Imperialism aims to capitalize on the popular mobilizations in Cuba that have erupted with the worsening of social hardships since the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic. The seriousness of the situation is spurring a debate on how to fight against the embargo and imperialism and defend the conquests of the 1959 revolution.

Public figures including Naomi Klein, Noam Chomsky, Elizabeth Goméz Alcorta, Yanis Varoufakis, and Álvaro García Linera have called for the formation of a Progressive International — a front to rescue the institutions of capitalist democracy.

The Cuban Revolution impacted 20th Century politics, and pushed the formation of alternative left policies that were critical of Soviet hegemony as well as updating the debate on Trotsky’s Permanent Revolution.

The Cuban Revolution impacted 20th Century politics, and pushed the formation of alternative left policies that were critical of Soviet hegemony as well as updating the debate on Trotsky’s Permanent Revolution.

Fidel Castro holds a prominent position in the political history of the second half of the 20th century. He was the leader and voice of the only triumphant socialist revolution of Latin America and, to many, a symbol of resistance against imperialism. He led a bureaucracy that is currently conducting a process of capitalist restoration.