April 30, 2001
NEW YORK — In a festive atmosphere, close to 200 people jammed a public meeting here April 14 to celebrate the 40th anniversary of Cuba’s victory at the Bay of Pigs over a U.S.-organized invasion. It was one of the largest meetings in recent years sponsored by Casa de las Américas, an organization of Cuban-Americans in the New York area who support the revolution.
Luis Miranda, director of Casa, noted that apologists for Washington cannot explain how in April 1961 revolutionary Cuba was able to deal such a decisive blow to the most powerful imperialist government in the world. “They forget the numerous gains the Cuban people had made with the revolution,” such as wiping out illiteracy through a mass mobilization of young volunteer teachers and a sweeping land reform.
The new generations in the U.S. must learn the truth about these events, he said.
April 30, 1976
BOSTON, April 21 — In the face of rapidly escalating anti-Black terror here, leaders of the Black community have decided to postpone the national pro-busing march scheduled for April 24.
March coordinator Maceo Dixon told the media: “This city is hot. It is tense. The race polarization has escalated with the recent beating of two Black bus drivers in South Boston and the beating of a white man in Roxbury.
Government complicity with the racist antibusing forces has been decisive in creating the polarization that led desegregation leaders to postpone the national action. As Dixon told the news media, “It’s not possible to hold a peaceful, legal activity at this time. The government and the racists hate this march. They know that Blacks and the majority of whites are for a peaceful, legal march and rally in Boston.
April 30, 1951
Ten months have passed since Truman intervened in the Korean civil war. He called it a “police action” — implying that a brief display of American armed might would suffice to “restore order.” Gen. MacArthur gave the impression that all that was needed was for a couple of divisions of American troops to march in and the North Korean forces would scurry like scared rabbits.
But the North Koreans didn’t run. To remain in Korea at all, Truman and MacArthur had to commit nearly half a million personnel to the fighting. The U.S.-U.N. armies are again in retreat. The U.S. communiques are silent about the appalling toll being taken of U.S. and U.N. troops.
U.S. bombs have flattened almost all of Korea, slaughtered and maimed millions of Koreans. That has not stopped the war. Only the direct intervention of the American people can put an end to it.