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Last June, @Suzanne and I were delighted to meet Amazon Labor Union (ALU) president Christian Smalls & other ALU organizers, activists & members at the Labor Notes biannual conference in Chicago.
Chris Smalls & his team of ALU organizers are the future of our trade union movement. Their victories against Amazon & Jeff Bezos are already legendary, inspiring a new generation of union activists & organizers, across North America and beyond.
Amazon Labor Union (ALU) is officially a certified UNION!
The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) Region 28 has CERTIFIED Amazon Labor Union (ALU) at #Amazon’s JFK8 Building in Staten Island, New York after months of #NLRB hearings!
This is a HUGE moment for the entire trade union movement!
Congratulations to ALU president Christian Smalls and the entire ALU organizing team and membership!
ALU inspires us all!
When We Fight We Win 🏆 ✊🏾
Solidarity! ✊
Ex-Pentagon intelligence analyst Ana Belén Montes was released from federal prison this week after serving 20 years for passing sensitive national security information to #Cuba’s government.
“I obeyed my conscience rather than the law,” she said in 2001.
https://apnews.com/article/politics-cuba-government-prisons-4ae7a19962520edbd043ce06287bb8c0
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — A former U.S. defense intelligence analyst who was convicted of spying for Cuba more than 20 years ago has been released from a federal prison in Fort Worth, Texas. Ana Belen Montes, 65, was released Friday, Federal Bureau of Prisons spokesman Scott Taylor said Saturday.
Twelve Cuban women, mostly from Havana and Guantánamo, have earned spots on Cuba's first ever national women's boxing team.
The squad is preparing for two major upcoming regional qualifiers in San Salvador and Santiago de Chile.
https://www.France24.com/en/live-news/20221217-cuban-women-finally-in-boxing-ring
Why Does The U.S.A. Ban Its Citizens From Visiting Cuba As Tourists?
U.S. tourists can travel to Iraq, Afghanistan, Russia… but not Cuba.
Why does the U.S. government ban its citizens from going to one of the safest countries in the world as tourists?
Last month, dozens of young activists from the U.S. traveled to Cuba to meet with Cuban youth.
They were asked what they thought about Cuba and U.S. policy toward the island.
VIDEO:
U.S. blockade against Cuba stokes up irregular migration, says Cuban immigration expert attorney José Pertierra — “the U.S. government could stop the irregular migration flow from Cuba to USA, if it eliminates hostile economic policy towards Cuba.”
Havana, Jan 9 (Prensa Latina) Cuban immigration expert attorney José Pertierra considered that the U.S. government could stop the irregular migration flow from Cuba to that country, if it eliminates hostile economic policy towards Cuba.
Ana Belén Montes: “Who in the last 60 years has asked the Cuban people if they want the United States to impose a suffocating embargo on them that makes them suffer?”
#Cuba #USpoli #AnaBelénMontes #AnaBelén #AnaMontes #EndTheEmbargo #EndTheBlockade 🇨🇺
Tras pasar más de 21 años en prisión, Montes llegó a Puerto Rico y difundió un mensaje en el que asegura ser “irrelevante” y pide que se ponga el foco en Cuba, los “serios problemas” de Puerto Rico y en el medio ambiente. Su mensaje lo concluyó con las siguientes palabras: “No tengo importancia mientras…
US releases top Cuba spy Ana Belén Montes after 20 years in prison — former Defense Intelligence Agency analyst, 65, freed after being found guilty of espionage in 2002:
#Cuba #USpoli #AnaBelénMontes #AnaBelén #AnaMontes #EndTheEmbargo #EndTheBlockade 🇨🇺
Cuba: After 2022’s sustained economic crisis, accentuated shortages, skyrocketing inflation, electrical blackouts, accidents, explosions and a major hurricane, many questions loom in the daily life of Cuba and the Cuban people.
Five Questions:
https://OnCubaNews.com/en/cuba/cuba-five-questions-for-the-year-that-begins/?amp
#Cuba 🇨🇺
