A Brief Opinion on Obama’s Visit to Cuba
Mar 30, 2016Walter Lippmann
A 21st Century War
Barack Obama is just one actor in one more scene of a transcendental drama: Cuba’s century-old struggle for freedom and social justice. We have had all kinds of adversaries, from the most respectable to the downright worst, but each one’s place in history has been dictated by the revolutionary practice of the Cuban people.
Walter Lippmann, Interviewed on Law & Disorder Radio March 23, 2016
This interview was conducted on March 23, 2016, on the meaning of President Barack Obama’s visit to Cuba. Hosted by: Michael Ratner, Michael Smith, Heidi Boghosian Law & Disorder, a groundbreaking radio program that among many things, encourages listeners to get involved with and understand the legal issues eroding all of our civil liberties — […]
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