U.S. military veterans’ organization condemns Trump’s sanctions and threats against Cuba.
During this week, progressive outlets such as Anti-War have published a manifesto issued by Veterans for Peace, a U.S. organization that has expressed its support for the Cuban people.
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More specifically, Veterans for Peace resolved to reject the latest forms of U.S. aggression against the Cuban Revolution implemented by President Donald Trump’s administration.
Veterans for Peace is a global organization of military veterans and allies whose collective efforts are to build a culture of peace by using their experiences and lifting their voices.
“We inform the public of the true causes of war and the enormous costs of wars, with an obligation to heal the wounds of wars,” it stated.
“Our network is comprised of over 140 chapters worldwide whose work includes: educating the public, advocating for a dismantling of the war economy, providing services that assist veterans and victims of war, and most significantly, working to end all wars.”
August is International Peace Month.
But there is no peace under fascism. Not with masked agents abducting our neighbors. Not with an unauthorized $30B war in Iran.
Veterans swore an oath to the Constitution.
We demand peace at home and abroad. #NoWarOnOurStreets pic.twitter.com/sdaa1fUq47
— Common Defense (@commondefense) August 1, 2026
The Veterans For Peace statement is presented in full below:
“Veterans For Peace condemns the recent report by Secretary of State Marco Rubio, accusing Cuba of interfering in the internal affairs of the U.S. and, conversely, accusing U.S. peace and solidarity activists of being agents of a foreign country, Cuba. Talk about turning things on their head!
It is the U.S. that has waged an economic war against Cuba for 64 years with a blockade that prevents it from normal trade relations with the U.S. and other countries, stunts its economic development, and denies it access to medicines and other essentials.
It is the U.S. CIA that organized a failed Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba in 1961, setting the stage for the 1962 Cuban missile crisis that almost led to a nuclear war. It is the U.S. that is currently enforcing a deadly oil embargo on Cuba, and it is the U.S. president and secretary of state who are openly threatening a U.S. military invasion of Cuba.
What has Cuba ever done to the U.S.? Cuba is being punished for declaring its independence from U.S. imperialism and for attempting to develop a socialist economic model that is not based on exploitation and profiteering.
We reject the Trump administration’s sudden return to “anti-communism” as a means of undermining the credibility of its political opponents — whether from the Democratic Party or actual left-wing organizations. If this is an attempt to intimidate those who are organizing for a just and peaceful world, it will not work.
We will not be intimidated. If Trump’s and Rubio’s sudden obsession with “communists” and “political terrorists” is telegraphing their intention for a clampdown on dissent in the U.S., we take this very seriously.
Will the racist ICE attacks on people of color be expanded to suppress all political dissent? Will the private prisons built with ICE’s billions become concentration camps for peace activists? Will the pretext of foreign interference be used to cancel or undermine the midterm elections? Will illegal and unpopular U.S. wars abroad be accompanied by fascist repression in the United States?
As veterans and active-duty military, we swore an oath to “defend the U.S. Constitution from all enemies, foreign and domestic.” We take this oath very seriously — more so than ever as the domestic enemies of our democracy ominously rear their ugly heads. We will resist.
Many Veterans For Peace members have visited Cuba, and we have made friends in Cuba. We are very concerned that the U.S. blockade — made even more devastating by Trump’s oil blockade — is causing great suffering in Cuba, including many needless deaths.
We reiterate our longtime demand for an end to the U.S. blockade of Cuba. Veterans For Peace will not be intimidated. We stand in solidarity with Cuba and with all those who struggle for human rights and democracy in the U.S.
We will support active-duty military members who refuse to participate in an illegal invasion of Cuba. We also encourage service members to refuse illegal orders to support racist ICE raids or to suppress our First Amendment rights to freedom of speech and assembly in the U.S. Peace at Home, Peace Abroad!”
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Source: Veterans for Peace
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