{"id":8093,"date":"2023-05-20T08:11:09","date_gmt":"2023-05-20T08:11:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cubasupport.ie\/latest\/?p=8093"},"modified":"2023-05-20T08:11:21","modified_gmt":"2023-05-20T08:11:21","slug":"young-leaders-from-the-us-pledge-to-fight-blockade-of-cuba","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cubasupport.ie\/latest\/young-leaders-from-the-us-pledge-to-fight-blockade-of-cuba\/","title":{"rendered":"Young leaders from the US pledge to fight blockade of Cuba"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hear from some of the 150 young organizers from the US that traveled to Cuba as part of the 2023 May Day Brigade with the International Peoples\u2019 Assembly<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"747\" height=\"421\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Nz6sJ-moHBs?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;start=158&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Day Brigade with the International Peoples\u2019 Assembly<a href=\"https:\/\/peoplesdispatch.org\/2023\/05\/19\/young-leaders-from-the-us-pledge-to-fight-blockade-of-cuba\/\">May 19, 2023<\/a>\u00a0by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/peoplesdispatch.org\/2023\/05\/19\/young-leaders-from-the-us-pledge-to-fight-blockade-of-cuba\/\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/peoplesdispatch.org\/author\/pd\/\">Peoples Dispatch<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From April 24 to May 3, over 150 young organizers from the United States traveled to Cuba as part of a brigade organized by the International Peoples\u2019 Assembly (IPA) to learn about the Cuban process and stand in solidarity with the island nation against the criminal US blockade. The organizers returned to the US with an even greater commitment to continue building their struggles at home and to fight for the end of the blockade of Cuba.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Peoples Dispatch spoke to Phil Agnew of Black Men Build, D\u2019Atra \u201cDee Dee\u201d Jackson of Black Youth Project 100, Kawena\u02bbulaokal\u0101 Kapahua of Academic Labor United, Lillian House of the Party for Socialism and Liberation, Anakaren Alcocer of Uni\u00f3n de Vecinos\/LA Tenants Union, and Miriam Osman of the Palestinian Youth Movement, about what they have learned from Cuba and why they\u2019re committed to ending the blockade against the island.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hear from some of the 150 young organizers from the US that traveled to Cuba as part of the 2023 May Day Brigade with the International Peoples\u2019 Assembly<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":101011,"featured_media":8094,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[43],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8093","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":8062,"url":"https:\/\/www.cubasupport.ie\/latest\/over-150-youth-leaders-from-the-us-will-travel-to-cuba-for-international-workers-day\/","url_meta":{"origin":8093,"position":0},"title":"Over 150 youth leaders from the US will travel to Cuba for International Workers\u2019 Day","author":"Editorial Team","date":"April 26, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"While reactionary legislators in the US want to enshrine Cuba\u2019s membership on the politicized \u201cState Sponsors of Terrorism\u201d list\u00a0into law, people in the US have a different view of Cuba. 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