. The New McCarthyism, Cuba and Communism 7/20/2026
A new McCarthyism is being designed in Washington that puts all democratic rights in jeopardy. The House Ways and Means Committee has issued subpoenas demanding that three peace and justice organizations turn over internal communications, membership lists and financial records. This demand came 1 day after the release of a State Department report called “Cuba: The Capital of 21st Century Communism” claiming that Cuba is the center of global terrorism and it comes after a recent Trump speech claiming that the biggest threat to the country is Communism. The State Department report names 43 people and organization including Democratic mayors, members of congress, a Labor Union and numerous journalists and organizations across the movement including the National Lawyers Guild, IFCO/Pasters for Peace, Code Pink, Black Lives Matter, The Democratic Socialists of America and many more. The subpoenas are issued against, Breakthrough News, The People’s Forum and Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research. This is an attack on all who dare opposed the government’s wars, their attacks on immigrants or any of their social and political policies. It comes right before the November midterm elections for which the Trump administrations is trying to limit our voting rights as well as our freedom of speech. And it comes as the Trump administration has imposed an extreme blockade on the people of Cuba denying them fuel and other necessities of life. The real center of global terrorism is the U.S., which has killed millions in recent years through its wars, its support for genocide in Gaza as well as killing of suspected immigrants and protesters on our streets. On July 16, President Trump and Secretary of State Rubio held a “Ministerial on the Resurgence of Political Terrorism” at the State Department which brought together representative of 66 countries to organize against left-wing movements, worldwide. This move takes the reactionary policies of the U.S. government and tries to institutionalize them internationally. It is an attempt to destroy all opposition to the ever increasing aggressive and undemocratic policies of the Imperialist countries
s as their white-supremacist system of dominance are increasingly being challenged by Global South countries and working people throughout the world. Their right-wing FOX news outlet has conducted an “investigation” which claims there is a global conspiracy and a network of over 2,000 nonprofits, activist groups, think tanks and media organization worldwide that is behind the anti-Israel demonstrations as well as the actions against the Cuba blockade, ICE raids and data centers. They try to say that our views are not our own but simply a conspiracy of these 2,000 organizations. It is reminiscent of the witch hunts of the 1950s when we were told that our ideas are not real but simply a product of communist propaganda. If we want to be free to exercise our democratic rights we must join together, support all individuals and organizations that are under attack and never give an inch to this move towards fascism and war. Stop government attacks! Hands off Cuba! End the wars at home and abroad! |
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