A Mother of Four Finds a Unanimous Resolution Calling for the Defeat of the United States

So I’m sitting at my kitchen table last night, folding the fourth load of laundry because that’s what mothers of four do at 10 p.m., and I come across this little item that apparently nobody in the mainstream press thinks is worth mentioning. A group called the Revolutionary Communist International just held a summer leadership meeting and passed a unanimous statement. The title? “Defend the Cuban revolution! Defeat US imperialism! Fight for world socialism!” Not a suggestion. Not a discussion prompt. A unanimous statement. Every single person in that room raised their hand and said yes, let’s defeat the United States.

I’m sorry, do we not have a Department of Homeland Security anymore? Did I miss the memo?

Here’s what these people are actually saying. They claim the U.S. launched an “attack on Venezuela” on January 3 and has since imposed what they call a “near complete oil blockade” on Cuba that has “decimated” the island’s energy production. They describe the 60-year-old U.S. embargo as a “medieval siege” aimed at achieving “surrender by hunger.” They name Trump and Marco Rubio specifically, reference a “trumped-up indictment of Raul Castro,” and mention provocative military flights over the island.

Now, I’m just a mom who reads things. I don’t have a think tank. But when an international communist organization passes a unanimous resolution calling for the defeat of my country, and their own American branch, the Revolutionary Communists of America, pledges to “take up the banner” against “Yankee imperialism,” I have a few questions for the manager.

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The statement doesn’t stop at Cuba. It explicitly calls for spreading revolution to other countries. It invokes Che Guevara’s call for “two, three, many Vietnams.” It says the only way to save Cuba is world socialist revolution. It says neither China nor Russia has done anything meaningful to help, and that the so-called progressive governments in Latin America haven’t dared defy U.S. bullying. These people are not subtle. They are telling you, in plain English, what they want.

And what do they want? They want the abolition of capitalism. They say it right there. All of Cuba’s gains, they argue, came from “the planned economy and the abolition of capitalism.” They warn that Cuba’s current leadership is moving toward the Chinese or Vietnamese model, where capitalism has been restored under a Communist Party label, and they consider that a betrayal. Their solution is not reform. Their solution is more revolution. Everywhere. Including here.

Meanwhile, a solidarity post on Facebook featuring a 1969 Cuban propaganda poster pulled 1,600 reactions and 249 comments. One person wrote that “citizens are better cared-for in Cuba than those in the USA.” Another called pre-revolution Cuba “America’s Epstein island.” These are not fringe basement bloggers. This is organized, public, and growing.

I’ve been to the grocery store recently. I’ve seen what a dozen eggs costs. I know things aren’t perfect. But I also know that the last country that tried a “planned economy” had people standing in bread lines for three hours while their leaders rode in limousines, and I don’t need a PhD to see where that road goes.

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The Revolutionary Communist International is not hiding. They published this statement on their own website for anyone to read. They have an Instagram account. They have an American section openly pledged to work against the United States government. And the silence from the people who are supposed to be watching for exactly this kind of thing is deafening.

I did my own research. I read the whole statement. And I’m asking the question every parent in this country should be asking: who exactly is minding the store while a communist international with an American branch office unanimously votes to defeat the United States?

Because from where I’m sitting, folding laundry at 10 p.m., nobody is.