US economic war on Cuba continues, even after war in Afghanistan ends
b'As the 20-year war in Afghanistan officially came to an end, President Joe Biden justified US military withdrawal in an address to the nation on Aug. 31: \\u201cThis decision about Afghanistan is not just about Afghanistan. It\\u2019s about ending an era of major military operations to remake other countries.\\u201d While these remarks suggest a potential reckoning with the longstanding US policy of imperialist intervention around the world, increased US sanctions on Cuba demonstrate that such intervention persists in the form of economic warfare. From the dire strain US sanctions have put on the Cuban economy to the corporate media frenzy that exploited protests in Cuba this summer as a justification for interventionist \\u201cregime change,\\u201d it is clear that efforts by the US to \\u201cremake other countries\\u201d are not ending anytime soon.
TRNN contributor Radhika Desai is joined by Arnold August to discuss the protests in Cuba, the media narratives about the protests, and the prospects that the Biden administration will succeed in exploiting Cuba\\u2019s current troubles to achieve its interventionist ends. August is a Montreal-based author, journalist, lecturer, and the author of multiple books on Cuba, including Democracy in Cuba and the 1997\\u201398 Elections, Cuba and Its Neighbours: Democracy in Motion, and Cuba\\u2013U.S. Relations: Obama and Beyond.'