On this day in 1959:

Fidel Castro is sworn in as Cuba’s🇨🇺 Prime Minister after an armed uprising against the US-backed dictator Fulgencio Batista. Batista was seen as a puppet of the US, with much of Cuba’s economy ending up in the hands of American companies .

By the late 1950s, US financial interests owned 90% of Cuban mines, 80% of its public utilities, 50% of its railways, 40% of its sugar production and 25% of Cuba’s bank deposits. The prevailing situation sparked widespread discontent against Batista and general anti-American sentiment, leading to widespread support for Castro’s communist insurgency.

(Source: Smithsonian Magazine)

ICYMI:

A letter written by ex-undercover NYPD policeman Raymond Wood alleges that his department and the FBI were involved in the murder of Malcolm X

“I participated in actions that in hindsight were deplorable and detrimental to the advancement of my own Black people. My actions on behalf of the New York City Police Department were done under duress and fear.”

-Part of Raymond Wood’s letter. Malcolm X’s daughters are demanding the investigation be reopened

Kelechi Okafor on Meghan & Harry Interview: Of Course The Royal Family is Institutionally Racist! https://youtu.be/cB17AacUzrM

US political scientist John Mearsheimer in 2015: #Ukraine's neutrality, development of the Ukrainian economy, will empower it to get out of NATO-#Russia🇷🇺 great power competition

-US encouraged Ukraine🇺🇦 to not compromise with Russia, end result will be Ukraine getting 'wrecked'

WATCH: Senator Lindsey Graham calls for Vladimir Putin's assassination

At a time when Russia's nuclear forces are on high alert, when the world is calling for a halt to Russia's invasion and a ceasefire...known war-hawk Lindsey Graham calls for a dangerous escalation with nuclear stakes

'I don't think enough weapons were shipped in...Biden faces real risk that he will be seen as doing too little too late

-Former US🇺🇸 Ambassador @AmbJohnBolton to the UN on Russia's🇷🇺 invasion of #Ukraine

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'It's a war of imperial conquest by a Tsarist President in Moscow'

-John Bolton on Russia's🇷🇺 invasion of Ukraine🇺🇦

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Wikileaks cable from 2008 suggests the US KNEW that flirting with NATO membership for Ukraine🇺🇦 would split the country, cause a civil war and may cause Russia🇷🇺 to intervene

While Russia has the blame for an illegal invasion, the US bears blame for goading Russia into reacting?

As thousands of anti-war demonstrators took to the streets in Russia🇷🇺 to protest the invasion of #Ukraine🇺🇦, thousands were arrested by the police.

Russia's interior ministry said police had arrested around 3500 people, the independent OVD-info group puts the number over 4300.

'Thanks to Putin, now NATO has its purpose, it's more united than ever'

-@codepink's @medeabenjamin slams Russia's🇷🇺 invasion of #Ukraine🇺🇦

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