Chris Smalls Goes to Cuba
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- čas přidán 21. 12. 2023
- Amazon Labor Union President Chris Smalls went to Cuba for May Day 2023.
But his fight to change U.S. policy toward the island didn’t stop there.
Named one of Time’s 100 most influential people in 2022, Smalls grabbed international headlines during the pandemic for organizing employees of e-commerce giant Amazon into the first independent, worker-led union in U.S. history.
Follow Chris and a delegation of young U.S. labor leaders around Havana in a new production from award-winning media outlet, Belly of the Beast:
Chris Smalls Goes to Cuba.
#cuba #labor #amazon #union #unitedstates #havana #exchange #workers #solidarity #embargo
CORRECTION: At 6:06, Michael Vera is a member of the Inlandboatmen’s Union of the Pacific, Marine Division, ILWU
It is amazing to see people from the US with their eyes opened. Let Cuba Live!!!!!!!
They didn't got the best part, get away from race and move over to the side of culture, you got all kinds of people in Cuba too, some like each other, some not but they are not killing each other because of their differences. Politic does that. My country is pretty special but they should have gone to Sam Miguel del Padron, La Corea, Los quema'os (where I grew up), Pogoloti, Alamar, Cerro. He was just doing guided communist tourism. If he goes to any of those places I mentioned with all those gold chains he doesn't come out alive. Hahahahaha. Props for trying but those of us who grew up in the "Belly of the beast" Still know what's up.
@@piterb.5444 the problem is that name the nicest, wealthiest, safest place in the USA and those gold chains don't make it even 1 second.
the belly of the beast in cuba is like walking down main street in the USA.
Ty for sharing your view. My people are struggling over here. The time you took to view and post means alot to us.
God bless you and yours.
Every time I see Chris out here puttin it down I think of the smirking Amazon execs calling him “inarticulate” and not a threat. He ain’t looked back since.
Went to Cuba in 2018 and it shattered my view of the world. If you go, part of you will always be there.
The Cuban government protected USA citizens so there was never any fear ever. Dark alleys alone no problem. Leave your stuff unattended no problem.
$56 travel insurance gave you better healthcare than the US. You cannot get a hangover from Cuban rum it's so pure.
Ty for your time to view and post. We here in Cuba admire people like you and feel blessed to know others on the outside take time to view and post concerning our issues.
God bless you and yours.
@@davidperez-fk7ev I can't wait to go back. Cuba is so beautiful. Trinidad, la Cueva, playa Ancon, Vinales, Havana... it's a perfect country.
Every day more Americans know that the USA hurts Cuba.
bless you.
This was great, however felt short (give us more please 😂) and would have liked to see more conversations between Chris and regular Cubans. Just felt like you dipped your toe in! Please do more 😊✊🇨🇺
❤ ty for your concerns and requesting more information on my people and our struggles.
Keep it moving! I love to see the work Chris and the ALU are doing. This struggle is a worldwide struggle.
Chris Smalls has inspired me in ways I hope we all inspire each other
Never doubt a Black man. This is the strength of the new generation of revolutionaries in Amerika. 👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽
💗💗💗💗 the whole world loves Cuba
Ty for your post.
God bless you and yours.
Viva Cuba!
Très inspirant. Respect
Way to go Chris! I have always been in step with Cuba because of the Afro-Cuban (People of African descent)! But yes thank you Chris for standing for Equal Rights and Justice for the Cuban People!
We don't have Afrocuban people, we are all Afrocuban. No matter the color of your skin, who doesn't have of Congo have of Carabalí people. We are just Cubans period. Too bad you are not living in Cuba the way actual nationals live, work hard the entire month day in and day out, by the first week your salary is done, you have nothing left, then to the black market we go! And maybe with a little bit of luck we can put some food on the table. The healthcare system is broken, we have no medical supplies, and our acquisition power is nonexistent. Believe me, I was born and raised in Havana, the American blockade is the list of the problems Cuba has. The day our countrymen and women decide to stand up for a proper democracy and a legal free market, the United States of America will be forced by their own people to shut down the Blockade just to reopen direct commerce with Cuba.
