Communist Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass visited Cuba 15 times since 1973 many with the Cuban “Venceremos Brigade”
Karen Bass’s Misguided Cuban Adventure: A Flirtation with Communism in the 1970s
In 1973, a naive Karen Bass made a questionable choice that would raise eyebrows decades later: she joined the Venceremos Brigade, a group of American radicals who traveled to Cuba to cozy up to Fidel Castro’s regime. At just 20 years old, Bass hopped on this ideological joyride, claiming it was a chance for “personal and political growth.”
The Venceremos Brigade, formed in 1969, wasn’t just a cultural exchange program. It was a deliberate middle finger to U.S. policy, openly defying the trade embargo to fawn over Cuba’s so-called socialist paradise. She’s since framed the trip as a chance to “learn about Cuba’s socialist system and U.S. foreign policy.” But what exactly did she learn? That a one-party state with a knack for jailing dissidents and rationing basic goods was worth studying as a model?
Cuba in the 1970s wasn’t a utopia—it was a mess. While Bass was marveling at Havana’s state-run healthcare and education, Cubans were grappling with shortages, surveillance, and a regime that didn’t tolerate criticism. The Venceremos Brigade’s rose-colored glasses conveniently ignored the forced labor camps, the suppression of free speech, and the exodus of desperate citizens risking their lives to flee.
Bass has tried to spin this youthful indiscretion as a formative moment, a way to broaden her perspective on global politics. But her involvement with the brigade raises tough questions. Why align with a group that openly cheered for a regime hostile to American values?
Fast forward to today, and Karen Bass is the mayor of Los Angeles, a city with its own laundry list of problems—homelessness, crime, and economic strain. Her defenders might argue that her Cuban trip was a youthful misstep, irrelevant to her current role. But when you’re leading a major American city, your past choices matter. Bass’s willingness to dabble in the Venceremos Brigade’s pro-Castro activism suggests a troubling blind spot for authoritarianism, even if it’s dressed up in socialist rhetoric.
AND SPEAKING OF THE INCOMPETENT MAYOR OF THE CITY OF ANGELS KAREN BASS ….
ONCE AGAIN, THE FAKE NEWS LEGACY MEDIA OUTLETS (CNN, MSN-BS, NBC, ABC, CBS, PBS AND NPR) ARE FALSELY REPORTING THE LOS ANGELES RIOTS AS “MOSTLY PEACEFUL” … AND DEMOCRAT SCUMBAGS LIKE GAVIN NEW-SCUM, MAD MAXINE WATERS, AND THE COMMUNIST LOS ANGELES MAYOR “PUSH-BACK” KAREN BASS, ALL THREE ARE BLAMING PRESIDENT TRUMP FOR INSTIGATING THE DEMOCRAT-ENDORSED VIOLENCE … FOR HAVING I.C.E. AGENTS ROUNDING UP AND DEPORTING VIOLENT CRIMINAL ILLEGAL ALIEN INVADERS!!!
THIS IS OUTRAGEOUS DEMOCRAT INSANITY!
VOTE ANY AND ALL THESE MARXIST LEFTIST DEMOCRATS OUT OF OFFICE!
LOCK UP ALL FOREIGN NATIONALS INVOLVED IN THE VIOLENCE, FINGERPRINT AND COLLECT THEIR DNA!
LAW & ORDER MUST RULE THE DAY!
MAY GOD BLESS PRESIDENT TRUMP, HIS ADMINISTRATION AND THE LAWFUL AMERICAN PEOPLE!
MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!
Check out BASS’s history. Since the 70s she has been in a private Marxist group in cube, in addition she has been promoted to highest tier for completing Marxist chapters. Check it out for yourself
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