Posted on 11/24/2020 4:48:54 AM PST by xomething
A mob of communists attacked peaceful supporters of the San Isidro Movement, a pro-democracy artist collective, who gathered in Havana’s Central Park on Sunday to back 15 activists on hunger strike in protest of the arrest of rapper Denis Solís.
The mob chanted “the park is Fidel’s” and physically intimidated the crowd for some time before Cuban state security appeared and arrested at least 18 activists and reporters. The 15 hunger strikers did not attend as the building in which they are staying is reportedly now surrounded by Cuban police, preventing anyone from entering or exiting.
One of those now trapped inside and on hunger strike, Oscar Casanella, accused state security of hurling a container full of a noxious chemical onto the balcony of the building, presumably to hurt them. The strikers were unable to identify the substance.
State-organized mob attacks against pro-democracy dissidents are common and referred to as actos de repudio (“acts of repudiation”). The mob typically throws projectiles at dissidents, lobs insults (often racist ones as, unlike the Castro regime, most dissidents are Afro-Cubans), and threatens them in an attempt to get them to end their activism. Cuban diplomats have attempted to export actos de repudio to international venues such as the Summit of the Americas and the United Nations.
The head of the San Isidro movement, the artist Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara, urged Cubans to use public areas like parks to assemble and demand democratic reforms. A small group of dissidents answered the call on Sunday, demanding freedom generally but the release of Solís in particular. Solís was sentenced to eight months in prison in November for desacato, a crime typically translated to “disrespect” or “contempt,” after asking a police officer who had illegally entered his residence to leave.
Over 100 people made up the mob...
(Excerpt) Read more at breitbart.com ...
Our future.
Hell the counter protesters didn’t do even CLOSE to what America’s white antifa punks do to our side.
We allow mobs to do worse damage than Cuba.
And we have elections like them too now :)
And soon we will have hospitals and homes and cars like them and food and gas shortages like Venezuela ...and more
So, how many of the attackers came from Portland, Seattle and Washington, DC?
Our future? That is happening all over the US today. Granted, it will become even worse in the future.
What do you mean? It’s been happening all Summer.
Change Cube to any big American blue city.
What do you mean, future?
(2022) A mob of communists attacked peaceful supporters of the Right To Liberty Movement, a pro-democracy organization, who gathered in People’s Revolutionary Park (formerly the National Mall) on Sunday to back 15,000 activists on hunger strike in protest of the mass arrests of Christians and Jews.
The communists chanted “the park belongs to the revolution” and physically intimidated and beat the crowd on the dirt lot where the Washington monument used to be located, for some time before State Security Guard appeared and arrested at least 18,000 activists and reporters. The 15,000 hunger strikers did not attend as the camp in which they are believed imprisoned is reportedly now surrounded by BLM and Antifa police, as well as electrified fence, preventing anyone from entering or exiting.
Coming to a United States of America near you.
the down towns of Portlandia, Seattle, San Fran, Chicago, etc need to suffer financially for the chaos and rioting and destruction they have permitted...
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