ABSTRACT:
This article approaches the processes of mobilization and uprising experienced in Cuba between 2020 and 2022 from two perspectives: the appropriation of the internet by communities of users and the emergence of networked movements. The article highlights the importance of hybrid communities thriving on the margins of state control. Likewise, the article considers the role of the economy enabled by self-employment and the greater fluidity in relations with the Cuban diaspora as contextual variables contributing to shaping everyday resistance against the authoritarian regime. From the movement-building perspective, the article situates the San Isidro and Archipelago movements as political and at the convergence of three previously separate trajectories of social organization in Cuba: political dissidence, spaces for cultural articulation, and new activism focused on influencing public policies. The article briefly analyzes the emerging movement in Cuba according to the characterization of networked social movements and raises questions about its democratizing potential.