This essay by Isaac Saney, a professor of Black studies and history at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Canada, accurately draws out the implications for the Cuba solidarity movement of Trump’s May 1 executive order against Cuba. Issued, not accidentally, as millions marched in Cuba on International Workers' Day, Trump's escalation "signals failure, desperation, and the danger of military aggression," Saney explains.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/46923628

May 5, 2026

While millions marched across Cuba on International Workers’ Day, “the regime of Donald Trump chose to intensify its economic war on the heroic island nation. This timing is not incidental. It is profoundly symbolic: an imperial declaration issued on the very day the Cuban people publicly reaffirm their revolutionary commitment before the world.”

This is what Isaac Saney wrote in an essay on his Facebook page on May 1, 2026. Saney is a Cuba and Black studies specialist and a professor of Black African Diaspora Studies and History at the Dalhousie University in Halifax, Canada. He is also a member of the executive board of the Canadian Network on Cuba.

We are publishing below Saney’s essay for the information of our readers because it accurately draws out the implications for Cuba, and the Cuba solidarity movement, of Trump’s May 1 executive order.