The humanitarian crisis in Cuba continues. Help DSA raise $50,000 for the most-needed medical supplies: sutures and rehydration kits. Our first purchase will be May 1st! go.dsausa.org/aid

Listen to @education.dsausa.org's podcast of our kickoff call, and join us to #StoptheSiege on Cuba!
go.dsausa.org/Cuba

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DSAers:

Looking to get involved in our Cuba Solidarity?

1. Donate to our humanitarian efforts: go.dsausa.org/VenceremosFund

2. Demand Congress support Good Neighbor policies: go.dsausa.org/STSCongress

3. Learn more here! go.dsausa.org/CubaOneStop

The Trump administration has placed Cuba under siege, cutting off oil and pushing the island toward a humanitarian disaster. We are fighting back. Join the launch of our Stop the Siege campaign with Noah Kulwin and Brendan James from the Blowback podcast on February 22: go.dsausa.org/STSCUBA

Open letter: stop Donald Trump’s cruel assault against the Cuban people. Initial signers: Mark Ruffalo, Alice Walker, Kal Penn, Boots Riley, Susan Sarandon, Vic Mensa, Alexa Aviles, over 24 elected officials, and many more

DSA is proud to sign on to this Call to Conscience and urges our members and allies to do the same. Our movement is ready to fight Trump & Rubio’s dangerous escalation and end the cruel blockade on Cuba. letcubalive.info

We call on Congress to immediately reject this escalation of hostilities, block the implementation of this Executive Order, and take up legislation to end the blockade and restore a sane, humane policy toward Cuba. The United States should be following Cuba’s example on the international stage: working for peace, stability, and normalization. Join us dsausa.org/join End the Blockade

We call on Congress to immediately reject this escalation of hostilities, block the implementation of this Executive Order, and take up legislation to end the blockade and restore a sane, humane policy toward Cuba.

Join us: dsausa.org/join

This executive order claims to “put America first” but the violence of this renewed Monroe Doctrine only serves to enrich Trump and the billionaire class. Broad majorities of Americans, including Cuban-Americans, support normalization, expanded travel rights, and an end to the cruel blockade. We understand, now more than ever, that the violence and coercion the U.S. exercises abroad reflects the same policies of violence and coercion it inflicts on minorities and working people at home. Whether in Palestine, Venezuela, or Cuba, Americans are ready for a foreign policy rooted in dignity, solidarity, and the right of every nation to live and govern themselves free from U.S. coercion. Bay of Pigs Invasion -> Gaza Genocide Decades of Imperialism

Broad majorities of Americans, including Cuban-Americans, support normalization...& an end to the blockade.

In Palestine, Venezuela, or Cuba, Americans are ready for a foreign policy rooted in dignity, solidarity, and the right of every nation to live and govern themselves free from U.S. coercion

Cuba is not a threat to the U.S. For decades, it has been a force for peace — brokering negotiations in Colombia, sending doctors to fight Ebola, and offering disaster relief across the globe. No baseless “terrorism” smears will rewrite that record. The real threat is to millions of people in Cuba who need fuel for vital infrastructure like electricity, refrigerating food, transportation, and hospitals. This is economic warfare, not national security.

"Cuba is not a threat to the U.S. ... The real threat is to millions of people in Cuba who need fuel for vital infrastructure like electricity, refrigerating food, transportation, and hospitals. This is economic warfare, not national security."

By threatening tariffs on any country that provides oil to Cuba, this executive order will deepen a humanitarian crisis that the United States itself has manufactured through more than six decades of blockade. These measures will crush ordinary people, destabilize daily life, and worsen shortages at a moment when Cuba is already facing severe hardship.

"By threatening tariffs on any country that provides oil to Cuba, this executive order will deepen a humanitarian crisis that the United States itself has manufactured through more than six decades of blockade. These measures will crush ordinary people, destabilize daily life, and worsen shortages"

New executive order escalates failed US Policy on Cuba Trump and Rubio's Siege on Cuba graphic

Trump’s Executive Order Escalates Failed US Policy on Cuba
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DSA Goes to Cuba - Class DSA regularly sends large delegations of members to Cuba to distribute aid and learn about Cuban politics, government, and society. Last fall, National Political Committee (NPC) members Cliff and Dani...

NEW CLASS EPISODE: "DSA Goes to Cuba" with NPC members @cliffconnolly.bsky.social and Daniel S-C!

We recorded prior to the VZ invasion so it remains unmentioned in this episode, but we plan to post a follow up soon. Stay tuned...

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DSA Condemns Trump and Rubio’s Threats Against Cuba in the Aftermath of the US Coup in Venezuela/DSA condena las amenazas de Trump y Rubio contra Cuba tras el intento de golpe de Estado estadounidense... Cuba, Venezuela, and all sovereign countries have the right to self-determination. It is egregious and brazenly illegal under domestic and international law that the Trump administration invaded and k...

