Cuba and Imperialism: Past and Present – Vijay Prashad Australia Tour

Cuba has always occupied an outsized role in international affairs. An outpost of socialism in the backyard of the U.S., Cuba has stood as an example for revolutionary movements the world over. But for this reason Cuba has also been subject to unabated attacks from the forces of imperialism: interventions, infiltrations, a U.S. embargo that continues to this day—all of these have been more or less permanent fixtures of Cuban political reality.

In this talk, Vijay Prashad offers some reflections on the Cuban project, now 70 years deep, and takes contemporary Cuba as a locus through which to analyse the dynamics of today's imperialism. If it is true that world capitalism has entered a new stage of hyperimperialism, then what are the consequences of this, not only for Cuba, but for all revolutionary movements across the Global South?

This is a joint event with the Australia Cuba Friendship Society and the Cuban Embassy in Australia.