A Bandung Conference In Harlem: The Meaning Of Castro’s Visit Uptown DECEMBER 1, 2016 BY GARRETT FELBER [Repost]

Since Fidel Castro passed away last Friday, news coverage has been predictably polarizing: from celebrating his commitment to anticolonial liberation struggles to (more often) discarding the Cuban revolutionary as the final relic of the Cold War (an honor that more fittingly bestows Henry Kissinger). Crowds in Cuba mourned while crowds in Miami celebrated. President Obama was predictably cordial, while Donald Trump was predictably uninsightful. And on Sunday, as Colin Kaepernick took the field against the Miami Dolphins, he was booed for previously supporting Castro by wearing an X cap and tee-shirt with photos from the famous meeting between Malcolm X and Castro at the Hotel Theresa…CLICK HERE to read the rest.