Re: Stalinism And Standards of Intellectual Discourse

[Kevin Cabral <kcabral@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, 21 Dec 1995, Chegitz Guevara wrote:
> My first comment is that the statement, "honor leaders like Chegitz," is
> an indefinate phrase. Either it should be written, "honor leaders such as
> Chegitz," or "honor leaders like Chegitz does." I hate to correct your
> English, but the thought of someone honoring me disturbs me somewhat.
                                                                        
        Sorry, I meant Che Guevara not yourself. Not sure why I wrote
Chegitz generally..
        
> most extreme hostility from imperialism, and therefore, will be unable to
> obtain those necessities, but that would be too easy. I could also point
> to the real world failures of attempts to build socialism in one country,
> but we could argue about the causes of that for decades (and we will).
> Instead, I will pull a quote from the "old men in London," Marx and Engels
> in their German Ideology. My copy is the Third revised edition, Progress
> Publishers, Moscow, 1976.

        A similar opinion of mine, but what actually is Cuba's strategy at
this point under Castro for the future. I do not receive any publications
concerning Cuba, though would'nt mind if somebody can point me towards
one, but the last major thing I read was that he was still committed to
socialism in Cuba, and a self-sufficient Cuba. I would also like some
information on how production plans have worked out there, and whether
some would agree with Castro has lost his effectiveness as a radical
leader and sacrifices socialism with his adherance to the Soviet
organization of state capitalism. Can somebody point me towards a few good
books or periodicals on these subjects, as the Western media obviously
filters out any positive, or even general news about Cuba.

Kevin
Columbus, Oh





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