James Early on Cuban Embargo, David Cooper on 'We All Quit'

[Judi Lynn]

Audio program news on the subject, from F.A.I.R., media bias watch group:



This week on CounterSpin: Imagine if China used its power to cut off international trade to the US, including for things like medical equipment, because they didn’t like Joe Biden, and hoped that if enough Americans were made miserable, they would rise up against him, and install a leader China thought would better serve their interests. How would you think about Chinese media that said, “Well, we heard a lot of Americans say they were unhappy; they even marched in the street! Obviously, that was a call for foreign intervention from a country that understands democracy better than they do.”

And then what if some Chinese people said, “Wait, you can’t immiserate ordinary Americans to push them to overthrow their government; that’s illegal and immoral,” and other Chinese people explained, “You don’t get it; US politics are very complicated”?

We talk about the admitted complexities of the hardships facing Cubans—and the relatively uncomplicated actions the US could take to stop contributing to those hardships—with James Early, board member at the Institute for Policy Studies, and former assistant secretary for education and public service at the Smithsonian Institution.

https://fair.org/home/james-early-on-cuban-embargo-david-cooper-on-we-all-quit/

[abqtommy]

1. I remember the Cuban MIssile Crisis of 1962* when the political leaders of Russia and Cuba

installed missiles targeting the U.S. in Cuba. Kennedy faced them down and maybe what's happening
today is a result of the fear developed among us in the U.S. over that incident.

But then I also mentally review the U.S. record of meddling in other parts of South America (and
around the world) that makes me question just why we do what we do. And I think that is really what's
going on with Cuba now.

I favor lifting embargoes on Cuba. I don't think they're doing anybody any good.

* https://history.state.gov/milestones/1961-1968/cuban-missile-crisis