Members of the Young Socialists are joining with others and putting every effort into building picket lines and protest actions in defense of Cuba, its sovereignty, and its socialist revolution. We know that many young people here in the United States - youth who, for our entire lives, have known only wars, racism, and sexism by the employers and their twin parties and their government - will join in these actions to show solidarity with those standing up to attack by a common enemy. Others will be open to considering the facts about a people and a revolution that has resisted in the face of enormous military, economic, and political pressure from the most powerful and violent government on the face of the earth.
It is only with the most two-faced hypocrisy that Washington can pretend to be the protector of democratic rights and "peace." It is Washington that has led massive wars against the Korean people and against the workers and farmers of Vietnam. It is Washington that attempted invasion of Cuba, backed of the apartheid regime in South Africa, prosecuted the contra war in Nicaragua, and organized the brutal bombing of Iraq and the massacre of Iraqi workers and peasants in uniform. And it is the U.S. government that is pressing the current war preparations against Yugoslavia, and carrying out military threats against China.
In drawing a line, Cuba has acted on behalf of workers and fighters everywhere: it has once against shown that the wealthy rulers' offensive will be met with resistance.
The Young Socialists demand:
Stop U.S. military provocations against Cuba!
Normalize relations with Cuba now!
End the threats, lift the embargo!
End the U.S. travel ban!