Condemn U.S. economic terror against Cuba — Canada must act!
The Communist Party of Canada condemns the Trump administration’s January 29th executive order, a dangerous and illegal escalation seeking to strangle Cuba by imposing a total blockade on its fuel supplies. This latest act of economic warfare in a 65 year history of U.S. aggression is driven by a singular goal: to destroy the socialist revolution that, 90 miles from its shores, proves workers can be in the driver’s seat and that another world is possible. This policy constitutes a blatant violation of the sovereign right of nations to self-determination and development and will create an acute humanitarian disaster. By threatening punitive tariffs against any country that trades oil with Cuba, U.S. imperialism openly embraces blackmail, aiming to inflict extreme suffering on the Cuban people to force political surrender.
Prime Minister Carney recently declared at Davos that it is time to stop accommodating coercion. If this principle has any meaning, it must apply here. Canada’s continued silence in the face of this brutal U.S. aggression against Cuba exposes such rhetoric as hollow. A truly “principled and pragmatic” foreign policy demands that Canada immediately and unequivocally condemn this act of economic terror, use all diplomatic means to oppose the U.S. blockade, and strengthen trade and cooperation with Cuba to help it withstand this assault.
This moment demands a coordinated response from the labour and people’s movements across Canada. The revolution that has for decades shown the world the deepest internationalist solidarity, sending doctors and teachers while enduring a criminal blockade, urgently needs our solidarity more than ever. The defence of the Cuban Revolution is a global class imperative and our solidarity must match the scale of this threat. We must redouble our efforts to get the Canadian government to stand and defend Cuba’s sovereignty, and affirm that people across Canada stand with Cuba against imperialist aggression.
Central Executive Committee, Communist Party of Canada