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did you want the un to take and who stopped you? we listen, see the whole infrastructure and being totally destroyed. we meet with global news makers and talk about the stories that matter on out sierra and unprecedented. just like an industry. where do i find the rest on internet shut down? the 2014. i've taken a hard line on the biggest anti government demonstration is hello and richard gilbert and you're at the listening post where we dig into the coverage and look at how news is reported. and when it's not, cubans waited a long time to get access to information over the internet. they're government faced with a nationwide protest has been pulling the plot. it's a war of narratives with the authorities turning protest songs into propaganda.

whether they're taking penalty kicks or taking any black footballers playing for england or dealing with abuse online. but sports activism is on the rise around the world. and social media is at the center of it all. cuba is witnessing something historic. it's biggest anti government demonstrations in 60 years. in response, communist leaders are calling supporters onto the streets to protect the revolution against an opposition movement that has come together online and economy long damaged by the us trade embargo, then devastated by the pandemic, has led to shortages of the basics, food, electricity, water. many cubans say their problems run deeper than that. the days of the island being digitally disconnected from the outside world are gone. citizens have taken the platforms like whatsapp, twitter, and telegraph to talk about economic mismanagement and corruption,

what they call the failings of the state. the president miguel diaz can now is pointing the finger at washington for waging a covert information war, orchestrating what's unfolding on the streets through misleading social media campaigns, paid for with us tax dollars. and the cuban authorities have imposed temporary blocks on the internet, making credible media coverage and reliable information that much harder to find. our starting point this week is have the series of it's like every demonstrate hugh, but i have seen unprecedented demonstration. the term unprecedented gets thrown around in news stories, sometimes when it doesn't apply, but what cuba is experiencing right now. protest across the island over a broken economy, chronic shortages of food and electricity exacerbated by the pandemic,

is without precedent. there's been nothing like this since the communist revolution brought fidel castro to power in 1959. the magnitude of these and these are completely new procure in the last 60 years. the only example we have is something like nice war, c, 994. it was really easily controlled. but now we have seen thousands of people all over more than 60 cds all the promises. it was possible, of course, thanks to social media. it's a perfect storm of all kinds of factors. cove, it has really hit hard. the consequences of us sanctions has been dire and the government has not been able to give people much relief. but, you know,

for a couple of years now, cubans have access to the internet. so there's not just one side of the store anymore. and it's also the 1st time that we're seen, the government having to deal with the situation like this. and the way they react is by using a narrative that is no longer effective. that narrative forged by the state and pushed by broadcast outlets that remain tightly controlled contains some elements of truth. it blames cube economic problems on the trade embargo sanctions imposed by washington. one time, a blue gale, but it's not the full story since 2018 when the government opened up the internet access. even cubans who still support the revolution have been going online, talking about the mismanagement of their economy. when the protest went national,

the authorities imposed an internet blackout that has made it virtually impossible for citizens to get online. and for news outlets on the outside, like hours to connect to sources and interviewees on the island. these workouts are working us fuel for the fire right now. we are almost 48 hours. we travel our connection people asking them to stop to do this because they have not been able to communicate with their families in queue. they had just creating more problems for the people and people will keep criticizing the government for a day or but management of these crisis. these silent also allows like widespread of fake news. any report can come from anyone from

anywhere in the country and you don't have ways as a journalist or even a common citizen, to check whether this information is real or not. you don't have any way to verify the human rights lawyer. i of course, upload, oppose mass black out. i support the right to receive and spread information. what i don't support is the right for outside aggressors, particularly who are intent on regime change, influencing that country. they're temporarily restricting access to social media site. well that in combination, we already know about the size, scope, and duration, and manipulation of a cuban message by outside restaurants seems to me not the most unreasonable data. the. this is one of the areas where the cube story grows and murky. how much of the social media content that's been powering the protest? how many of the hashtags have been created by cubans, citizens, and how much of that has been manufactured by online operatives hostile ones

