W. T. Whitney Jr.
LATEST ARTICLES BY W. T. Whitney Jr.
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Once more, UN General Assembly rejects U.S. blockade of Cuba
November 12, 2019For the 28th year in a row, it happened again.
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Protests in Haiti show signs of eventually producing change
October 21, 2019Masses 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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Upcoming elections to test Bolivia’s socialist government
October 10, 2019It seems ultimately that the upcoming elections represent a testing of the staying power of this socialist government.
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For 28th consecutive year, Cuba prepares to indict U.S. blockade at United Nations
September 25, 2019The 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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Cuban reform: Overcoming the separation of economics and politics
September 18, 2019The 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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Colombian peace agreement failing, some rebels return to armed struggle
September 3, 2019The strategic objective of the newly re-armed FARC insurgents is “peace in Colombia with social justice, democracy, sovereignty, and honor.”
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Prison classroom reflects white supremacy in new memoir
August 30, 2019The New Plantation: Lessons from Rikers Island: The title comes from Trask’s first day on the job.
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Mystery illnesses and a side-lined U.S. embassy spell trouble for Cuba
July 31, 2019Trump administration campaign underway to exploit illnesses of American diplomats to destroy improved relations begun in the Obama years.
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