John Suarez
@johnjsuarez.bsky.social
Human rights activist & advocate for ordered liberty via nonviolence. Recalling: Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.-George Santayana
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74 Years of Dictatorship in Cuba: 67 Years of the Castros and 6 Years, 9 Months, and 23 Days under Batista
From half a century of an imperfect democracy with sustained progress followed by (authoritarian dictatorship then to a worse totalitarian dictatorship and mass poverty.
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74 Years of Dictatorship in Cuba: 67 Years of the Castros and 6 Years, 9 Months, and 23 Days under Batista
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Show your solidarity on January 3rd in Washington DC at 12 noon, in front of the Interests section of Iran located at 1250 23rd St NW, Washington, DC 20037 for Iranian protesters seeking to restore democracy in their homeland. open.substack.com/pub/notesfro...
Appeal to all, but especially Cubans and Cuban Americans: Show your solidarity on January 3rd in Washington DC for Iranian protesters
Iranians are standing up for their freedom across Iran, and too many are being gunned down by the Mullahs.
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January 2, 2026 at 1:54 AM
Show your solidarity on January 3rd in Washington DC at 12 noon, in front of the Interests section of Iran located at 1250 23rd St NW, Washington, DC 20037 for Iranian protesters seeking to restore democracy in their homeland. open.substack.com/pub/notesfro...
Show your solidarity on January 3rd in Washington DC at 12 noon, in front of the Interests section of Iran located at 1250 23rd St NW, Washington, DC 20037 for Iranian protesters seeking to restore democracy in their homeland. open.substack.com/pub/notesfro...
Appeal to all, but especially Cubans and Cuban Americans: Show your solidarity on January 3rd in Washington DC for Iranian protesters
Iranians are standing up for their freedom across Iran, and too many are being gunned down by the Mullahs.
open.substack.com
January 2, 2026 at 1:54 AM
Show your solidarity on January 3rd in Washington DC at 12 noon, in front of the Interests section of Iran located at 1250 23rd St NW, Washington, DC 20037 for Iranian protesters seeking to restore democracy in their homeland. open.substack.com/pub/notesfro...
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In Iran, three killed in clashes following cost-of-living protests
In Iran, three killed in clashes following cost-of-living protests
Protests began on Sunday, with authorities promising a 'decisive response' against any attempts to create insecurity.
www.lemonde.fr
January 1, 2026 at 5:26 PM
In Iran, three killed in clashes following cost-of-living protests
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Anti-government demonstrations erupted in Iran this week, with initial protests by shop owners in the capital over the plummeting value of the Iranian currency spreading by Wednesday to students, workers and other elements of society across the country.
Iranian protests sparked by economic woes quickly spread across country
The demonstrations, triggered by a collapse in Iran’s currency, started with shopkeepers and phone vendors before drawing in students, workers and others.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 31, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Anti-government demonstrations erupted in Iran this week, with initial protests by shop owners in the capital over the plummeting value of the Iranian currency spreading by Wednesday to students, workers and other elements of society across the country.
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Reuters is reporting that several people have died in Iran connected to protests over the catastrophic state of the economy. Please join me in praying for peace and justice.
Several reported killed in Iran protests over economic woes
Several people were killed during unrest in Iran overnight into Thursday, Iranian media and rights groups reported, as the biggest protests to hit the country for three years over soaring inflation sp...
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January 1, 2026 at 2:55 PM
Reuters is reporting that several people have died in Iran connected to protests over the catastrophic state of the economy. Please join me in praying for peace and justice.
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Growing Iran protests put new pressure on an embattled regime.
Growing Iran Protests Put New Pressure on an Embattled Regime
Unrest is triggered by a drop in Iran’s currency, as frustration with a persistent economic crisis rises.
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December 29, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Growing Iran protests put new pressure on an embattled regime.
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There are thousands of political prisoners in China, Cuba, Nicaragua, and Venezuela today.
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There are thousands of political prisoners in China, Cuba, Nicaragua, and Venezuela today.
On Christmas remember those innocents jailed for exercising their rights to advocate for freedom.
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December 28, 2025 at 12:58 PM
There are thousands of political prisoners in China, Cuba, Nicaragua, and Venezuela today.
open.substack.com/pub/notesfro...
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74 Years of Dictatorship in Cuba: 67 Years of the Castros and 6 Years, 9 Months, and 23 Days under Batista
open.substack.com/pub/notesfro...
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74 Years of Dictatorship in Cuba: 67 Years of the Castros and 6 Years, 9 Months, and 23 Days under Batista
From half a century of an imperfect democracy with sustained progress followed by (authoritarian dictatorship then to a worse totalitarian dictatorship and mass poverty.
open.substack.com
January 1, 2026 at 7:09 PM
74 Years of Dictatorship in Cuba: 67 Years of the Castros and 6 Years, 9 Months, and 23 Days under Batista
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In his 1967 Christmas sermon, my father spoke of a peace rooted in justice, nonviolence & shared moral responsibility:
"If there is to be peace on earth & goodwill toward men, we must finally believe in the ultimate morality of the universe & believe that all reality hinges on moral foundations."
