{"id":8773,"date":"2026-06-03T22:08:45","date_gmt":"2026-06-03T22:08:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cubasupport.ie\/latest\/?p=8773"},"modified":"2026-06-03T22:09:52","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T22:09:52","slug":"the-us-cant-let-socialist-cuba-survive-with-abby-martin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cubasupport.ie\/latest\/the-us-cant-let-socialist-cuba-survive-with-abby-martin\/","title":{"rendered":"The US can&#8217;t let socialist Cuba Survive, with Abby Martin"},"content":{"rendered":"\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<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The US can&amp;apos;t let socialist Cuba survive w\/ Abby Martin\" width=\"747\" height=\"420\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/T-HAYsAc_H0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Abby Martin of the Empire Files joins the Jacobin Show to talk about two global threats. One, the US war machine and its thirst for fossil fuels and pollution. Then Abby breaks down the many reasons the Trump administration is so threatened by Cuba. Watch Abby&#8217;s two feature-length films: Earth&#8217;s Greatest Enemy &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/redirect?event=video_description&amp;redir_token=QUFFLUhqbUFjQlBDU2RObm14OEFvTHcxYnNPM0l0alZ5d3xBQ3Jtc0tsX0hJVk1ycE5kNU9lVGVmRVRCTnpyeHA3d25EclAxMHVnYnpPLUlzSEZzMnRmVHYtTFJ1VmRLSkNrVWIyd3Vqd1BjSWpXeWxySmNqX3Y5cWE4ektOMGg4ZFNfQ29YZUxDOVZsTmhSOWQtQVFUWG5hOA&amp;q=https%3A%2F%2Fearthsgreatestenemy.com%2F&amp;v=T-HAYsAc_H0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/earthsgreatestenemy.com\/<\/a> Cuba after Castro &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/redirect?event=video_description&amp;redir_token=QUFFLUhqa3VVUW5MdkVBMFhFa2ZiTms0cXBFY3EzLXZ2UXxBQ3Jtc0tuRXdwSHd2TU1GbFhsSGlTNzZ3SkdNNmVpSk1hcW94MHdtbHR0ZzBDTjdoMW1DLV93NWdfVVY5SFYtZ0NwdkNISmt3M0RfZHpIaHFUVVZpTjA1Zkw3akRscjlYajEwaWV1N3ViOWphekMwTHY3d29iSQ&amp;q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cubaaftercastro.com%2F&amp;v=T-HAYsAc_H0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.cubaaftercastro.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Abby Martin of the Empire Files joins the Jacobin Show to talk about two global threats. One, the US war machine and its thirst for fossil fuels and pollution. Then Abby breaks down the many reasons the Trump administration is so threatened by Cuba.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":101011,"featured_media":8774,"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-8773","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":7288,"url":"https:\/\/www.cubasupport.ie\/latest\/is-climate-change-everybodys-guilt\/","url_meta":{"origin":8773,"position":0},"title":"Is Climate Change Everybody\u2019s Guilt?","author":"Editorial Team","date":"August 29, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"By Gustavo A Maranges on August 28, 2022 from Havana Climate change is an undeniable reality even when some people insist on saying it is not. \u00a0It is as if it was a problem in the future that should not worry us today because, as we say in my country:\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Featured&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Featured","link":"https:\/\/www.cubasupport.ie\/latest\/category\/news\/featured\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cubasupport.ie\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/8-29-abby-Martin-img.webp?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":3296,"url":"https:\/\/www.cubasupport.ie\/latest\/in-cuba-color-revolution-or-warm-up-the-track-for-biden\/","url_meta":{"origin":8773,"position":1},"title":"In Cuba: Color revolution or warm up the track for Biden","author":"Editorial Team","date":"December 2, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Donald Trump leaves the White House doubly defeated: he could not win presidential re-election, nor could he overthrow the governments of Cuba, Venezuela and Nicaragua;\u00a0against which he used all the methods of punishment and aggression within his reach. 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