I still see the conflict between the capitalist United States
and ” socialist ” Cuba from the perspective of a long time democratic
Socialist who never thought for a moment -since the collapse of the
Soviet Union- that socialism was a dead ideal and a dead historical
movement. There are now legions of corrupt intellectuals in Russia,
China, even Cuba who write and talk as if the socialist dream of a saner
world order is now beneath contempt.
50 years of American hostility to Cuba was not based on my
country’s solicitude for ” democracy ” and human rights. Remember they
assassinated the Marxist president of Chile- democratically elected
Salvador Allende. They had no problem with the fascist Pinochet regime
in that same country.
In truth, America still wants to quarantine THE DREAM. The ideals of
Socialism haunt the U.S. ruling class.The ideals of socialism are most
feared by the leaders of the New Russia and the New China who have
betrayed their own youth.
It sickens me to think that the present leaders of Cuba will view
China as their new model. What would Chairman Mao think about all these
Chinese billionaires ? He would throw the Little Red Book at them.
One day the working class of China and Russia will re-awaken. And they will again shake the world.
Global capitalism is now incompatible not only with basic social justice but with life on earth.
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50 years of American hostility to Cuba was not based on my country’s solicitude for ” democracy ” and human rights. Remember they assassinated the Marxist president of Chile- democratically elected Salvador Allende. They had no problem with the fascist Pinochet regime in that same country.
In truth, America still wants to quarantine THE DREAM. The ideals of Socialism haunt the U.S. ruling class.The ideals of socialism are most feared by the leaders of the New Russia and the New China who have betrayed their own youth.
It sickens me to think that the present leaders of Cuba will view China as their new model. What would Chairman Mao think about all these Chinese billionaires ? He would throw the Little Red Book at them.
One day the working class of China and Russia will re-awaken. And they will again shake the world.
Global capitalism is now incompatible not only with basic social justice but with life on earth.