I'm I'm How about Gapati, this is Nick Estes, co-host of the Red Nation podcast.

We have a very special guest today, August Nymphs, who joins us actually from the same city that I'm recording from right now, Minneapolis, Minnesota.

August, do you want to introduce yourself and then we'll jump into the topic of today,

which is the Cuban Revolution and U.S. imperialism? Yes, August, Nelps, Nick, it's a real honor

and a privilege to be able to be on the broadcast, very important broadcasts, very important for us who do Cuba

Solidarity Work. I teach at the University of Minnesota, been here for many, many years,

and my main political work is Cuba Solidarity Work, and we've been doing that religiously since 1990 when the Minnesota

Cuba Committee was founded in Minneapolis. And it's been a while since we've been able to contact

with the indigenous world and indigenous communities. We used to do that regularly from time to

time, especially when

Vernon was alive. And so it's a real honor for me to be able to reconnect.

Yeah. So Vernon Belcourt was a member of the American Indian movement. He was really the

sort of international arm of the American Indian

movement as far as I understand it, really keeping in connection in his finger on the pulse

of international movements. He was, I believe he's gone to Cuba several times. He did a lot

of delegate work in Latin America. I think his last delegation was actually meeting with

Hugo Chavez before he passed away. And I think that was in 2007. But I think turning to the topic

to today, it's really important. So this coming Monday, April 20th, marks, you know, the anniversary of the 67-year

anniversary of what is known as the Bay of Pigs. And you, the Cuba Solidarity Community is hosting

an event at May Day Books here in Minnesota or in Minneapolis.

I just wanted to give a shout out to that.

So if you're here in the cities or in the Minnesota area, please stop by.

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