Party Drivel

[El Presidente]

 

The most disturbing thing here is the last line. 

https://en.granma.cu/cuba/2022-10-20/the-most-revolutionary-thing-today-is-to-be-anti-capitalist

The most revolutionary thing today is to be anti-capitalist

October 10 materialized, in the same cry of rebellion, the most revolutionary spirit of the times. It had its first expression in the call for unity that has mobilized Cubans ever since: unity for a free nation against any form of foreign domination.

Author: Karima Oliva Bello | [email protected]

october 20, 2022 10:10:44

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To sustain the freedom bequeathed to us by our forefathers the way is to continue being anti-imperialist. Photo: Ariel Cecilio Lemus

October 10 materialized, in the same cry of rebellion, the most revolutionary spirit of the times. It had its first expression in the call for unity that has mobilized Cubans ever since: unity for a free nation against any form of foreign domination.

At that time, in the very heart of the sense of our budding identity, took shape the hardest of all the contradictions we have had to work out as a people, which has marked the course of our history until today: between the will to be masters of our destiny and the temptation to be in the image and likeness of the empire; first Spain, then the United States, fulfilling the destiny of a colony that they have traced for us.

Today, under a new appearance, the dilemma is the same. The greatest threat to a country like Cuba is not only the interference policy of the United States and its desire to dominate our economy in the same terms as 60 years ago. Circumstances have changed and the world has been reconfigured since then. The fundamental risk that we face, together with the other peoples of our region, is the advance of capitalism with giant steps. It puts at risk our sovereignty and survival.

With the granting of unrestricted freedom to the market, characteristic of the neoliberal model, a new type of colonialism operates, through the mechanisms of coercion exercised by international financial organizations, such as the International Monetary Fund, on national economies, demanding the imposition of structural reforms that facilitate transnational corporations the unlimited exploitation of the natural resources of our territories (here in the South) and of the labor force, in almost slave-like conditions.

The uncontrolled privatization of strategic sectors that provide key services to the population, the reduction of public spending, the precarization of working conditions, the withdrawal of the State from its responsibilities for welfare and social security, the criminalization of anti-capitalist social movements and a long list of abuses, represent now the greatest danger to the sovereignty of the former colonies.

There are those who are dissatisfied with Cuba's present, because they would like the changes to lead, once and for all, to the development of a good capitalism, as if that were possible (especially for the most vulnerable), or they want us to make concessions so that our neighbor forgives us and welcomes us back into its tutelage, as if that were worthy.

Those of us who do not want to see a history of rebellion turned into submission and abysmal social differences are not satisfied with Cuba's present either. The only difference is that we understand that, in order to sustain the freedom bequeathed to us by our heroes and to achieve a progress that does not leave out any Cuban, the path must continue to be anti-imperialist. The only way to be consistent with the legacy of the founding fathers is to try to save it from capitalism, to the last consequences.

[anacostiakat]

Quite a funny piece. 

[Chas.Alpha]

Is Granma owned by Rupert Murdoch? 🤔

[Ken Gargett]

surely this is written by our friend @99call?

[NSXCIGAR]

I don't think any foreign nation has ever dominated another like the Cubans dominate their own people.

Well, maybe Germany in France in 1940 was worse. 

[99call]

19 hours ago, Ken Gargett said:

surely this is written by our friend @99call?

I'm yet to read the article, but I do find it amusing that I am the red terror of the forum.  In my world i'm a very easy going centre, left leaning chap (with the emphasis on centre) ,  but I do get it, after all it is a cigar forum, and whilst it's a broad church, 98% of the pews are filled with conservatives/republicans.   

I'm happy to be one of the few Champagne socialists on the forum. I cant remember who said it maybe Christopher Hitchens, but it was something like  "why should we let these bastards enjoy all the good stuff"........said with affection of course. 

 

[NSXCIGAR]

5 hours ago, therealrsr said:

North Korea could give them a challenge.

I wasn't saying there aren't places worse than Cuba (there are). I was saying for it to be as bad or worse than Cuba it's almost always due to internal issues, not external. Ask any Cuban that lived before 1962 whether they'd prefer the Batista regime to the current one. 

[El Presidente]

2 hours ago, 99call said:

 and whilst it's a broad church, 98% of the pews are filled with conservatives/republicans.   

Closer to 61% .........+- 3%  

[Chas.Alpha]

3 hours ago, El Presidente said:

Closer to 61% .........+- 3%  

Eh... 🤔

[UK2Cuba]

Wherever you stand politically, it's time to end the US embargo/blockade.

If the lefties are correct, Cuba's problems will ease and melt away.

If the righties are correct, nothing will change and the Cuban government will have lost its scapegoat and this will inevitably end in regime change.

Its a win-win as far as I can see and until it happens, nobody is going to agree on the issue!