Our Cuban Sisters & Brothers Need Our Help: We Must Counter U.S.’s Cruel Policies

Cuban people have suffered from the U.S.’s economic and other forms of warfare for more than 65 years. President Trump not only put Cuba back on the “State Sponsors of Terrorism” list but has
more recently sought to blockade oil shipments to Cuba, exacerbating problems of Cubans gaining access to electricity, food, and medicine. Professor Mark Ginsburg will discuss the current state of affairs in Cuba and the resilience of the Cuban people in the face of the U.S. government’s hostility. He will also identify various campaigns that people in the U.S. can get involved in to support the Cuban people and try to change U.S. policy toward Cuba

Mark Ginsburg is a visiting scholar in the International Education Policy program at University of Maryland (USA). He has traveled to Cuba and been a Cuba solidarity activist since 1993, when he
participated in the IFCO Pastors for Peace caravan. Mark has traveled to Cuba 30+ times, including spending two semesters (2017-2019) as a visiting professor at the Universidad de Ciencias Pedagógicas and, most recently, participating in a May Day brigade. He is active in the Bay Area Cuba Solidarity Network, the Saving Lives Campaign, the International U.S.-Cuba Normalization Conference Coalition, as well as the DSA International Committee’s Cuba Working Group.