Ask Prof Wolff: What's the Story in Cuba?

Ask Prof Wolff: What's the Story in Cuba? 5,263 views Aug 11, 2021 603 14 Share Save Democracy At Work 246K subscribers A Patron of Economic Update asks: "Hey Prof. Wolff, could you speak to the recent protests in Cuba? Specifically, could you speak to the U.S. embargo that economically squeezes Cuba and, if relevant, how it relates to these protests? I’m not super familiar with the details but I find it frustrating that all these pundits say 'Cuba wants freedom and their economy sucks cause they’re commies.' It’s pretty clear that there’s more to the story and they purposefully omit that." This is Professor Richard Wolff's video response. Submit your own question to be considered for a video response by Prof. Wolff on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/economicupdat.... Ask Prof Wolff is a@Democracy At Work production. We are committed to providing these videos to you free of ads. Please consider supporting us on Patreon.com/economicupdate. 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The U.S hegemon is leaving (in its wake) death, mayhem, chaos, destruction and suffering and its citizenry is so distracted with tribal conflicts that this activity goes unchecked. 10 Tom Riviere Tom Riviere 2 hours ago “U.S. accusations directed at others are always a projection of its own failures and wrong doing.” 25 WTFViewer WTFViewer 1 hour ago If memory serves, Cuba was a massive sugar plantation prior to its revolution. If America had its way, most of Cuba would be regressed back to that plantation. Not that getting that massive plantation would mean a drop in food prices here - that would mean lost profits, and America can't have that. It's all about domination, resources and wealth. Also, Cuba has made some spectacular advances in anti-cancer treatments recently, even with American interference. Go Cuba. 16 name1 name2 name1 name2 1 hour ago cuba can read, in fact 100% of the population can 12 P N P N 3 hours ago Prof. Wolff, can you please research & advocate for full intellectual property (IP) abolition? This is the most important activist aim for working class people!! IP abolition is the easiest & quickest way to an economy based on workers’ co-ops. And IP abolition is the most important aim to liberate artists & inventors & make them all better off financially. Please see the work of Stephan Kinsella, Michele Boldrin, & David K. Levine. These are the best experts on intellectual property in the world. Everyone who cares about seriously improving things for humanity needs to know what IP abolition is about. 7 guy truth guy truth 12 minutes ago Thank you proffesor Richard Wolff wish you will live to 100yrs old so have more time to spread goodwill and smart ideas to the concern countries and people around the world. ILL State Fishing ILL State Fishing 2 hours ago End the Cuban trade embargo!! 🇨🇺 21 UrStoopid UrStoopid 2 hours ago one of my favorite channels, Second Thought, did a great video recently on Cuba, including the astro-turf "protests." 12 MetaView7 MetaView7 47 minutes ago it is immoral to continue to blockade cuba. 5 Tabu 1 Tabu 1 3 hours ago Interesting topic i enjoy and so on and so on 16 Andre Dias Andre Dias 9 minutes ago Cuba was not only cut off from trading with the US, its natural partner. Cuba was cut off from trading with most of the world, because the cost for other nations and companies, to challenge the US embargo is very high. They cannot even use SWIFT inter-bank system.