working abroad? starting with the s o s cube a hash tag which grew central to the protest movement. researchers have traced its origins to spain from with apparent connection to argentina. already has limited access to internet. and so the proliferation of such a hash tag raised a lot of why they were hundreds of thousands of big post by tens of thousands of accountants. we are able to trace some of the post back to a number of individuals in origin. tina, a country known for right when dedication to me a liberal politics that illustrates the undue influence that's going on right now. so it's, there simply isn't the capacity for this type of publication from the island itself . i think that that's something people should look into. but i don't think that

this whole thing was engineered in the sense that you can't force an uprising. and the u. s. has been trying to force an uprising for years. and ultimately, you have to have a large number of cuban people who are going to go along with the idea of going into the streets. these are not paid dissidents. these are people who are just desperate and wanting to, and wanting change the, the u. s. government has also directed hundreds of millions of dollars to cuban activists and new media platforms, critical of the communist government. and that's been paying dividends ever since. miguel diaz can narrow who later inherited the leadership of the communist party from ro, castro, loosen the government rains on what had been at tightly controlled, poorly funded digital space. after his government imposed the blackouts, diaz can now said, social media was creating dissatisfaction. rather than reflecting bell,

i'm on i didn't get how something didn't get me into a 1000 lot. this was the only thing hannah, hannah pro more john wooten dot com. and you don't want to assume that there are even many of the dog by the story that we begin can use of ref for missed and he wants to open up the country to more democratic spaces. neil yes, can open the country to internet because in order to attract for an investment to monitor nice, they have to me all the content to it they have to. but the 5 years ago in 2016 journalists were covering what they called the cuban thought. when president obama en route will castro agreed to start normalizing relations,

lifting travel restrictions and opening embassies in each other's capital. donald trump later put an end to much of that, and president biden now says he stands with the cuban people of the same people, the us 1st imposed sanctions. on 60 years ago, i stand simply to protect america from a communist threat that if it ever existed no longer. if there is one, an intended beneficiary of the trade embargo, it would be cubans, political leadership, the sanctions gift. the powers that be in has on something that every government wants. someone to blame and fax, the narrative that is everlasting. the use embargo has actually been in the queue when economy and the queue and people live. and also has been working on i q sorta q on government for every mistake they do not taking ability for or what

the situation and q regards to their management. us government policies are aimed at creating hunger and desperation, and now we have it. and so some of what's going on in cuba is a direct consequence of us policy. but, but not all of it. so we would really have to study this to figure out ok, what was caused by the embargo and what was caused by the internal inability to handle the economic crisis. of course, people should be allowed to take the street, however, decides scope and magnitude is being distorted by outside influences masking the reality of the situation of the cuban people. which if you had to poll, which would they prefer an end to the cuban embargo or in any to the castro socialist project? would overwhelmingly be hands off. you book american interior with get

me the issue of online racism has dominated political debate in the united kingdom. this past week after black players on the england football team were abused following the final of this year's european championship bureau. 2020 correct. now office here to take us through what we saw online after the match. well within minutes of english, losing that game on penalty. the 3 black players who missed their penalty cakes because faca, jaden, fencher and marcus rochefort were getting abused on social media. some of those posts, even including emoji of monkeys and british police now say they're investigating several cases of racist abuse. but tracking down those responsible isn't easy because most of the accounts are anonymous. so rather than celebrating their best tournament result in more than 50 years, the aftermath here has been ugly. exactly,

it's important to keep in mind though, that the racist backlash didn't start with that penalty shootout. several black england players face similar kinds of racist abuse before. and say that unfair criticism has been leveled at them by the u. k. right? when pref, marcus, russia, for example, he spoken out on child poverty. he frequently the subject of dubious stories in the tabloids about his lavish lifestyle and his quote, luxury homes. contrast that with glowing coverage of campaigning, former football as white, like david beckons. and what about the johnson government? what's its position on the abuse of its footballers or prime minister? both johnson has called the abuse appalling critics among them former and current ingram. players have accused johnson on his home factory, pretty patel of being hippocrates because they fail to back. the england team stand against racism, his patel speaking last month about players taking the knee before matching. god

