The United States tries to keep people in the dark about the  blockade against Cuba and the many accomplishments of the Cuban  Revolution. This is part of the U.S. campaign to overturn the socialist  government in Cuba that has successfully led its people through more  than 60 years of attacks, attempted coups, sanctions, trade embargoes,  and the Covid pandemic.

Brian is joined by  Gloria La Riva, the coordinator of the Cuba and Venezuela Solidarity  Committee and a longtime leader of brigades to Cuba to learn and expose  people in the United States to the realities on the ground, and  Aminah Sheikh, who is a labor and community organizer active in the  Canadian peace movement.

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