of sociaism in Latin America. and a deadly enemy was added to the roster of regimes hostile to the Cuban revolution. 3. Similar criticisms can be made of Cuban policy in Africa today. The programmes of the Neto regime in Angola and the Mengistu regime in Ethiopia have not been presented for what they commitments to capitalist relations in those countries.
The Cubans seem to be primarily interested bolstering imperialist aspects of the upheavals in these areas. bur to overtook we strug gle for socialist goals can only counter-productive.
believe that dangerous imperialist struggle automatically reinforces the struggle for socialism, as was shown in Chile. In both Angola and Ethiopia we have already repressive taken revolutionary socialists.
As for the argument that Havana's rising prominence indicates crystallization bureaucratic caste in available evidence would seem to indicate the Collar bureaucratic castes, such as the ones in the Soviet characteristically display conservatism, Cuban revolution.
was, under the maintain of Latin the antidard prove an antilist includes seen racism; the against rights for women; the setting hardened Cuba, the establishment China, ly out of proportion to the size of this small Caribbean country — How is this anomaly to be explained? The answer is obvious - it lies in the power of the the recoro is there for all to see:
First, in the contrast between Cuba that American puppet Batista, and the Cuba that is, under a animals revolutionary regime. Second, in the contrast between today's Cuba and the America. Cuba demonstrates what can be done under a planned economy to improve the stanof living of the poor. Countries like Chile are hangmen's showcases.
The achievements made possible by toppling capitalism are impressive. The Pigs.
the unemployment, once the scourge of the which Cuban working class; the banning of promulgation of equal United up of child-care centres on a national scale;
the construction of a free educational system that provides not only books but food and clothing to students; the of model socialsecurity system, including health care;
the slashing of rents and initiation of an ambitious program to end the acute shortage of housing inherited from the past, and an agrarian reform that was However, the main source of the difficulties was American imperialism. The mightiest military power on earth, located only ninety miles away, decided to strangle the Cuban revolution. Castro was marked for assaşsination. Farm were inoculated with contagious diseases. Saboteurs set bombs. The blowing up of a merchant ship in Havana harbour and arson that sucburning Havana's biggest department stores were two of the more spectacular incidents. Forays of this kind were topped by the armed invasion at the Bay of Worst of all was the blockade, completely disrupted traditional pattern of trade with the States and greatly reduced the possibilities of free trade with other countries. Tiny Cuba denendent on imported oil as its source of energy, was truly an isolated fortress under heavy siege. In defense of the revolution, the Castro team placed Cuba under wartime regulations.
Wall Street and its political agent in Washington bear full responsibility for blockading the Cuban • revolution from developing freely. This demanded by the Soviet aid rankled with the They had to forego speaking out freely While they were able to get the required material aid in time to save the revolution, the cost their political independence.
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was heavy in terms of the attitudes or policies of the Cuban • For the development of proletarian forms of democracy in Cuba. The purpose of this is to bring the masses into decision-making process most effective way, thereby strengthen-