just support. people participate in that type of gesture, gesture, politics. this ethnic senses are linked another black member of the indian squad from the up in this tweet to patel saying you don't get to stoke the fire at the beginning of the tournament by labeling our anti racism message of gesture politics . and then pretend to be disgusted. when the very thing we're campaigning against happens ok thanks talk. it's not just footballers taking a knee. all kinds of athletes are taking part in acts of protest on tennyson, basketball courts, baseball fields and hockey ranks just about anywhere that athletes compete. they're putting their political and social activism out there for sports fans to see ever since the 19 sixties and seventies. when african americans like mohammed ali and kareem, abdul jabbar brought the civil rights movement to

a wider audience. they've been told the world of sports should not be politicized or as the bron james, the basketball star has been taught, shut up and dribble. that kind of argument just doesn't fly anymore. social media has allowed this generation of athletes to get around billionaire, owners and broadcasters uncomfortable with mixing sports and politics. now they can connect directly with their millions of fans, and that's forcing leaks, federations and the brands that athletes represent to do something they've long tried to avoid. take a position on social issues. but let me post joanna, who's now one sports activist in the era of social media. all my name is kelly, the profile. i am for my chapter and once i miss national team, for me, football has been always a great tool for my activism to be voice for the voiceless women in a war turn country and mid dominated country like of renaissance,

where women and girls have never know right, one of the great tools that has helped me all the time was the access to the social media. it has given me a platform where i connect with other people around the world. leader paul paul is a sports star whose social media messaging has golf game. she aligns with a likes, a basketball player, le bron james football or marcus rushford and tennis player. now, me a soccer at lead to combine action on the field or the hordes with activism on the web. raising awareness about issues like inequality, racism, and police violence, bringing politics into around that hasn't always welcomed it. the world of sports for too long athletes were considered to be unintelligible. performers, which is really not the case. we've seen sports be a vehicle for really important discussions about n p blackness, anti indigent,

80 homophobia, islam. a phobia we have to remember sports has always been a political space. players for marginalized communities have more labor that is expected of them. as opposed to like a white straight footballer who doesn't have to worry about their humanity. so fighting for equality and equity, these are things that the marginalized athletes have always had to do. what's interesting is that athletes now are seeing an opportunity in the corner and platforms now to speak out at scale. and in collaboration with or at least of similar prominence, you could tell women's m b i as a whole speaking out about racial justice, megan repeat on behalf of the us from his football team in relation to social issues as well. she stepped up, mark as rush was, took on the british government twice over supplying free school meals to children. poverty is important. remember there's a huge tradition of actually speaking out. it's a tradition that goes back to at least 1936. the year numerous athletes boycotted,

the burning olympics in protest against the rise of naziism in the country. 3 decades later sprinters john carlos and tommy smith brought american civil rights issues into the mexico olympics, raising their fist in a black power salute. they were fighting the same fight as boxing champion. mohammed lee lee was a force in the ring and had heavy weight communication skills modified a legal. but if you notice, i'm then the most persecuted. he brought those skills to issues like racial inequality and the war in vietnam. but sports stars have paid the price for their activism. when a li refused to fight in vietnam, he was strict of his title embarked from fighting for 3 of his prime years. sprinters, carlos and smith were dropped from the us track team, and more recently nfl quarterback calling copper, nick, lost his job for silently protesting social injustice. no other team has touched

