Solidarity with Cuba w/ The Assata Shakur Brigade

Guerrilla History

Henry

Education, History

4.8 • 669 Ratings

🗓️ 30 April 2026

⏱️ 97 minutes

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Summary

In this episode of Guerrilla History, we are happy to be joined by four members of the Assata Shakur Brigade to discuss their solidarity brigade to Cuba, as well as anti-Cuban propaganda, international law and how it relates to Cuba, Cuba's historical role in Africa, and the history of solidarity brigades to Cuba. This is a very important episode, and we want to make sure that you check out the Brigade's website at https://assatashakurbrigade.org/, and if you are able to do so, support their fundraiser: https://fundrazr.com/aidtocuba

Also follow them on all social media platforms: @assatashakurbrigade (Instagram mainly)

Nuvpreet is cofounder of the Assata Shakur Brigade, and an organizer and writer based in London.

Alfie is cofounder of the Assata Shakur Brigade and an anti-imperialist and anti-war activist in London including with Friends of Socialist China, Codepink Britain, and the US-UK Bases off Cyprus campaign.

Alessandro Zancan is an artist, developer and independent researcher. They are the founder and lead developer of MatGen, an associate editor and graphic designer at Iskra Books, and member of the Friends of Socialist China Britain Committee. Follow on Instagram and X: @ale_zancan, and be sure to check out Ale's Mindlessness Video: https://youtu.be/TcD5wubqZn4?si=9YDr-gJmE92e-llt

Grace Balchin is currently studying a Master's degree in international law at SOAS, with research focusing on the imperialism of international institutions. She is an editorial assistant at Iskra Books, as well as being a member of the Assata Shakur Brigade. She also works as a veterinary care assistant. Follow Grace on Instagram: @gracebolshevik

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0:00.0	You don't remember Den Van Booh?
0:09.0	No!
0:10.0	The same thing happened in Algeria, in Africa.
0:14.0	They didn't have anything but a rank.
0:17.0	The French had all these highly mechanized instruments of warfare, but they put some guerrilla action on.
0:29.7	Hello and welcome to guerrilla history, the podcast that acts as a reconnaissance report of global proletarian history and aims to use the lessons of history
0:38.2	to analyze the present. I'm one of your co-hosts, Henry Huckimacki. Unfortunately not joined
0:43.8	by my usual co-host, Professor Adnan Hussein, who of course is a historian and director
0:48.2	of the School of Religion at Queen's University in Ontario, Canada, as he has a departmental
0:53.6	meeting today. So those of you in academia
0:56.7	can probably commiserate with him and those of you who are not in academia probably resent academia
1:02.2	for stealing him away from us today. With that being said, though, we do have a really excellent
1:07.4	topic today and we have a fascinating panel of guests that we're going to be
1:12.3	talking with about this discussion, about this topic rather. But before I introduce them or have
1:18.4	them introduce themselves, I'd like to remind you listeners that you can help support the show
1:22.5	by going to patreon.com forward slash gorilla history. That's a G-U-E-R-R-I-L-A history.
1:30.3	Just a reminder, we're 100% listener-supported, listener-funded. We don't have any commercials,
1:36.0	we don't have any advertisements, we don't have any external funding, other than what comes in on
1:41.3	Patreon. So if you appreciate what we do, do consider signing up there.
1:44.9	Again, patreon.com forward slash guerrilla history. So with that out of the way, we have four
1:51.3	representatives of the Asada Shakur Brigade on today to talk about the Brigade to Cuba,
1:57.7	what's happening currently in Cuba, anti-imperialist, internationalism, Cuban law,
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