Cuba, Venezuela, and all sovereign countries have the right to self-determination. It is egregious and brazenly illegal under domestic and international law that the Trump administration invaded and kidnapped Venezuela’s head of state, and now threatens to do the same to Cuba

black white and red graphic, text: Trump and Rubio Won't Stop in Venezuela. Responding to recent threats from the Trump administration, DSA demands Hands Off Cuba.

DSA Condemns Trump and Rubio’s Threats Against Cuba in the Aftermath of the US Coup in Venezuela

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Take action against Trump’s illegal war on Venezuela:

The Trump Administration has started an illegal war against Venezuela. This is a nakedly imperialist war to install a US puppet government that will give Venezuela’s oil resources over to US corporations and to force US hegemony over Latin America...

DSA Condemns Trump’s Illegal War Against Venezuela/DSA condena la guerra ilegal de Trump contra Venezuela - Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) The Trump Administration has started an illegal war against Venezuela. This is a nakedly imperialist war to install a US puppet government that will give Venezuela’s oil resources over to US corporati...

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tile mosaic at Fusterlandia, reading "venceremos venceremos"

We have big plans for socialist internationalism! Donate to the Venceremos Fund to support your DSA comrades in sending delegations to create international solidarity! act.dsausa.org/donate/vence...

"As a working artist, even a small scholarship made a big difference. It covered the baggage fees for bringing [donations of] school supplies and made the delegation possible for me. The support let me focus on the experience instead of the cost." - Cuba 2025 delegate

Cuba delegation with school supply donations on the front steps of the elementary school

This fall DSA sent 40 comrades from across the country to Cuba. For many delegates, they couldn't have gone without financial help from fundraising & grants. Give to the Venceremos fund & make sure that our best organizers get the opportunity to travel for socialism! act.dsausa.org/donate/vence...

delegates sit on a wall overlooking Havana harbor at sunset

This giving Tuesday @dsainternational.bsky.social is proud to launch the Venceremos Fund. This fund will help cover travel expenses for DSA members on delegation to other countries. With your support, we can spread solidarity across borders. Please donate today! act.dsausa.org/donate/vence...

While the U.S. blockade continues to punish Cuban families, DSA members are showing another path — one of solidarity, cooperation, and mutual respect. #EndTheBlockade

Join us at our national reportback on our 2025 delegation: bit.ly/25cubarp

Graphic announcing the delegation reportback on November 9th

Hear more about the delegation and DSA’s Cuba solidarity work at our Reportback on Sunday, Nov 9: bit.ly/25cubarp

We return more determined than ever to end the cruel U.S. blockade and stand with the Cuban people as they fight to build a brighter future for their country on their own terms.

Special thanks to our partners at ICAP and Amistur for helping make this delegation possible.

Cubist art of guitarists in pink and blue on a wall. Label: Realizado en Enero 2014 de Argentina a La Habana. Arte sans fronteras

View of Havana skyline off the balcony at Motivos y Razones

A stray cat gets lots of attention from delegation members at the La Divina Pastora restaurant.

Sunset view of Havana over the water at La Divina Pastora

The resilience of the Cuban people inspires us, but we also saw firsthand the hardships they face. From blackouts to shortages of basic goods, the U.S. blockade grips daily life, and things are worsening as sanctions tighten and Trump beats the drums of war in the region.

Delegates sit and listen to a presentation at ELAM.

Carlos Fernando de Cossio, Deputy Foreign Minister, speaks at MINREX

Delegates sit and listen to a presentation at CENESEX. A poster for “Crecer con Amor” ("Grow with Love") and a Cuban flag at the front of the room

We visited Cuba’s Latin American School of Medicine, which has trained thousands of doctors, including over 100 from Palestine. We also met with CENESEX to learn about Cuba’s fight against homophobia and transphobia, and with Deputy Minister Carlos de Cossio at @cubaminrex.bsky.social.

The delegation seated in Calixto García hospital, listening to a presentation from a Cuban doctor

Delegation members take notes while listening to the vice principal in the courtyard of Nicolás Estévanez Murphy primary school

The delegation outside Fusterlandia, a neighborhood-wide art project with tile mosaics

Our delegation met Cuban workers, doctors, teachers and artists who keep the country running despite the growing hardships imposed by the U.S. blockade.

When we say solidarity, we mean it.
🌹 205 members applied
🌹 85 chapters represented
DSA is showing up for Cuba in 2025.

HEY @demsocialists.bsky.social! Today’s the LAST DAY to apply for our 2025 Cuba delegation. Apps close at midnight - don’t miss it!
👉 dsaic.org/cuba25

"...We built lifelong connections for global solidarity, learned successful models for community based public service delivery & peeled back the layers of our nationally ingrained views of Socialism"

Apply to join DSA's electeds delegation to Cuba this fall dsaic.org/cuba25nov

Flyer for the electeds delegation

Yousef and two other delegationers taking a friendly mirror selfie in Havana in 2023

"In my 15 years of serving in state and local office, this trip was by far the most educational, eye opening and inspiring..." - Yousef Rabhi, Washtenaw County Board of Commissioners, and @huronvalleydsa.bsky.social