on liberated lands:Cuba
“We must strive every day so that this love of living humanity is transformed into actual deeds, into acts that serve as examples, as a moving force.”
Ernesto Che Guevara
In this episode of radicals for good, we experience together on the ground resistance to imperialism in Cuba. This episode is a collection of interviews of Cubans living on the island and international comrades showing solidarity in Cuba during the 19th International May Day Brigade.
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Who’s in this episode?
Special thanks to comrades who helped make this episode!
Our guests: Iram, Anell, Sandhya, Leo, Killian, Rachelle, Sohaila, Shirhan, Jessie, Ari, Camillo, S, Quinn, and Lee Jin-hee
Translators and voice actors: Caitlin, Indy, Amber Lee, Mateo, Mosiah, and Jassenia
Editors: Alexander, Lindsay, Andy, Barae, Sandhya
Shayla Zimmerman
Founder, Host, & Producer
Shayla is a Detroit-based community organizer, storyteller, and activist whose work centers community power, collective care, and everyday acts of resistance. She currently leads for good co., a consulting firm for values-aligned organizations. She started community organizing at 15 years old, since then she’s led local and national climate resilience and water justice initiatives and built grassroots emergency response efforts on Detroit’s East Side. Previously, she was producer and co-host of Michigan-focused conversations on United Way’s Virtual Town Halls.
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Further Learning
We Are Cuba! by Helen Yaffe
Revolution within the Revolution by Michelle Chase
Remembering Che by Aleida March
sources
Land Acknowledgement: https://geezmagazine.org/magazine/article/waawiyatanong-land-acknowledgement
Sovereignty: https://www.brookings.edu/articles/cuba-the-u-s-and-the-concept-of-sovereignty-toward-a-common-vocabulary/ (sovereignty)
May Day: https://theflags.org/what-countries-celebrate-may-day/
American Tourism: https://discoverdreamlands.com/tour/when-did-cuba-allow-american-tourists
Mallory Memo: https://www.radiorebelde.cu/english/the-mallory-memorandum-outlined-the-blockade-against-cuba-66-years-ago-06042026/
Donroe Doctrine: https://www.democrats.senate.gov/newsroom/trump-transcripts/transcript-president-trump-discusses-the-capture-of-nicolas-maduro-in-venezuela-10326
Donroe Doctrine: https://theintercept.com/2026/05/27/trump-donroe-doctrine-violence-western-hemisphere-cartels/
Donroe Doctrine: https://acleddata.com/report/us-donroe-doctrine-reshaping-conflicts-latin-america-and-caribbean
Detroit Energy Sovereignty: https://liberatedetroit.org/why-im-fighting-for-energy-sovereignty/
Detroit Energy Sovereignty:https://sustainablepowernews.com/detroits-energy-divide-utility-giants-abandoned-poor-neighborhoods/
Detroit Energy Sovereignty:https://planetdetroit.org/2026/03/how-canceled-clean-energy-projects-are-costing-michigan-and-what-happens-next/
Detroit Energy Sovereignty:https://www.vice.com/en/article/this-off-grid-project-is-bringing-streetlights-back-to-detroit/
Detroit Energy Sovereignty:https://detroitmi.gov/government/mayors-office/office-sustainability/energy
Imperalism: https://humanidades.com/en/imperialism/
Cuba history: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/upstream/id1082594532?i=1000759956373
Literacy: https://www.prosperityforamerica.org/literacy-statistics/
