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This is absolutely insane, must-watch clip. Boris Sanchez confronts DSA's top leader, Ashik Siddique, over the organization's lauding of Cuba, telling the story of his anti-Batista grandfather later being imprisoned by Castro. Siddique is so shaken he can't form a response.

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