W. T. Whitney Jr.

LATEST ARTICLES BY W. T. Whitney Jr.

• 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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• World

  

  Colombian peace agreement failing, some rebels return to armed struggle

  September 3, 2019 By W. T. Whitney Jr.

  The strategic objective of the newly re-armed FARC insurgents is “peace in Colombia with social justice, democracy, sovereignty, and honor.”

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• Books

  

  Prison classroom reflects white supremacy in new memoir

  August 30, 2019 By W. T. Whitney Jr.

  The New Plantation: Lessons from Rikers Island: The title comes from Trask’s first day on the job.

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• World

  

  Mystery illnesses and a side-lined U.S. embassy spell trouble for Cuba

  July 31, 2019 By W. T. Whitney Jr.

  Trump administration campaign underway to exploit illnesses of American diplomats to destroy improved relations begun in the Obama years.

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