@@piterb.5444 A leak from the CIA has said that one of the reasons it has to hold down Cuba is that it cannot allow the world to see a healthcare system that works. Cuba's healthcare may be broken because it has no supply chain of medical supplies but the USA's healthcare is broken on purpose to keep its citizens unhealthy.
The $56 travel insurance I paid going to cuba for healthcare is basically like one single medicine pill here in the US, teehee.
Hello my friend, I understand your views and your pain. I was born in Havana , yet raised in the USA . I am totally convinced our main issues stem from the blockade. I am currently working for a better Cuba and I know we will overcome the USA and it's goal to destroy our system.
God bless you and yours.
Chris, my man , my man !!! Just found you on X and now just seen your doc. I need to tell you brother, I am touched by the choosing of your words regarding my people. You are very talented and I can tell your passion for causes you believe in are second to none.
I am living in Cuba now, even though I was raised in the US. I have buisness here ( for profit ) and I am starting several non- profits.
My brother, let's talk.
God bless you and yours.
This was a nice video!! 🇨🇺💪🏾
Bravo❤
This is great work your doing Chris, thank you for taking the time n bring awareness to the 🌎 about Cuba. Your truly an inspiration n 💯 right, Cuba n it's people DO NOT belong on the terrorist list! Enough with the bull 🐂💩
Ty so much for watching and taking time to post. You are so right when you say we don't belong on the terrorist list.
God bless you and yours.
cuba si, bloqueo no! US hands off cuba!
Freedom for political prisoners 🇨🇺 Cuba is a communist dictatorship
Love you guys! Such an underrated channel
The streets, the blocks children kids. Parents adults we played softball all of us in the streets, that was in the 80s in Greenland. A beautiful time. I moved to Denmark with my kids. There are no kids in the streets, that how paranoid people are in Denmark. Everything they do have to be timed and planned! Sick environment for kids to grow up in.
Viva Cuba
✊🏽✊🏽✊🏽
Viva cuba ✊🏾❤️🔥🍉
🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🇨🇺🙏🏽
Did he wait in line 5 hrs for a couple ounces of cooking oil? I mean he wanted the Cuban experience...
MAN!!!!
I spent 6 years in Cuba, now I am able to hold a modest conversation in Spanish and acquired a Bachelors degree in Computer Science. Those 6 years were not a bed of roses. The struggle is 100% real. I am 100% against this embargo and 100% against their form of government. Remove the embargo, change the form of government and Cuba will leave the rest of the Caribbean islands in the dust. If there is one thing I miss about Cuba is the baseball. Viva las naranjas, viva Villa Clara
Ty for your kind words my friend. Although I don't agree with your idea on our government, I respect it. Please know this, we will overcome the USA and all it's cruel sanctions towards us. Forthermore, we will show the world that two countries living 90 miles apart can co exist and relate with one another, without issues on their belief system.
God bless you and yours
This clip is literally PR for Mr. Smalls - absolutely no substance about Cuba and how real people get by . I wonder who paid for his trip and entourage
I would not be walking around Cuba with jewelry on
@juelz713 you mean you wouldn't be walking around the USA with jewelery on.
Cubans don't steal tourist's stuff because the government will punish them for that. Their country thrives off tourism.
When I went you could leave your valuables ANYWHERE unattended and nothing would happen.
As long as you are not afraid of haggling in broken spanish you will be safe and feel safe in Cuba.
@@Arcexey Spot on. I was there last year and at one point, I left my phone (a brand new iphone 13) on the ground. I came back 30 minutes later to look for it, and figured my efforts were in vain. I couldn't find it on the ground, but as I was about to give up, a young Cuban man chased me down telling me he was looking everywhere for me after he saw me misplace my phone. The guy handed back to me with no expectation of any sort of reward. Unbelievable.
