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Black Solidarity and the Cuban Revolution
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley
29 May 2026
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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.

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