from #Facebook
From #Cuban students to the students of the United States: All our solidarity!
Our total support to the cause of Palestine. End the US government’s complicity.
#House & #Senate Republicans have denigrated fellow lawmakers, #Biden admin officials & witnesses in #racist ways, both in casual comments & in official settings.
Around the same time, #HouseRepublicans released their report on #impeachment charges against #AlejandroMayorkas, the #Cuban-born #DHS secy who is the first #Latino to lead his dept. Using unusually loaded language for a cmte report, the panel described its action as “deporting Secretary Mayorkas from his position.”
Mark #Cuban unleashes on far-right activist James O’Keefe in profanity-laced tirade
#Conservative#provocateur James #O'Keefe recently attempted to ambush billionaire entrepreneur Mark Cuban while he was at the gym in an apparent 'gotcha' attempt, but it didn't work out as planned.
I asked him if he was recording this. (Of course he was). He wouldn’t answer. He kept mumbling s---. So I looked him in the eyes and called him a Motherf-----g P---y."
#Nepal has asked #Russia to send back hundreds of #Nepali nationals who were recruited to fight against #Ukraine and repatriate the bodies of those who died in the conflict.
Nepal has since banned its citizens from traveling to Russia or Ukraine for employment.
In September, #Cuban authorities arrested 17 people in connection with what they said was a network to recruit Cuban nationals to fight for Russia in Ukraine.
Mark #Cuban Explains to Elon #Musk Why Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Is Not “Racism”
It’s not clear if Cuban has changed hearts and minds.
Elon Musk has never been a fan of diversity, equity, and inclusion. We know that because last month, he took to X—seemingly out of nowhere, but one never knows—to write, “DEI must DIE,” and on Wednesday—in response to a 4,000-word post by fellow billionaire Bill Ackman on the matter, and how it relates to former #Harvard pres
@SocraticEthics I hope that the nation of #Ukraine does not have the slightest doubt that the #Cuban#regime, in coordination with #Putin, decided to send Cuban #mercenaries to participate in the illegal and criminal #invasion of Ukraine. This action was discovered and as has happened on other occasions, the Cuban #tyranny has managed to wash its hands of it by making it appear that these mercenaries were acting behind its back.
#Cuba says it broke up a ring recruiting #Cubans as mercenaries to fight for #Russian troops in #Ukraine. Unusual step to go so public against #Moscow.
From the Cuban website
Statement by the [Cuban] Ministry of #ForeignAffairs
«The Ministry of the Interior has detected and it is working to neutralize and dismantle a #HumanTrafficking network that operates from #Russia in order to incorporate #Cuban citizens living there and even some living in #Cuba, into the military forces that participate in military operations in #Ukraine.»
Dizzy Gillespie - Afro. I knew of Dizzy Gillespie, I've heard and loved a number of his compositions, but I hadn't until yesterday listened to a Gillespie record. I hesitated, because I have an ambiguous relationship to Afro-Cuban jazz which I all too often find too tame. No such thing in Afro. The music is vibrant, full of pent-up energy. The percussions drive the whole thing to a fever, the harmony is sparse, often only implied by the bass, and Gillespie's trumpet is then free to soar above that boiling lava. The first three tunes form a suite. They're quite sophisticated with a fuller band and more harmonic texture. The last three are sparse as hell and get my vote for sure. Astounding. #music#jazz#trumpet#afrocuban
@Sammael99 a lot of “Afro Cuban jazz” was made to appeal to white consumers of easy listening music. Dizzy was an exception partly due to his own artistic fire, and partly because he partnered with Chano Pozo, a hard core Cuban santero who spoke no English and only wanted to appeal to his orishas, who don’t respond to easy listening. #jazz#cuban
Ya know I think I've dropped just about enough breadcrumbs to get everyone started on the UK #jazz scene though there are still a lot of great (or at least popular) names I haven't gotten to but I want to close with one of my favorites from just before most of the current wave - a huge track from Kevin Haynes Grupo Elegba. Haynes is a serious Santeria devotee and his music blends spiritual jazz, #Cuban and West #African styles; when the kora drops at about 8:30 🤯