Black Agenda Report
Black Agenda Report
News, commentary and analysis from the black left.

  • Home
  • Africa
  • African America
  • Education
  • Environment
  • International
  • Media and Culture
  • Political Economy
  • Radio
  • US Politics
  • War and Empire

Black Solidarity and the Cuban Revolution
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley
29 May 2026
🖨️ Print Article

Our guest is Dr. Rosemari Mealy. She is the author of "Fidel and Malcolm: Memories of a Meeting," which analyzes the significance of the 1960 meeting between Fidel Castro and Malcolm X. She has lived and worked in Cuba and was an international journalist for Radio Habana Cuba. She joins us from New York City to discuss the intensified blockade and U.S. threats against Cuba and the history of Black solidarity with the revolution.

Malcolm X
Fidel Castro
revolutionary solidarity
Cuba
Cuban revolution
Black solidarity
Blockade

Related Podcasts

BAR Radio Logo
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley
Black Agenda Radio July 3, 2026
03 July 2026
In this week’s segment, we hear analysis of the situation in Cuba, which is struggling under a U.S. siege meant to undo the revolution.
Cuban blockade
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley
Cuba Fights for Its Sovereignty
03 July 2026
James Counts Early joins Black Agenda Report editor Margaret Kimberley to discuss the latest U.S.
BAR Radio Logo
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley
Black Agenda Radio May 29, 2026
29 May 2026
In this week’s segment, we talk about the latest iterations of immigration enforcement and their connections to racist public policy, mass incarcer

More Stories


  • The Soul Will Find a Way
    Kevin Alexander Gray
    The Soul Will Find a Way
    08 Jan 2020
    Even in the era of the “African-American” tag, there’s no shaking black – because James Brown made it cool to be black.
  • Will the Assassination of Gen. Soleimani Be Trump’s 1914 Moment?
    Wilmer J. Leon III
    Will the Assassination of Gen. Soleimani Be Trump’s 1914 Moment?
    08 Jan 2020
    It appears that lies and/or false narratives are being used to rationalize this latest heinous act that may also result in another senseless war.
  • Assange and Manning are Being Persecuted for Speaking Truth to Power
    Leonard C. Goodman
    Assange and Manning are Being Persecuted for Speaking Truth to Power
    08 Jan 2020
    Had WikiLeaks existed in 2002, a patriotic officer like Chelsea Manning might have leaked the official intelligence reports and stopped a war.
  • The US Surges Into A Police State While Media White Out Structural Racism
    Netfa Freeman
    The US Surges Into A Police State While Media White Out Structural Racism
    08 Jan 2020
    Trump wants to “surge” against urban Black and brown Americans in the same way that the US surged against Iraq and Afghanistan.
  • Two Views on Queen & Slim
    From Enzo Calandra and Jelani Cobb
    Two Views on Queen & Slim
    08 Jan 2020
    The film is either “a meditation on a system of justice that treats innocent people as outlaws,” or “a bourgeois representation of the struggle against police oppression.”
  • Load More
Subscribe
connect with us
about us
contact us