Groundings Podcast
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Groundings Podcast
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we sit, we listen, we talk, we share, and we learn... so that we can organize


Hear from members as they discuss the aims of the convoy, the impact of the tightening US imperialist blockade, and the incredible resilience and resistance of the Cuban people as they defend Cuba's sovereignty. April 1, 2026 | 2:00 pm ET bit.ly/ReportBackCuba

Iranians deserve freedom and self determination. They are being brutalized in their fight for it. This battle exceeds this moment & is being led by mass movements built over decades. Must read essay on strategy after massacre. #Iran alikadivar.substack.com/p/after-the-ma…




🔴#ATENCIÓN | Apagón sorpresivo deja sin luz a varios sectores de Quito la noche de este martes. Un repentino corte de energía eléctrica sorprendió a varios sectores de la capital. Barrios como Cochapamba, Pinar Alto, El Bosque, Calderón, Chillogallo, La Atahualpa, Santa Anita, Sangolquí y el valle de Los Chillos reportaron la interrupción del servicio según reportes en redes sociales. La Empresa Eléctrica (EEQ). Hasta el momento, no detalla las causas del corte de energía.


🕵️ New: U.S. embassies to coordinate with Pentagon psy-ops unit and Elon Musk: 🔹Secretary of State Marco Rubio signed a cable Monday ordering all U.S. embassies and consulates worldwide to run coordinated campaigns against what it calls foreign “anti-American propaganda,” according to The Guardian. 🔹Embassies are instructed to recruit local influencers, academics, and community leaders to spread messaging that appears locally driven rather than directed by Washington. The cable also promotes X’s “Community Notes” feature as a crowdsourced way to counter anti-American narratives “without compromising free speech or privacy.” 🔹The directive tells diplomats to work with the U.S. military’s psychological operations unit and use X—owned by Elon Musk—as a key tool, describing it as an “innovative” way to counter disinformation.

BREAKING: 🇷🇺🇨🇺🇺🇸 Russia breaks Cuba's oil blockade Russian tanker carrying 100,000 tons of crude arrives in Cuba, awaiting unloading, Russian Transport Ministry said. In January, Trump announced that Cuba would no longer receive any oil, which has since affected supplies.



Breaking: The U.S. is allowing Cuba to receive a major oil shipment from Russia. The tanker is about to enter Cuban waters, and the Coast Guard will not confront it, according to a U.S. official. This breaks a monthslong U.S. oil blockade. w/ @EricSchmittNYT


It seems that the Russian tanker Anatoly Kolodkin is set to break the US siege on Cuba imminently and deliver some 730,000 barrels of crude oil to the island. Its arrival would be historic, marking mark a severe blow to a key instrument of US power.

The two-step of 'these bad things being said about X are Amerikkkan lies/propaganda' to 'okay the claims are true but you shouldn't say it' never stops being funny. A shame it keeps happening in such serious contexts












