Re: Stalinism And Standards of Intellectual Discourse

[Chegitz Guevara <mluziett@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, 21 Dec 1995, Kevin Cabral wrote:
>       A similar opinion of mine, but what actually is Cuba's strategy at
> this point under Castro for the future.
[snip]
> 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

At this point I believe Cuba's program is to survive using NEP type
preograms, until imperialist hostility lets up. They are encouraging
massive investment from Euorpe and Canada, especiaily in the tourism
sphere. They recently have signed a deal to begin developing a new nickle
mine. The problem is, that despite extreme hostility from the U.S., Cuba
can get most of what it needs from imperialism from America's rivals, at
least, what it can afford to buy, at the standard exchange relationship
between imperialist and colonial state. Prostitution, once banished from
Cuba, has become so common that Cuba is begining to have the same
reputation as Bangkok. The average wage there is now about $10 dollars a
month.

Frankly, I don't think Cuba will get a better deal from imperialism, even
if the U.S. gets off its back. It will continue to have to prostitute
itself in order to get hard curency.

Marc, "the Chegitz," Luzietti
personal homepage: http://shrike.depaul.edu/~mluziett
political homepage: http://shrike.depaul.edu/~mluziett/chegitz.html

A curse on the judges, the coppers and screws | Who tortured the
innocent, the wrongly accused, | For the price of promotion | And justice
to sell | May the judged be their judges when they rot down in hell

The Pogues, "Streets of Sorrow/Birmingham Six"



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