him since me. when confronted with politics, the sports industry finds itself compromised. it's wary of upsetting conservative audiences. a position summed up in the ninety's by basketball superstar and the face of sports clothing bred nike, michael jordan, who said conservatives by sneakers too. since the late 1960, the sport industry has grown astronomical levels, right? television, money, advertising money, the influx of corporate sponsorships really skyrocket. so that meant that. 3 athletes like michael jordan figure could be successful on the court, but could be really successful in terms of advertising. and in order to become a corporate icon, you have to have a very sanitized image, sports off broadcast all over the world. and consumers of those sports have a wide range of social values, traditional values,

and sponsors like to play safe and an athlete is outspoken on global platforms about issues that many people are conservative about is a threat to their income streams. and that's a natural class between the desires of capitalism, the desire sometimes of social progress, social justice, what have you call in over the past decade. social media has rewritten the rules, allowing athletes to circumvent media gatekeepers and communicate directly with fans. in 2018, the british football raheem stirling trip to instagram to the queue sections of the british press, a fueling racism with their portrayal of black players. in the past, sterling would have to go through those same media outlets to get his message out. now he can shared with his millions of followers with just one click escalade. papa can tell you that's a game changer in 2018. unfortunately, our national team faced a major challenge, a culture of sexual abuse, you know,

going to some football situation. the creator of that culture was the former president of football federation. and the only thing i was thinking about how i can use my social media channel to raise awareness about what is happening with the national team. we received a lot of hate messages and backlash from their football federation on people who are against our fight or against our campaign. but we managed to get a lot of support for our players. the ways in which, you know, previous athletes had used platforms for activism. the difference lies in athletes now have their social media at their fingertips. so mohammed delhi didn't have twitter. can you imagine of mom a dolly had twitter. i mean, they would be the best twitter account ever, but the thing is, is that their messages in previous days were still, they were still funnel through media. they were still funneled through journalists who did have their own biases and own agendas. and now there's no filter

the evidence of that was over social media in 2020, when athlete spoke out as never before. yeah, the murder of an unarmed, like american, george floyd does the catalog resulting in an explosion of activism on the street and online. and the global black life matter movement was born and sports stars amplified the message on the very together leagues federations and sponsors had no choice but to start paying attention. 2020 with a year where app it's around, the world spoke up almost an unprecedented matter. and i think that's because you had this combustible situation of the pandemic. those frustrations built up right in the broader public and that spill out into the sports world. along with the 4th,

the viral circulation of the murder of george floyd really unleashing this global social process movement. and that athletes them were following the lead of the people in the streets that didn't create these movements. they were really amplifiers of the issue that will already play. you can do it to raise your game for those keeping score. it would be sports activists. one sports industry. neil. now brands like nike, avi does a new balance for throwing their weight behind sports activists. the u. k. premier league is launched or no room for races an action plan. while the w m. b a from the social justice committee. it's not a stone league and sponsors have suddenly developed a social conscience and are now sacrificing their bottom lines to embrace these causes. they have been made to realize that in 2021. failing to do that won't hurt, not help their businesses. it's opportunism,

fueled more about profit than principal, but the athletes will take it. it's a win win. now, athletes can be crystal clear and has action to speak up in class because what company are like, what brand are going to say. we don't want you to talk about this because i will say they want to, to science me. and then what happens then, the fans come out, public support cannot be overstated. here because they're considered consumers. there are clients of companies that are supporting funding, but also they have the same sport. and for too long, the fans and the athletes were regarded as the lesser players in the us. and that's completely focused on it sat now and finally back to cuba. and a case of if you can't suppress them, join them earlier this year and artists collective released a protest song packed area, easy, the homeland and life. that's a play on fidel castro's motto, homeland, or death. a choice that many cubans have rejected by leaving the island. the song

went viral in a big political way. so the authorities bandit and arrested some of those involved . but they can't make the song go away. instead, they produced a slew of state backed re mixes released on government run television channels and websites. here's one version. it's called homeland or death for life. in cuba, the beat goes off with the next time here at the listening post. the really good deal is poor. this is dottie does good and i'm getting

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