"If there is to be peace on earth & goodwill toward men, we must finally believe in the ultimate morality of the universe & believe that all reality hinges on moral foundations."
December 26, 2025 at 3:28 PM
In his 1967 Christmas sermon, my father spoke of a peace rooted in justice, nonviolence & shared moral responsibility:
"If there is to be peace on earth & goodwill toward men, we must finally believe in the ultimate morality of the universe & believe that all reality hinges on moral foundations."
"If there is to be peace on earth & goodwill toward men, we must finally believe in the ultimate morality of the universe & believe that all reality hinges on moral foundations."
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Buddhist monks & their dog Aloka have begun a months-long peace walk across the United States. They left their monasteries to walk on foot from Texas through the South & toward Washington, DC, stopping in towns to meditate, listen - speak about peace, compassion, & nonviolence.
December 27, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Buddhist monks & their dog Aloka have begun a months-long peace walk across the United States. They left their monasteries to walk on foot from Texas through the South & toward Washington, DC, stopping in towns to meditate, listen - speak about peace, compassion, & nonviolence.
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A Christmas Miracle: The End of the Soviet Union on this day in 1991 open.substack.com/pub/notesfro...
A Christmas Miracle: The End of the Soviet Union on this day in 1991
"We fell morally ill because we became used to saying something different from what we thought. We learned not to believe in anything, to ignore one another, to care only about ourselves." - V. Havel
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December 25, 2025 at 9:13 PM
A Christmas Miracle: The End of the Soviet Union on this day in 1991 open.substack.com/pub/notesfro...
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Thoughts on Venezuela’s María Corina Machado and the Nobel Peace Prize. michaeldeibert.substack.com/p/what-if-it...
What if It Was Your Country?
Those criticizing the awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize to Venezuela’s María Corina Machado might take a moment to meditate on what the nation has lived through over the last 20 years.
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October 14, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Thoughts on Venezuela’s María Corina Machado and the Nobel Peace Prize. michaeldeibert.substack.com/p/what-if-it...
There are thousands of political prisoners in China, Cuba, Nicaragua, and Venezuela today.
open.substack.com/pub/notesfro...
open.substack.com/pub/notesfro...
There are thousands of political prisoners in China, Cuba, Nicaragua, and Venezuela today.
On Christmas remember those innocents jailed for exercising their rights to advocate for freedom.
open.substack.com
December 28, 2025 at 12:58 PM
There are thousands of political prisoners in China, Cuba, Nicaragua, and Venezuela today.
open.substack.com/pub/notesfro...
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On Dec. 26, 1971, Patrick Critton boarded an Air Canada flight from Thunder Bay to Toronto.
With a handgun and grenade, he hijacked the plane and had it flown to Cuba.
He was arrested 30 years later thanks to a Google search and a fingerprint on a can of Canada Dry.
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With a handgun and grenade, he hijacked the plane and had it flown to Cuba.
He was arrested 30 years later thanks to a Google search and a fingerprint on a can of Canada Dry.
🧵 1/7
December 26, 2025 at 4:00 PM
On Dec. 26, 1971, Patrick Critton boarded an Air Canada flight from Thunder Bay to Toronto.
With a handgun and grenade, he hijacked the plane and had it flown to Cuba.
He was arrested 30 years later thanks to a Google search and a fingerprint on a can of Canada Dry.
🧵 1/7
With a handgun and grenade, he hijacked the plane and had it flown to Cuba.
He was arrested 30 years later thanks to a Google search and a fingerprint on a can of Canada Dry.
🧵 1/7
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No, Chomsky: The revelations about the linguist’s relationship with the predator Jeffrey Epstein are a fitting epitaph to a disgraceful career michaeldeibert.substack.com/p/no-chomsky
No, Chomsky
The revelations about the linguist’s relationship with the predator Jeffrey Epstein are a fitting epitaph to a disgraceful career.
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December 15, 2025 at 8:25 PM
No, Chomsky: The revelations about the linguist’s relationship with the predator Jeffrey Epstein are a fitting epitaph to a disgraceful career michaeldeibert.substack.com/p/no-chomsky
A Christmas miracle. The end of an evil empire.
A Christmas Miracle: The End of the Soviet Union on this day in 1991 open.substack.com/pub/notesfro...
A Christmas Miracle: The End of the Soviet Union on this day in 1991
"We fell morally ill because we became used to saying something different from what we thought. We learned not to believe in anything, to ignore one another, to care only about ourselves." - V. Havel
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December 25, 2025 at 9:14 PM
A Christmas miracle. The end of an evil empire.
A Christmas Miracle: The End of the Soviet Union on this day in 1991 open.substack.com/pub/notesfro...
