W. T. Whitney Jr.

W.T. Whitney Jr. grew up on a dairy farm in Vermont and now lives in rural Maine. He practiced and taught pediatrics for 35 years and long ago joined the Cuba solidarity movement, working with Let Cuba Live of Maine, Pastors for Peace, and the Venceremos Brigade. He writes on Latin America and health issues for the People's World.

LATEST ARTICLES BY W. T. Whitney Jr.

News

When imperialism targets Cuban doctors, it targets human solidarity
December 5, 2019 By W. T. Whitney Jr.
U.S. interference with Cuban medical assistance to other countries is part of its long campaign to undo the Cuban Revolution.
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World

The coup in Bolivia has U.S. fingerprints all over it
November 22, 2019 By W. T. Whitney Jr.
A motive existed. The Morales government was vulnerable. And agents were in place.
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Environment

Green Strategy: To beat climate change, humanity needs socialism
November 14, 2019 By W. T. Whitney Jr.
Indeed, according to Marc Brodine in his new book, “Working class power is the only force capable of..creating a sustainable economy and sustainable environment.”
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World

Once more, UN General Assembly rejects U.S. blockade of Cuba
November 12, 2019 By W. T. Whitney Jr.
For the 28th year in a row, it happened again.
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World

Protests in Haiti show signs of eventually producing change
October 21, 2019 By W. T. Whitney Jr.
Masses of Haitians are outraged about shortages of oil and oil products - cooking oil, kerosene, and gasoline – and about U.S. interference and their government’s dealings with Venezuela.
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World

Upcoming elections to test Bolivia’s socialist government
October 10, 2019 By W. T. Whitney Jr.
It seems ultimately that the upcoming elections represent a testing of the staying power of this socialist government.
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World

For 28th consecutive year, Cuba prepares to indict U.S. blockade at United Nations
September 25, 2019 By W. T. Whitney Jr.
The sequence of a Cuban report, a vote at the U.N., and a few news reports is repetitive enough to be dismissed as routine business. But there’s nothing commonplace about the U.S. blockade.
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World

Cuban reform: Overcoming the separation of economics and politics
September 18, 2019 By W. T. Whitney Jr.
The term “economism” has been used since Lenin’s time to characterize a situation of political prerogatives losing out to economic ones and of the resulting trouble for the working class. Cuba's reform process faces the same...
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