Cuba will not be defeated!: TKP

Monument of the Flag of Cuba in Varadero -- Kurayba, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Statement of the Communist Party of Turkey (TKP)

The US blockade imposed on Cuba has never been simply a series of sanctions. The blockade was the name of a comprehensive attack plan carried out by the US to subdue a people who refused to abandon socialism through deception and force. The United States did not merely ban U.S.-based companies from engaging in trade with Cuba, an independent and sovereign nation with the right to trade with other countries; it also threatened the entire world with massive sanctions, thereby almost completely preventing the establishment of economic, financial, and commercial relations with Cuba.

The executive order signed by US President Trump on January 30 takes this despicable imperialist strategy to a whole new level. This is the latest act of banditry by lawless imperialists seeking to bring Cuba down!

The picture we have witnessed in recent days is, in the clearest terms, a struggle between two systems. A collapsed and rotten social system is attacking an egalitarian social system, humanity's only hope for the future; this time, perhaps using one of their last remaining powerful weapons to achieve the goals they have failed to reach through various means over the years.

The Cuban people, however, are standing tall and resisting, mobilizing all their resources to repel this attack.

The socialist Cuba built by these hardworking and courageous people has been a source of hope, courage, and morale for working people around the world and in our country for years. Its historical leaders and revolutionary figures have inspired our struggle. Now is the time to show that we stand with Cuba, with the Cuban people who are facing an attack that amounts to genocide.

The Cuban people's resistance, sustained by their determination for socialism, their love for their homeland, and their devotion to independence, will not be in vain. Their friends will always stand by their side in this struggle.

The United States and its allies who have joined in this blockade will be held accountable for the crimes they have committed against the Cuban people and all humanity.

Imperialism will inevitably be defeated. The Cuban people will prevail.

Long live Cuba!