A Christmas Miracle: The End of the Soviet Union on this day in 1991
"We fell morally ill because we became used to saying something different from what we thought. We learned not to believe in anything, to ignore one another, to care only about ourselves." - V. Havel
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December 25, 2025 at 9:13 PM
A Christmas Miracle: The End of the Soviet Union on this day in 1991 open.substack.com/pub/notesfro...
"Cuba reports 1st chikungunya deaths in November" By Robert Herriman | @outbreaknews.bsky.social outbreaknewstoday.substack.com/p/cuba-repor...
Cuba reports 1st chikungunya deaths in November
According to the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), Cuba has reported 38,342 total chikungunya cases and 21 related deaths through the first 11 months of 2025.
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December 19, 2025 at 7:51 PM
"Cuba reports 1st chikungunya deaths in November" By Robert Herriman | @outbreaknews.bsky.social outbreaknewstoday.substack.com/p/cuba-repor...
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Florida reports big rise in travel associated chikungunya in 2025, Most linked to Cuba
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Florida reports big rise in travel associated chikungunya in 2025, Most linked to Cuba
The Florida Department of Health reported 46 travel associated chikungunya cases during the past week, bringing the total since the beginning of 2025 to 206 travel associated cases.
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December 16, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Florida reports big rise in travel associated chikungunya in 2025, Most linked to Cuba
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#OTD in 2002 Oswaldo Payá Sardiñas was awarded the Sakharov Prize at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France where he gave this historic acceptance speech.
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#OTD in 2002 Oswaldo Payá Sardiñas was awarded the Sakharov Prize at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France where he gave this historic acceptance speech.
"The talk today is of globalization, but we must state that unless there is global solidarity, not only human rights but also the right to remain human will be jeopardized." - Oswaldo Payá
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December 17, 2025 at 3:29 PM
#OTD in 2002 Oswaldo Payá Sardiñas was awarded the Sakharov Prize at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France where he gave this historic acceptance speech.
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Remembering Václav Havel on the 14th anniversary of his passing, and his solidarity with free Cubans open.substack.com/pub/notesfro...
Remembering Václav Havel on the 14th anniversary of his passing, and his solidarity with free Cubans
"A single idea, if it is right, saves us the labor of an infinity of experiences." - Jacques Maritain
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December 19, 2025 at 4:16 AM
Remembering Václav Havel on the 14th anniversary of his passing, and his solidarity with free Cubans open.substack.com/pub/notesfro...
Learn how the 2014-2017 thaw with Havana coincided with harm to Americans, and a more hostile Cuban dictatorship with its military expanding control over the Cuban economy.
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On this day eleven years ago U.S. - Cuba policy took a wrong turn, resulting in many Cubans and Americans suffering as a result.
“Everyone is entitled to their own opinions, but they are not entitled to their own facts.” - Daniel Patrick Moynihan
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December 18, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Learn how the 2014-2017 thaw with Havana coincided with harm to Americans, and a more hostile Cuban dictatorship with its military expanding control over the Cuban economy.
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The Universal Declaration of Human Rights and Cuba. Havana’s vote at the UN against Ukrainian children. Petition to Diaz-Canel to stop abusing women. New book on Cuba's disappeared. open.substack.com/pub/notesfro...
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights and Cuba. Havana’s vote at the UN against Ukrainian children. Petition to Diaz-Canel to stop abusing women. New book on Cuba's disappeared.
Some snapshots of Cuba's human rights legacy before and after 1959.
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December 11, 2025 at 11:32 PM
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights and Cuba. Havana’s vote at the UN against Ukrainian children. Petition to Diaz-Canel to stop abusing women. New book on Cuba's disappeared. open.substack.com/pub/notesfro...
#OTD in 2002 Oswaldo Payá Sardiñas was awarded the Sakharov Prize at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France where he gave this historic acceptance speech.
open.substack.com/pub/notesfro...
open.substack.com/pub/notesfro...
#OTD in 2002 Oswaldo Payá Sardiñas was awarded the Sakharov Prize at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France where he gave this historic acceptance speech.
"The talk today is of globalization, but we must state that unless there is global solidarity, not only human rights but also the right to remain human will be jeopardized." - Oswaldo Payá
open.substack.com
December 17, 2025 at 3:29 PM
#OTD in 2002 Oswaldo Payá Sardiñas was awarded the Sakharov Prize at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France where he gave this historic acceptance speech.
open.substack.com/pub/notesfro...
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The DSA's Cuba Problem: The Democratic Socialists of America Travel to Cuba and Happily Meet With the Island’s Jailers michaeldeibert.substack.com/p/the-dsas-c...
The DSA's Cuba Problem
The Democratic Socialists of America Travel to Cuba and Happily Meet With the Island’s Jailers.
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December 10, 2025 at 3:12 PM
The DSA's Cuba Problem: The Democratic Socialists of America Travel to Cuba and Happily Meet With the Island’s Jailers michaeldeibert.substack.com/p/the-dsas-c...