Irina Vilarino, a Cuban immigrant, Lily Tang Williams, a Chinese immigrant who survived Mao's cultural revolution, and Peter Lumaj, an immigrant from communist Albania, weigh in on the protests in Cuba.
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End to the communist
end to the communist
dictatorship, as the country is
plagued by food and medical
shorters power outages and
increasing covid deaths.
Joining us now are a couple of
immigrants who each fled
communist regimes for the
Freedom of America,
Ail Bannian, immigrant Peter LA
image left his home and family
following severe government
persecution there and Chinese
who survived the move cultural
revolution
good morning to both of you
good morning,
good morning, Steve
Steve Good Morning,
Peter. Let me start with you
when you look at those images,
it has to be deja vu all over
for you and your family from a
communist country.
Clearly, communism, Cuba is not
working and thats why they
pulled the plug on the social
media. Application people were
getting these images out because
Cuba doesnt want the world to
see what the communism doesnt
work.
Communism doesnt work
anywhere, not only in Cuba.
This is a confrontation between
two irreconcilable entities.
Is that true, communist
the elites trying to maintain
power through Bruit Force and
the Anti communist sort of
people who want freedom and
liberty?
This is a confrontation that
eventually is going to have to
happen.
Socialism can be voted in
but to maintain power, tough use,
Bruit force
and to dislodge it you need a
bloody revolution. Unfortunately,
it is a confrontation that must
be had.
They must be dismantled,
it must be defeated once and for
all and it must be prevented
from returning to the island of
Cuba forever.
Communism is evil, it produces
nothing but command and control
over the population, and it
produces misery Ghaps communist
countries. They eventually
become detention centers where
people are detained by their own
government and enslaved by their
own government,
my family and I we were slaves
until we came to the United
States
and until we escaped Communist
Al Bane, I cant
we were owned by the government,
so I understand why the cube
withinwhat Thecuban people are G
right now
my heart and prayers go to them.
Steve absolutely
lets hope. Bernie Sanders just
listened to that and the scwawz
as well
Lily. You were hoping that China
would change.
They never did thats why you
got out
well, I realized I graduated
from law school. I wanted China
to have a rule of law society
instead of rule of man.
I had to flee for America
because otherwise, I feel
feared for my own life. I could
not be a free person.
Communism is like a bad
religion, taps crime against
humanity.
It just does not go well with
human natural desires because we
are born with pride.
Communist, do not see you as
human beings with privilege and
pride.
They just see you as one of
their numbers
and then politics, collective
society.
I lived in China twenty three years
I went through Maos revolution.
People were divided hate, each
other violence, chaotic society
and destroying the culture,
traditions and families,
and even today, when you look at
the Communist China, it still,
I feel, for the Cuba people
sandy loud clear message: we
stand with them.
We stand with the people of
community and get rid of
communism in the world,
Steve speaking of the people of
Cuba,
a cuban immigrant, her family,
fled the island. After her father
was released as a political
prisoner,
and now she joins us as well
Irina. Have we heard enough from
Joe Biden?
You know Jobe says we stand
with the cuban people,
but when people are trying to
leave Cuba and flee communism,
you know you have got the
Secretary of Homeland Security,
saying dont come by boat
because were just going to send
you back to Cuba, where you are
going to go immediately to
prison.
That would be fine if they
would stand in solidarity and
firmly with the cuban people,
but they are almost pleading
with the government with a
regime and you cant plead with
thugs.
They are never going to abide by
the social standards and
civility
they are always going to come
forcefully down on the people,
so its been in vain.
Their statements have been very
void of firm news
and moral backbone. Really
Steve, and you know Irenena,
you know better than anybody,
because you were very familiar
with Cuba,
those people just they want
what we have got.
They want freedom
and they have lived under the
thumb of that dictatorship long
enough.
They have had it up to here.
Maybe this is the beginning of
the end,
hopefully to
so blame this on. Covid is so
ridiculous
and myopic in scope.
There has been a whole host of
issues throughout the last sixty two
years that have culminated to
this period,
and hopefully it is the
beginning of the end
Steve. Well, we will see
Peter and Irina and Lily. We
thank you all for sharing your
stories with us on this.
Transcript generated on 2021-08-04.