The growing opposition movement in Cuba has designated the 24th of each month as the "Day of Resistance." This past October 24th, the courageous democracy and human rights activists who make up the opposition on the enslaved island gathered to carry out non-violent acts of protests against the tyrannical Castro dictatorship. As expected, the Cuban regime reacted with violence, brutality, and unbridled repression.

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(October 24th, 2011)- Day of Resistance Marked by Repression

“We are all Resistance“

As has been established during the past few months, activists of the Cuban Resistance have designated each 24th of the month as the “Day of Resistance”, marked by the carrying out of non-violent activities against the dictatorship.  Each time this date has been celebrated, the regime has responded with violence- arrests, beatings, deportations, etc.  This past October 24th was no exception, as dissidents throughout the island took part in acts of resistance while also paying tribute to the recently deceased Laura Pollan, leader of the Ladies in White.

In the town of Banes, located in the province of Holguin, the Vice-President of the Rosa Parks Movement for Civil Rights and also a member of the Ladies in White support group, Marta Diaz Rondon, met with various dissidents in the home of (also Lady of Support) Gertrudis Ojeda Suarez, located in Carlos Manuel de Cespedes Street in the same city of Banes, at around 8 in the morning.  There, they hung signs with phrases such as ‘Laura Pollan, you will always be with us’ and ‘We are all Resistance‘.  The group of demonstrators were planning to take to the street but from the moment the activities began they were strictly under vigilance by State Security, the National Revolutionary Police, and the Rapid Responde Brigades.  Diaz Rondon tells that, “due to that massive operation against us, we were not able to go to the street“, but regardless, the dissidents continued to carry out their demonstration from the home of Suarez.

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