@@isaacgielen hell yeah. this was my experience exactly.
since Americans can't use the hotels and only use AirBnBs it's like you're already leaving your stuff in a completely foreign family's protection.
I went with two girls and they both said they felt 100% safe walking down dark alleys with club outfits on.
they even said they agreed with the locals that getting cat called in Cuba is actually a way to protect you. it's a respect thing, that the community did that to label the women as protected and to announce it to others.
sounds completely bizarre but was absolutely true.
using the word "physics" debunks elementary school subtraction in favor of #one=#first law of #thermodynamic "Energy": 1 ± 1 thumbs #will "equal" yet "gravity opposing" +2 thumbs
Glad you went but the look, the saggin, several rags on your head the gold teeth!! All for being an individual but you have walked onto bigger stage. You weren't back in the hood. That's were started, the mentality is not were we stay.
Talk to Cubans who have left the country as well so you can get a full understanding of the situation not a one sided story.
We know there side. They left because they had to give up the plantations lol
Your portrayal of the healthcare system as a success is misleading. The reality for many Cubans is far from what you depict; they are enduring immense struggles under a regime that has been controlled by the same family for over 65 years. This isn't merely about healthcare inefficiencies; it's about the systemic repression of a nation.
You seem to overlook the glaring issue of over 1000 political prisoners and the stark absence of free expression. Consider this: if someone like Chris were a black Cuban, his fate could be similar to that of Luis Manuel Otero Alcantara or Maykel Castillo, both of whom have suffered under this regime for their dissent.
It's disheartening to see your channel attempt to shape the narrative about Cuba in such a way, diverting attention from the core issues. The rampant repression experienced by Cubans is not a byproduct of the U.S. embargo. The root causes are deeper, tied to the lack of fundamental freedoms - the freedom to move, organize, speak, think, or create. These are not constraints imposed from outside; they are woven into the fabric of the current regime.
In closing, my hope, contrary to the picture you paint, is for the Cuban people to find the freedom they truly deserve. This will only be possible with the end of the totalitarian communist regime that has held the nation back for far too long.
“The freedom they truly deserve” is like they freedom albanians got in 92?
I cant relate to him, using so much gold and proprietary clothes. Like, really? Socialism and boasting?
Socialism isn't a poverty cult. If he wants to express himself through fashion let him be it... more attention for the labor movement so I don't care.
don't focus on the aesthetics
So his actions, words, and cause are just to you. But his clothes are the issue? Technically, everything he is wearing could be a knockoff. Just imagine that. It’s all fake. Then only consider who he is as a person and not the packaging and you will see he is admirable.
Amigo, most of the gold in the world right now is extracted with the worst labor conditions in an ecocidal way (like illegal garimpos in south america). He is proudly doing propaganda for labels associated with slave claims all over the world. Its not aesthetics or a poverty cult, we cannot endorse this kind of fashion@@surrealchemist
@FelipeVellosoHollanda Cuban culture is all about that. they don't have that much to do so that's why every Cuban has a perfect haircut and worked out and looking good. and cuban women are 10/10. you should absolutely bring your bling to cuba but share some of it. Bring a few cuban baseball player shirts to hand out to people.
There's no such things hace blockchain in Cuba if you go to the Market You Will find American products the Chicken in the Market is American incuba de only in embargo
You can buy anything you want from me (and I'll give you a special price among "friends"), its just not possible to sell anything to me. I can't supply you with anything if you run out of money of course.
A theater, a staging that is not the reality of Cuba. #SOSCuba Freedom 🇨🇺 No more communist dictatorship
Sorry my friend, I don't agree. I was raised in the US and I'm living in Cuba full time now. I can assure you there's no " theatre " in this documentary.
I want to thank you for viewing and posting. My people are blessed when outsiders take time to educate themselves and others on what we are going thru.
God bless you and yours.