you to bomb maker William Morales. He killed 4 Americans, and injured dozens more in a lunch time bombing of the Fraunces Tavern in New York City.

He escaped U.S. justice and today continues to be harbored by the communist dictatorship in Cuba. open.substack.com/pub/notesfro...

Terrorist fueled and financed by Havana to kill Americans in New York City in 1975 continues today to be harbored in Cuba by the communist dictatorship.

Assata Shakur Still Died in a Prison

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Michael Deibert @michaeldeibert.bsky.social · 18d

Assata Shakur Still Died in a Prison: Those eulogizing the American fugitive should pause to reflect on the realities of the island that she made her home. michaeldeibert.substack.com/p/assata-sha...

Those eulogizing the American fugitive should pause to reflect on the realities of the island that she made her home.

michaeldeibert.substack.com

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John Suarez @johnjsuarez.bsky.social · 18d

"Civil disobedience is the assertion of a right which law should give but which it denies." - Mohandas Gandhi open.substack.com/pub/notesfro... #InternationalDayofNonviolence #Nonviolence #Gandhi

International Day of Nonviolence: Mohandas Gandhi born 156 years ago today on October 2, 1869

"Civil disobedience is the assertion of a right which law should give but which it denies." - Mohandas Gandhi

John Suarez @johnjsuarez.bsky.social · 20d

Not a lib. A conservative.

John Suarez @johnjsuarez.bsky.social · 20d

He was assassinated by James Earl Ray.

Do not confuse leverage with friendship.

Also Fred Hampton of the BPP was part of a movement that advocated armed revolution and the killing of police. Those who live by the sword die by the sword. Or am I mistaken that the BPP had a policy of "Off the pig"?