"Take a stand for Cuba": statement of the Jamaica-Cuba Friendship Association
69 years ago, when a group of young revolutionaries led by Fidel, assaulted one of the most formidable bastions of imperialism decadent and despotic rule in our sister country, it provided the hope and impetus to our Cuban brothers and sisters that the criminal and blood-thirsty regime led by its henchman Fulgencio Batista, could be challenged.
It also explains why the reign of terror which was unleashed on both the ‘guilty and innocent’ in the aftermath of this heroic action, was so severe and provided the backdrop for laying out to the world, the kind of society that Cuba is today, when the historic leader of the Cuban revolution defended the actions of his fellow combatants, in his iconic defense, immortalized in ‘History Will Absolve me’.
It is this foundation laid out in Fidel’s historic legal defense, that has allowed Cuba to resist the diabolic, criminal and cruel attempts by US imperialism and its lackeys, to turn back the revolution of the poor and for the poor, since its triumph 63 years ago.
Emblematic of yankee imperialism consistent failure of destabilization, of the homeland of one of the most courageous people and nation on planet earth, is its 60 plus year old illegal, inhumane, cruel and genocidal blockade that has no precedent in the history of mankind’s relationship with each other. A economic, commercial and financial albatross, around the necks of every Cuban who strive to build a better society and which the majority of humanity’s citizens represented in the United Nation General Assembly, has consistently condemned and call for its unconditional removal.
That is why we call on all the people of goodwill and in particular our fellow Jamaicans, to take a stand for Cuba, as there is no better example of the biblical manifestation of being your ‘your brother’s keeper’ than the homeland of Marti, Fidel, Raul and Diaz Canel.
We Shall Overcome
Trevor G Brown
President