As this numerical year officially marks the 20th anniversary of the United Nations Conference on Racism, Xenophobia and other related intolerances, the dominant reflection from most organizers who assembled in Durban, South Africa, was how Daughters and Sons of Mother Africa at home and abroad along with our courageous allies representing Palestine have gained significant leverage in our fights for independence, self-determination, and reparations for damages that stem from settler colonialism, displacement, and physical captivity.

While the fervor and steadfast energy of Africans and Palestinians successfully neutralized Bush administration efforts to have these issues scratched from the agenda altogether, this was only made possible by years of steadfast struggle and must never be portrayed as a singular event that turned the tide of history in our favor. Since that historic assembling, the world has observed Mr. Bush attempts to reinvent himself into a born-again humanitarian through his foundation, however, both his administration and family’s crimes against displaced and colonized people will never be erased from our hearts, minds, or the annals of history. 

Another very crucial development at Durban was the presence and memorable speech given by the late Cuban patriot and iconic revolutionary figure, Commandante Fidel Castro, who reaffirmed Cuba’s unwavering solidarity for both Palestine’s independence and colonized and displaced Africans quest in the aggressive pursuit of self-determination and reparations. This included the Commandante’s reaffirmation concerning Cuba’s commitment to repay a debt to the African continent, due to the hardships caused by settler colonialism and physical captivity.

Before his transition five years ago, Commandante Fidel Castro brought it to the attention of the US Government that Cuba would begin an all-out pursuit of reparations, for the multitude of damages caused by the illegal and immoral US blockade on Cuba, imposed in 1962.

When former US President Barack Obama visited Cuba, Commandante Raul Castro reminded him that the Cuban Government and People had reached the conclusion that reparations from the United States, for the imposition of the illegal and immoral blockade, must be addressed before both nations could genuinely develop normalized relations.

During the recent vote at the United Nations General Assembly, 184 nations voted in a stupendous and democratic manner, in support of a resolution entitled “Necessity of ending the economic, commercial and financial blockade imposed by the government of the United States of America against Cuba”. While this vote captured and illustrated the global community’s popular sentiment concerning the blockade for the last 29 years, this particular year was different primarily because Cuba had to contend with both the blockade and the deadly Corona pandemic. To no one’s surprise, neither the US nor "Israel" showed any regard concerning the welfare of everyday Cuban people. 

For the last six decades, only the hostility, cruelty, and hatred of the US Government towards Cuba, supersedes the unbearable suffering, misery, and poverty that Cuban women, children, and men have been subjected to, courtesy of the blockade. 

We, therefore, demand the following: 

1. That the Biden administration in conjunction with the US Senate and Congress make immediate restitution to the people of Cuba in the amount of $ 147,853.3 billion dollars, that represents the accumulated damages dating back to the imposition of the blockade. This figure should be matched by the foundations of all former US Presidents who have extended the blockade on Cuba in the last 59 years. (The Obama Foundation, The Clinton Foundation, The Bush Foundation, The Carter Center, etc.)

2. That the Biden administration in conjunction with the US Senate and Congress immediately lift the US blockade on Cuba. The lifting of the blockade would be in compliance with the votes by the global community at the United Nations for the last 29 years.

3. That the Congressional Black Caucus, National Conference of Black State Legislators, African American Mayoral Association, National Conference of Black Mayors, and World Conference of Mayors immediately travel to Cuba, for the purpose of examining how the blockade has adversely impacted Cuba’s health, educational and social infrastructure in 59 years.

4. That the Congressional Black Caucus and National Conference of Black State Legislators demand that the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee in conjunction with US Justice Department, for the purpose of public disclosure on the relationship between the US Government and Cuban American terrorist cells in Miami, the 635 assassination attempts on the life of Commandante Fidel Castro.

5. That the Biden administration in conjunction with the US Senate and Congress immediately breaks ties with Cuban American regime change agents, whose main function is to disrupt the normal flow of society. This includes immediate defunding of these and diplomatic support of such activities.

6. CARICOM as a collective body incorporates restitution, repair, and redemption for the Cuban people as part of their reparations strategy even though Cuba only has observer status in CARICOM.

7. That once the African Union officially strips "Israel" of its observer status, based on their track record of service and commitment to Mother Africa's social uplift, Cuba has that distinction bestowed on them as a nation.  

Endorsees

South African Cuban Friendship Association

Caribbean Network of Solidarity and Friendship Organizations with Cuba

( Barbados, Guyana, St. Lucia, Trinidad & Tobago, Grenada, Puerto Rico, British Virgin Islands, Curaco and Jamaica)

Honorable Samia Yaba Nkrumah

President of the Kwame Nkrumah Pan African Centre (KNAC)

Nkrumahist Circle (Republic of Ghana)

Comrade Akili Secka

Principal of People’s School for Positive Education (Republic of Ghana)

Bokar Ture

Pan African Council

Conakry, Guinee

Cumbe International (Venezuela)

Movimiento Afrorevolucionario Juan Ramon Lugo (Venezuela)

J. Kweeku Lumumba

External Relations Coordinator

KOSSSA(Konbit Sitwayen Sosyalis pou Sove Ayiti)

Attorney Ezili Danto

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National Conference of Black Lawyers

Malcolm X Grass Roots Movement

NCOBRA(National Coalition of Blacks for Reparations in America)

New African Peoples Organization

December 12th Movement

Friends Of The Congo

American Indian Movement-West Coast Branch of American Indian Movement/Grand Governing Council

Universal Negro Improvement Associations-African Communities League-RC 2020

Ancestral Sacred Traditions Legacy Alliance (ASTLA) (US Virgin Islands)

Hood Communist (DC Metropolitan Area, California, New Mexico)

Malcolm X Commemoration Committee; The People’s Organization for Progress, The Newark Anti Violence Coalition; Newark Communities for Accountable NCAP, Newark, New Jersey

J. Kweeku Lumumba(co-chair), David Joshue (co-chair), Hugh Esco (Secretary), Denica Traina (Treasurer)

Executive Committee Georgia Green Party

Dr. James Pope

Africa World Now Project

Kwame Uhuru

Executive Producer

What Good is A Song? WRFG Atlanta 89.3 FM

We Charge Colonialism

State 55

Republic of Zambia

Economic Fighters League

Republic of Ghana

Tierney Peprah, Steering Committee Chair, We Charge Colonialism / Host of Afrikan Esquire TV

Obi Egbuna Jr

External Relations Officer

Zimbabwe Cuba Friendship Association