Isaac Saney is a Cuba and Black Studies specialist and historian at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. He is the author of the recently published book Cuba, Africa, and Apartheid’s End: Africa’s Children Return, which delves into the history of Cuba’s internationalist example, including its role in the destruction of South African apartheid. This is the first of a two-part interview. Professor Saney joins us from Halifax. (Part 2)
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“Anti-colonial nationalism is the antithesis of US imperial rule, which is predicated to the unmitigated corporate and military plunder of the planet.”
“It is impossible to understand, or even fully appreciate, how black women have shaped national and global politics today without knowing the larger history.”
“This moment we are living through has infinite possibilities, and not all of those possibilities include the existence of humans.”
“One effective method of attacking the imperialist infrastructure is to drain its pool of enforcers by organizing a total boycott of the U.S. military.”
“Criticizing France’s role in Rwanda dovetails with the interests of Kigali, Washington, London and Ottawa.”
