Cuban regime will not hold a May Day parade in the Plaza de la Revolución

The Cuban regime decided to suspend the march of the First of May, in which he traditionally mobilized hundreds of thousands of Cubans to parade in the Plaza de la Revolución in Havana.

Is about the second suspension of the great propaganda event that brings together the leadership of the so-called “revolution” (at the top of the platform) with the working class parading at their feet.

The news was announced this Monday by the general secretary of the Cuban Workers' Union (CTC), Ulises Guilarte de Nacimiento, who explained that the decision responds to the call to celebrate workers' day with rallies "in places that do not demand massive use of transportation."

Instead of the traditional parade - which provided the iconic mass images thanks to the manipulation of the official press, the blackmail of the unions and state transportation -, the event is moved to the so-called José Martí Anti-imperialist Tribune.

One more year, the official call for "austerity" provides an alibi for the Cuban regime not to risk holding a massive event that entails potential sources of tension, either due to the eventual lack of understanding of the call by a population fed up with propaganda and misery, or the risk of shouts of protest breaking out among those attending.

In 2020 Cuba suspended the event for the first time since 1959 as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. However, it was not until last year that the regime made the decision to suspend the parade due to the worsening of the energy crisis in Cuba.

However, the Cuban regime will once again gather on the Malecón between 165 and 200 thousand people to keep alive the illusion of “popular support” that the image of the proletariat parading on Workers' Day meant.

According to Guilarte de Nacimiento, these people “will attend on foot” and will be mobilized among the residents of the municipalities near the meeting point, such as Plaza, Centro Habana, Habana Vieja, Cerro and nearby areas of Playa.

For its part, the CTC considered that those attending will represent the workers' support for the government, and that their participation will ratify the commitment of "the Cuban working class with everything related to the recovery of the economy, efficiently taking advantage of resources to increase the offer of goods and services as a way to rescue the purchasing power of salaries and pensions.”