August 11
GUEST: Tom Whitney Jr., retired pediatrician, political writer, member of the Let Cuba Live Committee of Maine as well as Maine Veterans For Peace, talks about why the US Cuban embargo must be lifted.
To Normalize US-Cuban Relations, Restore Working Embassies
When it comes to Cuba, Nicaragua, Venezuela, there is no difference of opinion in the Western World. According to the empire and our at times unwilling allies, these regimes promote terror and suppress their own peoples. The coordination of the empire's media says more about these countries' isolation than official government statements. The New York Times and the Guardian in the UK have the same point of view. So does Democracy Now.
Should we roll over and accept this overwhelmingly dominant propoganda? What is the alternative? Go to a Russian influenced media? In many ways, the media of the "enemy" is much closer to the truth than we can find in the West's compromised news organizations. I see nothing wrong with pursuing the truth through the Russian and Chinese media in this era of a New Cold War.
Another choice is to go to people like Tom Whitney, who have devoted their lives to reporting the news from the supposed "enemies" of the US state. That's what I have tried to do in Activist Radio. Maybe that is the program's niche. I don't pretend to know all the truth about Cuba, Nicaragua, or Venezuela. But I know enough to find alternative voices, because almost all of the major media is obediently following the Pentagon line. It is quite amazing how circumscribed the Western media now is. Can war be far behind?
