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Everything I've written from and about Cuba and Cubans — dispatches on this site and pieces published elsewhere.

Heading Back to Cuba

August 15, 2026 · Substack

Next trip: arriving Havana September 20, 2026. Attacked and robbed in Vedado in June — the blockade's desperation, made real. Cuba needs solidarity now more than ever.

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Cuba's Caregiving Despite the Blockade

August 7, 2026 · Counterpunch

While the US blockades all energy to the island, Cuba targets cures — lung cancer, diabetes, COVID vaccines, dementia, Parkinson's.

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Cuba's Miracle Breakthrough for Alzheimer's Amidst the Genocidal Oil Blockade

May 29, 2026 · Counterpunch

Part two: riding across Havana with ICAP to the Center for Molecular Immunology.

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Cuba's Miracle Breakthrough for Alzheimer's Amidst the Genocidal Oil Blockade

May 22, 2026 · Counterpunch

Eight and a half years as my mother's caregiver through vascular dementia, and what Cuba's Alzheimer's research means under the blockade.

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Torn dollar bills, Palestine, and Lightning in Cuba

March 1, 2026 · Substack

There is no internationalism without solidarity in real time.

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My Family, the Human Family and Cuba

January 29, 2026 · Substack

Recent reflections.

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How Cuba Shaped and Shapes Me

June 4, 2023 · Substack

Older writing that explains my general perspective on Cuba.

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Why is Canada refusing Cuban doctors?

April 14, 2020 · Counterpunch
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mstainsby@resist.ca

Based in K'emk'emeláy (Vancouver, British Columbia), aka the unceded traditional territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations.

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